Lynette Ong, a professor of political science at the University of Toronto, joins CDT to discuss her new book Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China. In Outsourcing Repression, Ong investigates the...
A slate of independent candidates for Beijing’s district-level People’s Congress have announced that they are suspending their grassroots campaign due to fears for their personal safety in the wake of police threats and...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. Notice: From June 28 onward, all...
These poems, attributed to 伯罗奔尼撒, or “Peloponnese,” were posted to WeChat by user 1号档案馆, or “Number 1 Archive.” CDT Chinese editors have archived them, and they are translated below with added links for...
Dissident artist Ai Weiwei posted videos on Instagram showing Chinese authorities razing his...
This series is a month-by-month recap of censorship instructions issued to the media by government...
Following a deadly fire on November 18, authorities initiated a crackdown on unsafe dwellings that...
A crackdown on unsafe dwellings following a fire that killed 19 in a textile manufacturing...
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
How about we tear down your house and assault your family in exchange for a ballpoint pen? To...
Two years after his home was forcefully demolished in 2013 to make room for development in North...
In 2013, as North Gaoying Village, Shijiazhuang, Hubei resident Jia Jinglong was anticipating his...
According to Xinhua, Chinese government-backed Panchen Lama Gyaltsen Norbu began a four-day...
On March 14, 2014, rights activist Cao Shunli died after being denied medical treatment while in...
Housing rights activists Jia Lingmin and Liu Diwei were both given prison sentences today in...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Cartoon band Whale Island (鲸鱼岛乐队) released its first single just after the Qingming festival, also...
Global Times’ Cao Siqi reports on the mysterious demolition (or relocation, according to...
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