When Good Environmental Policies Go Wrong
China’s central leaders have been waging an official “war on pollution” for nearly four years,...
Jan 18, 2018
China’s central leaders have been waging an official “war on pollution” for nearly four years,...
Mar 14, 2016
Labor unrest has increased throughout China as the economy continues to grow at its slowest rate...
Nov 4, 2015
Recent government statistics indicate that China has been burning 17 percent more coal a year than...
Jun 10, 2015
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
May 12, 2015
In recent days, many Internet users in China have been closely following the story of Xu Chunhe, a...
Dec 5, 2014
On December 4, China’s first official Constitution Day, six former police officers from...
Dec 2, 2014
After thousands of teachers from Zhaodong, Heilongjiang Province went on strike last month to...
Nov 21, 2014
Despite a lack of organized unions in China, 8,000 teachers in Zhaodong, Heilongjiang organized a...
Apr 23, 2014
Caixin’s Ren Zhongyuan and Yang Baolu report on the trial this month of three alleged...
Nov 25, 2013
AP reports that heavy smog in in northeast China lowered visibility enough to close an airport in...
Jun 18, 2013
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...
Jun 2, 2013
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...
Nov 29, 2012
The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies...
Nov 17, 2012
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet...
Nov 15, 2012
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet...
Nov 14, 2012
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...
Sep 21, 2012
Editor’s Note: From the Censorship Vault features previously untranslated censorship instructions...
Sep 16, 2012
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...