When Good Environmental Policies Go Wrong
China’s central leaders have been waging an official “war on pollution” for nearly four years,...
Heilongjiang
Labor Protests Multiply as Economy Slows
Labor unrest has increased throughout China as the economy continues to grow at its slowest rate...
Coal Industry Faces Slowdown, Layoffs [Updated]
Recent government statistics indicate that China has been burning 17 percent more coal a year than...
Minitrue: Delete Article on Disciplinary Official’s Death
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Shooting Raises Concerns About Police Accountability [Updated]
In recent days, many Internet users in China have been closely following the story of Xu Chunhe, a...
Former Police Attempt Suicide by Pesticide
On December 4, China’s first official Constitution Day, six former police officers from...
Teachers’ Strikes Spread Across Northeast China
After thousands of teachers from Zhaodong, Heilongjiang Province went on strike last month to...
8,000 Chinese Teachers Strike for Higher Pay
Despite a lack of organized unions in China, 8,000 teachers in Zhaodong, Heilongjiang organized a...
Detective Work by ‘Black Jail’ Prisoners Leads to Trial
Caixin’s Ren Zhongyuan and Yang Baolu report on the trial this month of three alleged...
Heavy Smog Closes Roads, Airport in Northeast China
AP reports that heavy smog in in northeast China lowered visibility enough to close an airport in...
River Crab Archive: May Protest Outside National People’s Congress
When something disappears from the Internet in China, netizens joke that it has been “river-crabbed,” a play on the euphemism “harmonized.” The River Crab Archive is a collection of blog post titles, weibo, and other materials...
More Than 60 Killed in Jilin Slaughterhouse Fire
A fire at a Jilin poultry slaughterhouse early on Monday morning killed at least 61 people, according to Xinhua: Over 300 workers were in the plant when the accident happened, survivors told Xinhua, adding they heard a sudden...
Ministry of Truth: Paeans to Kim Jong-Un and More
The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies...
Censorship Vault: Beijing Internet Instructions Series (10)
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet...
Censorship Vault: Beijing Internet Instructions Series (8)
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet...
Censorship Vault: Beijing Internet Instructions Series (3)
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet Instructions” series to the Censorship Vault. These directives were originally published on Canyu.org (Participate) and date from 2005...
Censorship Vault: Guiding Protests Then and Now
Editor’s Note: From the Censorship Vault features previously untranslated censorship instructions...
China Braces for Super Typhoon Sanba
While China continues to recover from a year of natural disasters, such as a fatal dam breach and a deadly earthquake, NPR reports that a super typhoon, Sanba, is heading for China and other parts of Asia: It’s had top...
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