February 19, 2019
Culture & the Arts
Minireview: 2018 in Censorship (Oct-Dec)
This series is a recap of censorship instructions issued to the media by government authorities in 2018, this small fraction of which were then leaked and distributed online. The names of some issuing bodies have been omitted to protect sources. With only 30 directives published by the end of October, the steady slowing of leaks over the previous four years since a high point of 171 in 2014 seemed set to continue. A flurry of directives in November and December, however, including ...February 5, 2019
Filmmakers Cut Ai Weiwei Over Political Fears
Just following news that a film by Zhang Yimou about the Cultural Revolution was excluded from the Berlin Film Festival, possibly at the behest ...
Cultural Revolution-era Film Pulled From Berlinale
Celebrated Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou’s newest film, “One Second,” has been pulled from the 69th Berlinale film festival ...
February 14, 2019
‘Reeducating’ Muslims: How Did the PRC Come to This?
Although the Chinese government has long carried out repressive policies against Xinjiang’s Muslims, the systematic internment of an estimated ...
January 21, 2019
- U.S. Universities Shut Down Confucius Institutes
- Minitrue: No Critique of Film Industry Tax Policy
- Minitrue: No Reports on Golden Horse Award Films
- Photographer Lu Guang Disappears in Xinjiang
- Minitrue: Films May Not Apply for Golden Horse Awards...
- Minitrue: No Live Broadcast of Golden Horse Awards
- Writer Ma Jian Disinvited by HK Venue [Update]
- Live-streamer Detained for “Insult” to National Anthem...
- Celebrities Fail Social Responsibility Assessments
- Ai Weiwei’s Beijing Studio Razed by Authorities...
- Human Rights, Political Control Hit PRC Soft Power
- Tsering Shakya on Tibet, Development, and Diversity...
- Minitrue: Hold Back on Fan Bingbing Tax Accusations...
- Details Emerge About Xinjiang Reeducation Camp System...
- Fresh Wave of International Support for Liu Xia
- Tech in China: The Party, The Pig, and The Penguin
- Minitrue: Stop Showing “Amazing China” Film...
- Translation: Banned App Users’ Anthem Harmonized...
