Bookstores Become Sites of Subtle Protest Against Xi Jinping
Chinese bookstore shelf arrangements rarely go viral—that is, unless they contain a hidden message...
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Pirate E-Book Site Under Pressure in China, Endangering Access To Banned Books
Z-Library, an online database with tens of millions of pirated and uncensored books and articles available for free download, is closing its Chinese WeChat account. In a statement posted to WeChat, Z-Library claimed that Chinese...
Quote of the Day: “All Beautiful Things Will Eventually Be Destroyed—Let Us Not Forget That This Is a Place Where Dreams Are Punished.”
In the wake of the Article 23 legislation passed two weeks ago in Hong Kong, further constricting media and speech freedom, there have been a number of bookstore closures and media departures from the territory. Radio Free Asia...
Quote of the Day: “If We Don’t Face Our History Squarely, How Can We Hope to Have a Future?”
Chinese social media has been awash with interest in Netflix’s new series “3 Body Problem,” an adaptation based on the Hugo Award-winning novel by Chinese author Liu Cixin. On the day of its release, there was a huge spike in...
Netflix’s “3 Body Problem” Sparks Debates About Censorship, History, and Cinematic Adaptations
Film censorship has long plagued China’s creative arts industry and stifled foreign products seeking domestic Chinese audiences. The shrinking space for artistic expression, along with rising nationalism, has exposed artists and...
Street Slogans, Reading Lists, and WeChat Moments: March 8, 2024 International Women’s Day in China
This year’s March 8 U.N. International Women’s Day slogan “Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress” draws attention to the $360 billion annual deficit in gender-equality measures by 2030. According to the United Nations, there are...
Xi Parallels Suspected Behind Withdrawal of Book on Ill-fated Chongzhen Emperor
On October 16, it was reported online that a recent reprint of the historical biography “The Chongzhen Emperor: Diligent Ruler of a Failed Dynasty” (《崇祯：勤政的亡国君》Chóngzhēn: Qínzhèng de Wángguó Jūn, ISBN 9787549640775)...
Hong Kong Government Purges Politically Sensitive Books from Libraries
Local media outlets in Hong Kong report that hundreds of books on political topics including the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre are no longer available in the city’s public libraries, after the city’s Leisure and Cultural Services...
Translation: The Women of “Salt Town”
This year, the United Nations’ theme for March 8 International Women’s Day was “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.” In China, people marked the holiday with a variety of thought-provoking and creative...
Former Chinese Bookseller’s Wife Held Under “Exit Ban”
The wife of a prominent former Chinese bookseller is being prevented from leaving China until her husband returns to the country to answer questions about his alleged political writings. Yu Miao ran Shanghai’s famed liberal...
Hong Kong Judge Convicts Authors of Children’s Books for Sedition (Updated: 19-Month Sentence)
Space for free expression in Hong Kong continues to shrink. On Wednesday, a judge convicted five speech therapists of sedition after they published a series of illustrated children’s books. On Saturday, the judge sentenced each...
Lessons to be Drawn From China’s Textbook Controversy
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...
Disappeared Businesswoman Briefly Reappears As Ex-husband’s Memoir On Elite Corruption Published
Businesswoman Duan Weihong, who disappeared in 2017 after the arrest of politburo member Sun Zhengcai, resurfaced this past week to request that her ex-husband not publish an explosive memoir detailing elite corruption in China....
New Book Examines “The Great Firewall of China”
Last Friday saw the publication of “The Great Firewall of China: How to Build and Control an...
Beijing Censors Foreign Books Printed in China
Chinese government censorship is adversely impacting Australian publishers as local Chinese...
Cambridge Censorship Storm Continues
Reporting and commentary has continued this week on Cambridge University Press’ swiftly...
Xi Jinping’s Book List: “You Are What You Read”
On Friday, The Washington Post’s Simon Denyer noted Chinese bookstores’ removal or...
Sentencings and Threats Hang Over HK Publishers
On Tuesday, a Shenzhen court sentenced two journalists for their involvement in political...
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