Video: “Death and Taxes”
Originally posted in 2011, this Ming’en Media video explains just how much every...
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What Do You Know About Xinwen Lianbo?
On November 13, the web portal KDNET posted an infographic about CCTV’s flagship news program,...
What Cui Yongyuan Didn’t Learn in School
Cui Yongyuan is a prominent Chinese TV personality, producer, film buff and author. He is currently the host of Talk to Little Cui (小崔说事) [zh] on CCTV-1. Cui has established himself one of China’s favorite social...
Chinternet Meme: My Profession (Updated)
In the spirit of the “How People View My Profession” memes that have been frequently appearing on Facebook walls lately, a series of similar memes have been popping up in Chinese cyberspace. Here is a portrayal of...
Chinese Bloggers’ Respond to the Internet Crackdown
The Chinese government has launched a new wave of the ongoing Internet crackdown against vulgar and pornographic content. Many Chinese bloggers have reacted strongly to the campaign; here are some samples of their reactions....
Peking University Law School Requires Students to Boycott “Charter 08” (Translation Revised)
From Toutingditai blog, translated by CDT’s Lucy Lin: Since its release on December 9, 2008, Charter 08 has already obtained over 7,000 signatures in support from people of all levels and places in society, including the...
Persian Xiaozhao: We Are in This Together
After writing a widely-spread essay, “I Signed My Name After a Good Cry,” explaining her reasons for signing Charter 08, Persian Xiaozhao’s previous Sohu blog was closed down on January 13. She opened a new blog on...
Persian Xiaozhao: I Signed My Name After a Good Cry! (Updated)
Blogger Tang Xiaozhao (唐小昭) was born in Chongqing. She studied cosmetology in Beijing and is currently working in a not-for-profit agency in Shanghai. In the Chinese blogosphere, she is also known as Persian Xiaozhao (波斯小昭). Her...
Bullog Shut Down (Updated)
From TIME Magazine’s China Blog: Today a prominent mainland blog site, bullog.cn, was blocked, which may also be connected to Charter 08. A few of the liberal outlet’s bloggers wrote about the document, and at least...
Cartoon: Chinese Netizens on “Netizens’ Day”
Last week, a group of government officials and Internet executives announced the first “Netizens’ Day” on September 14th, which apparently marks the anniversary of the first e-mail message sent from China in...
Netizens Expose Shandong Company’s “Public Relations Maintenance” Budget (Updated)
The latest hot item in Chinese cyberspace is a “2009 Public Relations Maintenance Budget Form” spreadsheet in the form of Google Docs, allegedly from Liaocheng XinAo (新奥) Gas Company, a Hong Kong-listed clean energy...
Zhang Wen: Reflecting on 2008: Democracy Will Prevail
Zhang Wen (章文) calls himself “a media person in the time of China’s transition” on his own blog. The thirty-something writer/editor was head of the editorial department of Xinhua’s Globe magazine, among...
Blogger: How Headlines Get Written in China
This post is not “news.” A Chinese blogger, who is apparently a working journalist using the online name “the large trend” (大势所趋) posted this experience on May 21, 2007. It reveals a few details about how...
Blogger: To Whom Should I Be Grateful?
Wandering through the Chinese blogosphere, one never knows who you will encounter. Here is a blog titled “Love of Nature,” which contains social commentary mixed with personal memories. Its author did not reveal...
Zhai Minglei: Heart Stone-A Reflection of Tainted Milk
Zhai Minglei, has been the founder and journalist of the blog “Yi Bao” (“One Man’s Paper”, www.1bao.org) since 2007, and the editor-in-chief of the citizen journalism magazine Minjian (“Folk”) from 2005 to 2007. The magazine...
A Beijing Petitioning Adventure of 40 Parents Who Lost Children
The following is an account of the heart-wrenching experience shared by 40 parents of missing children. After the Olympics and Paralympics had finished, they went to Beijing to petition for help to find their children. Written...
Something Big Happened!
A cartoon illustrator made an interesting four-image caricature of how people in China handle situations like the recent milk formula scandal. Translated by CDT via blogtd.org: 1. Officials address the public in a very composed...
Photos: The Sanlu Disaster in Baoji
A poster on the Chinese BBS Tianya has posted some photos of the situation in Baoji, a city in Shaanxi. Selectively translated by CDT: These days, the maternity and child care ward in Baoji, Shaanxi has been packed due to the...
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