This summer’s heavy rainfall and flooding in southern China has prompted many local governments to solicit flood relief donations from the public, but public reaction has been notably cynical, even hostile. A combination of...
More than three years after the military’s coup d’état, Myanmar remains engulfed in instability and civil war. China has more leverage in Myanmar than any other foreign power, and the ongoing crisis along the China-Myanmar...
Last week, Weibo censors took down a post by a popular food blogger describing how all her bank accounts were frozen due to a local police department’s arbitrary and unprofessional “anti-fraud” case work. Her Kafka-esque account...
In recent weeks, residents of the cities of Chongqing and Chengdu have been posting screenshots of their natural gas bills online and complaining of mysterious gas consumption spikes since the installation of new “smart” gas...
On April 6, a Weibo user from Zhejiang province reported a case of local anti-fraud center overreach that resulted in his bank cards and Alipay account being frozen after he made a work-related call to a Singaporean bank. In a...
On Saturday, a Hong Kong court sentenced pro-democracy figure and former Apple Daily owner Jimmy Lai to almost six years in prison on fraud charges related to a contractual dispute. Lai’s co-defendant and administrative director...
One of the hottest new apps in China over the past few months came not from private developers in booming tech hubs, but straight out of the Ministry of Public Security. Called “National Anti-Fraud Center,” the app was launched...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
In recent months, the collapse of China’s peer-to-peer (P2P) loan industry has eradicated the life...
This series is a month-by-month recap of censorship instructions issued to the media by government...
Wang Lin, a renowned qigong guru with ties to prominent Chinese celebrities and politicians, has...
Xinhua reports the launch of official social media accounts for local branches of China’s Internet police: Starting from June 1, internet police in 50 localities – including both metropolises such as Beijing and...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Kirk Semple, Joseph Goldstein, and Jeffrey E. Singer report on an official crackdown on fraudulent...
The South China Morning Post’s Stephen Chen reports that taxmen in Heilongjiang Province...
A Canadian artist fears that work he sent for an exhibition in Beijing is now lost, but it is...
The New York Times has produced a lengthy and in-depth report and digital feature on the culture...
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