The ten censored essays collected below are a first draft of an unauthorized history of the extraordinary year 2022, compiled by CDT Chinese editors. Toward the end of the year, discontent over the zero-COVID policy burgeoned...
Despite hints of a modest easing of pandemic controls—including a shortened quarantine period for inbound travelers, and attempts to “optimize” and adjust a “one-size-fits-all” approach—it remains to be seen whether China’s...
The following instructions have been leaked and distributed online. Yili Super Topic #Yili Pandemic# @Everyone Notice: All internet commentary personnel are to open a campaign of comment flooding on this Weibo Super Topic in...
A leaked internal document from Xiaohongshu reveals how the Instagram-like social media and...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Date: March 3, 2022 Content: Implement the March 1, 2022 directive and give feedback at 22:00 as...
The Danish daily Information reports on a leaked document it claims comes from the Central Committee, which offers hardline directives on Internet censorship and propaganda: ”In particular, crackdowns must be imposed on any...
The New York Times has translated censorship guidelines issued to editors ahead of this month’s National People’s Congress and CPPCC meetings in Beijing: A portion was posted on the Internet, and independently...
In China, several political bodies are in charge of Internet content control. At the highest level, there is the Central Propaganda Department, which ensures that media and cultural content follows the official line as mandated...
The first law of Chinese cyberpolitics is “Where there are River Crabs, there are Grass-Mud Horses (那里有河蟹，那里就有草泥马).” According to this “Law of the Grass-Mud Horse,” online censorship will always meet...
The first law of Chinese cyberpolitics is “Where there are River Crabs, there are Grass-Mud Horses (那里有河蟹，那里就有草泥马).” According to this “Law of the Grass-Mud Horse,” online censorship will always face...
The first law of Chinese cyberpolitics is “Where there are River Crabs, there are Grass-Mud Horses (那里有河蟹，那里就有草泥马).” According to this “Law of the Grass-Mud Horse,” online censorship will always face...
The following “working instructions” contain two lists of detailed censorship orders from a government propaganda authority. Their contents have been posted on some Chinese blogs, translated by CDT: Work Instructions...
China analyst David Cowhig wrote the following summary of a 2003 Red Flag Publishing House book, “Practical Manual for Party Propaganda Work, New Edition”, [Xinbian Dange Xuanchuan Gongzuo Shiyong Shouce] edited by...
In recent years, “external propaganda” (外宣) has become an increasingly important function in the Chinese Communist Party and government. From the Central Committee to every level of the Party and Government, external...
Last month, author Zhang Yihe filed a lawsuit against The General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) for banning her recent book. The officials in GAPP have publicly denied their action, but new evidence has emerged...
Chinese authorities often uses “state secrets” charges to arrest government critics and others who write or talk about sensitive political subjects, including journalists Zhao Yan and Shi Tao. Yet the government has...
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