Catastrophic flooding caused by Typhoon Doksuri has killed at least 21 people, left approximately 26 people missing, and led to the evacuation of hundreds of thousands in northern China. Rainfall in Beijing broke a 140-year old...
捐你妹 (juān nǐ mèi): donate my ass Literally “donate your sister.” After record rains hit Beijing in...
Beijing’s acting mayor has announced an array of new measures to combat air pollution in the city, following heavy smog that seeped hundreds of points off the scale this month. From Xinhua: The capital will take 180,000...
The following example of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by various central (and sometimes local) government authorities, has been leaked and distributed online. Chinese journalists and...
The following example of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by...
As of August 8, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for...
For his latest contribution to his CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab of Hexie Farm finds inspiration in the wood-block print The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Japanese artist Hokusai. Responding both to the recent Beijing floods...
The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies...
As of July 29, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for...
As of July 27, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function): first seven days after a death (头七): It has been one week since the Beijing flood began. Beijing + assign blame...
Facing mounting public criticism and a crisis of credibility over the city’s response to the weekend’s flooding, Beijing officials raised the death toll from 37 to 77 on Thursday evening. From The Wall Street...
Political cartoonists have taken on the Beijing flood, posting images on Weibo and blogs that...
Eight pages of reporting on the Beijing flood were pulled from today’s edition of Southern Weekend...
As of July 26, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for...
While netizens focus on the floods in Beijing, the state-run media has pointedly avoided the...
Last Saturday’s downpour engulfed Beijing in a serious flood, and the water-logged capital’s anxiety is surely mounting as more heavy rains are forecasted throughout the week. As the city deals with the aftermath of...
As of July 25, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for...
Yesterday marked two tragedies in China: the third day of floods in the nation’s capital and the...
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