If the lesson last week was “Don’t laugh about the PLA,” this week’s message seems to be, “Don’t even crack a smile.” First, stand-up comedian Li Haoshi (stage name “House”) was accused of defaming the People’s Liberation...
Nearly three years after whistleblower Dr. Li Wenliang’s death from COVID-19, the “Wailing Wall” that emerged in the comments section under his last Weibo post continues to serve as a repository for the hopes, dreams, worries,...
Following one man’s daring political protest against Xi Jinping’s continued rule and harsh zero-COVID policies on the eve of China’s 20th Communist Party Congress, citizens and activists have launched a poster campaign in...
Two years and four months after whistleblower Dr. Li Wenliang’s death from COVID-19, the “Wailing Wall” that emerged in the comments under his last Weibo post continues to serve as a repository for the hopes, dreams, worries,...
China is set to investigate school textbooks after illustrations deemed to be sexually suggestive or politically inappropriate caused an uproar on social media. On Monday, the Chinese Ministry of Education ordered a nationwide...
The third installation in CDT’s series of international Women’s Day protest art focuses on public banners and other artwork. Many of the banners come from college campuses, where some male students have invented a March 7...
The second in CDT’s series of International Women’s Day posters focuses on posters and artwork urging people to remember Xiaohuamei, the trafficked woman and mother of eight found shackled in a shed in Fengxian, Xuzhou, Jiangsu...
This year’s March 8 United Nations International Women’s Day theme was “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow.” Over time, the holiday for women—which has been celebrated in China as a half-day holiday since 1950—has...
On July 12, as Liu Xiaobo was in his final hours of life and Chinese authorities had made clear...
Addressing the Beijing Forum on Literature and Art in October of 2014, President Xi Jinping laid...
As Ai Weiwei asks supporters to drop donated Lego through the sunroofs of strategically parked...
At Reuters, Michelle Nichols reports the continuation of China’s longstanding practice of...
At The Mediated Image, Oxford University’s Ros Holmes extensively examines the work of Chinese...
At Fusion, Kashmir Hill records the meeting in Beijing of outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei,...
The Wall Street Journal's Wei Gu describes the art world's current fondness for a rising...
In a new series of videos, That’s Beijing traces the proposed route of Beijing’s 900...
Yesterday at the Beijing Forum on Literature and Art, President Xi Jinping addressed a gathering...
A collection of artist Xu Bing’s work is on display at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum in an...
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