Chinese-Swiss poet Yang Lian has dedicated the following poem to the courageous demonstrators in Hong Kong as protests in the city enter into the 14th consecutive week. Yang Lian: To the People of Hong Kong You are the stars, we are the night; You ignite, we extinguish; You are Han, we are...
As protests against a proposed extradition law and the subsequent official response continue to roil Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific airline has found itself in the center of the turmoil, subject to an...
The Chinese Film Association has barred mainland actors and directors from participating in the Golden Horse Awards, Asia’s most prestigious film honors, which are hosted in Taipei. At last...
The Sydney Morning Herald’s Fergus Hunter reports that four Australian universities hosting Chinese government-funded Confucius Institutes have signed contracts explicitly stating they...
Amid an ongoing crackdown on Uyghur culture in Xinjiang that has been called an effort to “re-engineer” the Uyghur identity and as a form of “cultural genocide,” state-run new media outlet The Paper (澎湃) this week tweeted a...
Uyghur economist Ilham Tohti, who is currently serving a life sentence on separatism charges, has been awarded the prestigious Sakharov Prize by the European Parliament. In granting him the honor, the European Parliament wrote:...
CDT has translated a selection of Chinese political jokes that have been making the rounds on social media. These jokes all poke fun at China’s so-called core socialist values, a set of 12 words used by the CCP to promote...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. All websites: Delete the episode...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. All websites: Immediately find...
Last December, more than 100 adherents to the Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu were detained...
It has been confirmed that the war film “The Eight Hundred” will no longer be released...
The opening screening of the patriotic war movie “The Eight Hundred” at the Shanghai...
Chinese cartoonist and CDT contributor Badiucao was the subject of a documentary by filmmaker...
From 2013-2018, Badiucao was a contributing cartoonist for CDT. Born and raised in China, he later...
The CBS show “The Good Fight,” a spin-off of “The Good Wife,” recently...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
The Financial Times’ Edward White reports on plans to ban Chinese-owned video streaming...
The New Yorker this week features a piece of short fiction by Te-Ping Chen, drawing on her time as...
At Vanity Fair, May Jeong profiles Chinese movie megastar Fan Bingbing, describing her four-month...
Scholar and poet Ablet Abdurishit Berqi is one of the 338 Uyghur intellectuals confirmed to be...
The annual Two Sessions political conference is now underway in Beijing. As is commonly the case...
Waves of U.S. and international universities have closed down Chinese government-funded Confucius...
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