September 12, 2018
Culture & the Arts
Live-streamer Detained for “Insult” to National Anthem
At Inkstone News, Mandy Zuo reports on the likely career-ending five-day detention of a young live-streaming star over a single line of China’s national anthem flippantly sung during one of her videos: First coming to fame live-streaming her singing, she was reportedly signed by a video site for $7 million (50 million yuan). This summer, she released her first record and performed on national television. Online, she racked up as many followers as the hottest YouTube ...October 16, 2018
Celebrities Fail Social Responsibility Assessments
Famous Chinese actress and singer Fan Bingbing has been given a score of zero in a ranking of celebrities’ social responsibility jointly ...
Ai Weiwei’s Beijing Studio Razed by Authorities
Dissident artist Ai Weiwei posted videos on Instagram showing Chinese authorities razing his former studio in Beijing. The demolition began ...
August 5, 2018
Human Rights, Political Control Hit PRC Soft Power
According to a yearly survey published by the consultancy Portland and the University of Southern California, China now ranks 27th in the world ...
July 13, 2018
- 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...
- Carrot & Stick: How Beijing Controls its Diaspora...
- Community of Users Mourn App Shutdown
- Controversy Erupts Over Taiwan Author’s Nationality...
- Translation: Within Pain There is Also Hope
- Celebrating Women: A Reading List
- “Almost Total Suppression of Information” After Tibet Fire...
- Sensitive Words: Spring Festival Gala 2018
- Censors Don’t Like TV Host’s Tone Toward Xi (Updated)...
- Foreign Universities Express Concern Over CCP Influence...
- Weibo Scolded Over Content Control, Trend Manipulation...
- Propaganda Hard to Miss; Propagandists Hard to Find...
