Netizen Voices: As Sino-Japanese Tensions Rise, “Tourism is Treated like a Chamberpot, a Disposable Tool”
The diplomatic crisis between China and Japan continues to intensify, following Japanese Prime...
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Police Prevent State Media From Reporting on Yanjiao Explosion: “The Party Muffled Its Own Mouthpiece”
After an explosion caused by a gas leak destroyed a four-story building, killing seven and injuring 27 in Yanjiao, a commuter town located about 20 miles east of Beijing, reporters from state-media outlets China Central...
Gas Leak Explosion in Yanjiao, Near Beijing, Kills Seven and Injures 27
At least seven people died and 27 were injured Wednesday when an explosion caused by a gas leak ripped through a four-story building in Yanjiao, a town in Sanhe city, Hebei province. Yanjiao, located approximately 20 miles east...
Reappearance of Dreaded “Health Codes” Stokes Alarm
As the one-year anniversary of the lifting of China’s “zero-COVID” policy approaches, residents in many provinces in China have been dismayed and alarmed by the apparent return of mobile phone app-based health codes. Screenshots...
“How Timely!” Commenters Mock Xinhua’s Coverage of Xi Jinping’s Belated Disaster Zone Visits
A fawning Xinhua article on Xi Jinping’s concern for citizens affected by natural disasters has become the latest piece of “low-level red, high-level black” propaganda. Intended to tout Xi’s steadfast leadership, it...
Chengde Seizes Three Years of “Illegal Income” from Programmer Who Used VPN for Overseas Work
A Weibo user who works as a computer programmer in Chengde, Hebei province, has reported that he was fined and had three years of income confiscated by the local public security bureau for using a virtual private network (VPN)...
Beijing Floods Spur Mockery of Xi Jinping Thought on “Flood Control”
Catastrophic flooding caused by Typhoon Doksuri has killed at least 21 people, left approximately 26 people missing, and led to the evacuation of hundreds of thousands in northern China. Rainfall in Beijing broke a 140-year old...
A Meme Too Far? Weibo Bans Content about Imaginary University
Less than a month after the conclusion of China’s hypercompetitive annual university entrance examination (“gaokao”), a satirical meme about an imaginary university has been banned on Weibo. The meme and its censorship reveal...
Internet Police Detain Man Who Posted Video of Snow
Snow? In Hebei? In May? Don’t even joke about it.A young man in a small city in southern Hebei was called in for talks by the local internet police after posting a video of snowfall to Douyin tagged “Shahe City,...
Tangshan Assault Case: Good Samaritans in China Fear That The Law Is Not on Their Side
The brutal beating of four young women, after one of the women rejected unwelcome advances from a drunken male diner at a hotpot restaurant in Tangshan, Hebei province, continued to spark outrage on Chinese social media....
From Shijiazhuang to Hong Kong, Residents Under Lockdown Decry Inequalities
In China’s northern provinces, health authorities are contending with the most severe domestic spread of coronavirus since the initial outbreak more than one year ago. To the south, Hong Kong has been struggling to contain...
Translation: in Hebei Lockdown, Big Picture is Bitter Pill
The latest COVID-19 outbreak in Hebei, first detected in the provincial capital of Shijiazhuang, has triggered a strict lockdown likened by some to wartime measures. People with Hebei residency (hukou) have been suddenly...
Minitrue: No Speculation on Zhangjiakou Explosion
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Jeremy Daum on China’s Social Credit System
China’s emerging Social Credit System has attracted growing media attention as a centerpiece...
When Good Environmental Policies Go Wrong
China’s central leaders have been waging an official “war on pollution” for nearly four years,...
Minitrue 2017: April—U.S. Tax Plan, Guo Wengui
This series is a month-by-month recap of censorship instructions issued to the media by government...
Translation: “I Am Fan Yusu” (Part 2)
After translating the first half of migrant worker Fan Yusu (范雨素)’s viral biographical essay...
Translation: “I Am Fan Yusu” (Part 1)
Last week, migrant worker Fan Yusu (范雨素) posted a biographical essay about her struggle through...
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