Statement of the Week: China’s Internet is Open
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
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LatestAmy Chang on the Internet with Chinese Characteristics
China is becoming increasingly assertive in controlling its Internet borders. At the World...
Xiao Qiang: “From Fart People to Citizens”
In April, CDT Founder and Editor-in-Chief Xiao Qiang delivered a talk at TedxLiberdade in tune...
Badiucao (巴丢草): Chinstagram
For his latest CDT cartoon, Badiucao comments on the recent news that the photo-sharing app...
Happy Anniversary to China’s [Censored] Internet
Marking the 20th anniversary this week of the Internet’s arrival in China as major Chinese tech...
Word of the Week: Chinternet
Chinternet: Contraction of “China” and “Internet”; the Internet with Chinese characteristics....
Netizen Voices: #In One Line, Prove You’re a Web Editor#
News on China’s Internet is restricted by a constant flow of directives from central government agencies, and China’s legions of website editors bear the heavy responsibility of making sure those directives are...
Apple, Weibo, and CCTV’s PR Nightmare
After an annual CCTV program last Friday criticized Apple for charging Chinese customers a fee to replace the back cover of iPhones, a service offered free of charge in other countries, netizens took to Sina Weibo to discuss the...
Cartoon: Godzilla’s Gentler Side
Cartoonist @q0506700 comments on the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Island dispute with a jab at his own...
Netizen Voices: Guess Who?
MrWonder (琢磨先生), a well-followed Weibo user who claims to live in Saudi Arabia, recently posted a...
Chinternet Meme: Three Effing Countries
The “Queen Mother” refers to Ci Xi, the Empress Dowager. Puyi, the last emperor, began his...
Netizen Voices: Iran’s LAN, China’s Wall
Iran has announced a three-phase project to build a national intranet. As part of this, some big...
Cross-Talk Comics: In This Lifetime
Inspired by a People’s Daily screed on China’s rise and America’s role in staunching that rise,...
Word of the Week: Believe It or Not, I Do
Editor’s Note: The Word of the Week comes from China Digital Space’s Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a...
Cyber Candles for Two Tragedies
Yesterday marked two tragedies in China: the third day of floods in the nation’s capital and the...
Chinternet Meme: The Same As You Said
Li Qinghong, a one-time business tycoon and race car driver, has made news from prison. The former...
Chinternet Meme: River of Milk
A latex spill turned Wenzhou’s Quxi River white on July 9. The local environmental protection...
Chinternet Meme: New Definition of Traitor (汉奸)
The word “Traitor (汉奸)” was used to describe those Chinese who collaborated with...
