Minireview: 2018 in Censorship (Oct-Dec)
This series is a recap of censorship instructions issued to the media by government authorities in...
by Samuel Wade | Feb 5, 2019
This series is a recap of censorship instructions issued to the media by government authorities in...
by Samuel Wade | Jul 6, 2017
Warnings emerged on Thursday that Chinese democracy advocate and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu...
by Josh Rudolph | Sep 6, 2016
In the lead-up to the G20 summit in Hangzhou, held in the city September 4-5, security was tight...
by Samuel Wade | Sep 5, 2016
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
by Cindy | Sep 2, 2016
The final countdown to the 2016 G20 summit has begun after months of painstaking preparation by...
by Anne Henochowicz | Sep 1, 2016
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
by Cindy | Aug 31, 2016
The leaders of the world’s twenty major economies will gather in Hangzhou this weekend for the...
by Cindy | Aug 29, 2016
Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang Province, has undergone a major facelift in the past year...
by Cindy | Aug 17, 2016
Top political leaders from around the world will gather in Hangzhou, Zhejiang at the start of next...
by Anne Henochowicz | Jun 28, 2016
Hangzhou is already deep into preparations for the G20 Summit in September, the first to be hosted...
by Cindy | Nov 15, 2014
Corporate corruption watchdog Transparency International has accused China of blocking an...
by Anne Henochowicz | Jul 16, 2014
芮代表 (Ruì Dàibiǎo): Representative Rui Nickname for Rui Chenggang, long-time host of...
by Josh Rudolph | Sep 6, 2013
Aa Barack Obama is continuing to seek congressional approval for a military strike against...
by Scott Greene | Sep 5, 2013
Reuters reports that Russia’s Gazprom and China’s CNPC have come closer on a strategic...
by Anne Henochowicz | Jun 22, 2012
As of June 21, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function): Hu Jintao “Picks Up” the Flag: Lining up for a photo at the G20 summit, the sticker of the Chinese flag marking his...
by Scott Greene | Feb 27, 2012
Normally in the cross-hairs, China’s exchange-rate policy received a free pass as Europe’s debt crisis took center stage when the Group of 20 met over the weekend in Mexico City. From The Wall Street Journal: While...
by Josh Rudolph | Nov 9, 2011
At the G20 summit in Cannes last week, many a hopeful eye was cast towards China. In the midst of a serious economic crisis and after the US firmly stated that IMF funds are off limits, European finance ministers and leaders...
by Sophie Beach | Apr 15, 2011
The U.S. and China have both agreed to participate in an international process that will evaluate the risks that major economic powers pose to global development. The New York Times reports that China is the primary target in...