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...
by Josh Rudolph | Nov 17, 2016
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
by Anne Henochowicz | Dec 16, 2014
China is becoming increasingly assertive in controlling its Internet borders. At the World...
by Josh Rudolph | Aug 14, 2014
In April, CDT Founder and Editor-in-Chief Xiao Qiang delivered a talk at TedxLiberdade in tune...
by Sophie Beach | Jul 10, 2014
For his latest CDT cartoon, Badiucao comments on the recent news that the photo-sharing app...
by Samuel Wade | Apr 23, 2014
Marking the 20th anniversary this week of the Internet’s arrival in China as major Chinese tech...
by Anne Henochowicz | Mar 26, 2014
Chinternet: Contraction of “China” and “Internet”; the Internet with Chinese characteristics....
by Josh Rudolph | Feb 9, 2014
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...
by Scott Greene | Mar 18, 2013
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...
by Anne Henochowicz | Sep 13, 2012
Cartoonist @q0506700 comments on the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Island dispute with a jab at his own...
by Anne Henochowicz | Aug 27, 2012
MrWonder (琢磨先生), a well-followed Weibo user who claims to live in Saudi Arabia, recently posted a...
by Anne Henochowicz | Aug 14, 2012
The “Queen Mother” refers to Ci Xi, the Empress Dowager. Puyi, the last emperor, began his...
by Anne Henochowicz | Aug 10, 2012
Iran has announced a three-phase project to build a national intranet. As part of this, some big...
by Anne Henochowicz | Aug 10, 2012
Inspired by a People’s Daily screed on China’s rise and America’s role in staunching that rise,...
by Anne Henochowicz | Jul 25, 2012
Editor’s Note: The Word of the Week comes from China Digital Space’s Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a...
by Anne Henochowicz | Jul 24, 2012
Yesterday marked two tragedies in China: the third day of floods in the nation’s capital and the...
by Anne Henochowicz | Jul 16, 2012
Li Qinghong, a one-time business tycoon and race car driver, has made news from prison. The former...
by Anne Henochowicz | Jul 11, 2012
A latex spill turned Wenzhou’s Quxi River white on July 9. The local environmental protection...
by Anne Henochowicz | Jul 11, 2012
The word “Traitor (汉奸)” was used to describe those Chinese who collaborated with...