Chinese Journalist Seeks Crowd-funded Independence
Chinese microblogs’ watchdog role has been lionized abroad, and alternately celebrated and...
Li Gang
Phrase of the Week: Compare Fathers
The Word of the Week comes from China Digital Space’s Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens and frequently encountered in online political discussions. These are the words of China’s online...
Lieutenant Pike, Li Gang, And China's Internet Dilemma
At Asia Times, Peter Lee draws parallels between online reactions to the “My Dad is Li Gang” incident at Hebei University and John Pike’s pepper-spraying of seated students at UC Davis. These demonstrate, he...
Wealth Rises in China with Increasing Social Cost
With the release of the most recent China “rich list,” it was discovered that the number of billionaires in China had doubled. Meanwhile, resentment is escalating among other members of Chinese society who are not on...
China’s “Symphony” of Privilege
After a simple traffic accident, the 15 year old son of acclaimed singer Li Shuangjiang attacked a couple in the vehicle hit. China Media Project provides more background and a translation of an editorial from The Beijing News:...
Quiz: How Well Do You Know Chinese Netizen-Speak?
China Digital Times has added many new entries to the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon and updated a number of older entries. Take this quiz to see how well you understand the colorful and constantly evolving language of China’s...
Zhang Ming: Microblogs Can’t Give Us Justice
Several recent cases have proven that online public opinion expressed through microblogs can help ensure some political accountability where otherwise none would exist (ie the Li Gang case). But for China Media Project, Zhang...
George Orwell’s China?
Hu Jintao has been keen to emphasize ‘fairness’ in China. But has the message reached the ears of many of the country’s officials? Read the article in The Diplomat here: Over the Chinese New Year holiday, a crowd of passengers...
Tech Savvy Politics
While the world is transfixed by the Tahrir Square struggle in Cairo and the role of new media, China quietly removed “Egypt” as a searchable term on its web. Egypt has brought to the fore the challenges China’s next generation...
China Policeman’s Son Gets 6 Years for Deadly Hit-and-Run Case
Li Qiming, the infamous son of Li Gang, was sentenced to six years in prison for a hit-and-run which killed one person and injured another. From AP: Li Qiming, 23, hit two students while driving on a university campus in...
China Hit-and-Run Suspect on Trial After Web Outrage
Li Qiming, who hit and killed a student in Hebei, is currently on trial. Li gained notoriety after he told the crowd after the accident, “My father is Li Gang!”, referring to his father’s position as deputy...
“Little Rabbit, Be Good” A Subversive New Years’ Video Card
An animated homage to the incoming Year of the Rabbit is circulating in Chinese cyberspace. The subversive video makes reference to numerous recent news events, and ends with an armed rebellion by the rabbits (ie the beleaguered...
Arizona Shootings: Chinese Reactions
Evan Osnos’ Letter from China and the Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Report blog both look at Chinese reactions to the shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords and several others in Arizona on Saturday....
Behind the Li Gang Case, Part 2: Family Goes Silent, Legal Rumblings
China Geeks has translated part two of an investigative report by Wang Keqin into the case of Chen Xiaofeng, who was killed after being hit by a car driven by the son of a local official, Li Gang. Part One is here. Read more...
Behind the Li Gang Case, Part 1: Chen Family Forced to Drop Suit
China Geeks translates the first part of an investigative report by Wang Keqin about the “Li Gang” case. Read more about the incident which led to this case on the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon. From China Geeks’...
What Were China’s Top Stories in 2010?
China Media Project translates a list of the top ten stories of 2010 provided by People’s Daily for an online poll, and also adds in commentary from netizens (and their own top ten list): In the comments section at...
2010′s Top 10 Chinese Internet Buzzwords & Catchphrases
chinaSMACK has translated a list published by Xinhua of the top ten Internet terms and phrases of 2010. From their explanation of “My dad is Li Gang”: 我爸是李刚 [wǒ bà shì lǐ gāng] On the night of 2010 October 16th,...
China’s Censors Misfire in Abuse-of-Power Case
The New York Times looks at the hit-and-run accident in which a girl from the countryside was killed in a hit-and-run accident. When the drunk driver of the car that hit her was stopped by security, he declared, “My father...
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