Harsh sentences meted out last week to democracy activist Joshua Wong in Hong Kong and to former lawmaker Au Kam San in Macau mark an escalation in the use of national security laws to quash political dissent and keep democratic...
CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content blocked or deleted (often yielding the message “404: content not found”)...
A statement from the Forum 2000 Foundation and International Coalition for Democratic Renewal (ICDR)—of which CDT founder and editor-in-chief Xiao Qiang is a member—adds to widespread calls for the release of Burmese democracy...
Fears are growing for labor-rights advocate and citizen journalist Feng Rui (also known by his pen name 小五, Xiǎo Wǔ), who has reportedly fallen ill due to lengthy interrogations while in detention. Feng was detained in Guangzhou...
CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content blocked or deleted (often yielding the message “404: content not found”)...
The post below, from WeChat account 白桦视界 Báihuà Shìjiè, or “White Birch Vision,” is a censored response to new restrictions on drone ownership and storage within the city of Beijing. Registration requirements and flight...
In mid-September, a man was arrested for stabbing and wounding an unknown number of women outside a hotpot restaurant in the GOGO Xintiandi shopping plaza in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. The man appeared to target...
Sophia Huang Xueqin, a journalist whose reporting on human rights and sexual abuse helped to galvanize China’s #MeToo movement, was scheduled to be released from prison last Friday, after completing a five-year sentence for...
On Monday, the Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism announced the conclusion of its investigation into an operatic performance by comedian Guo Degang back in July, and said that it would levy hefty fines on the...
Chinese cyberspace authorities announced that ten people from Tibet and several other provinces have been hit with unspecified administrative punishments (likely fines) for “spreading rumors” online about the death toll and...
In the censored post translated below, blogger 竹不倒 Zhúbùdǎo ("Unyielding Bamboo") responds to reporting by investigative journalist Li Wei’ao on two recent cases of alleged sexual assault by officials. The post...
News that comedian Guo Degang is under investigation by the Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism for a playful riff on an old “red tune” has set alarm bells ringing about the state of artistic censorship in China. While...
Late last month, Caixin published an update on the case, prompting commentator and former investigative journalist Chu Chaoxin to post a belated but heartfelt plea for Jing Shuren’s release. He emphasizes that Jing was for...
CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content blocked or deleted (often yielding the message “404: content not found”)...
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