Chinese authorities have arrested dozens of writers of Boys’ Love (BL), or danmei, a genre of online homoerotic fiction featuring male protagonists, and typically created by and for women. This latest crackdown appears driven by...
As 2024 draws to a close, CDT editors are compiling a series of the most notable content (Chinese) from across the Chinese internet over the past year. Topics include this year’s most outstanding quotes, reports, podcasts and...
A spate of “revenge against society” attacks that have left dozens dead and more injured over the last week-and-a-half have left many in China grasping for an explanation: what is driving these “Xianzhong” rampages? The short...
At the Associated Press, Fu Ting reports mounting pressure on China’s independent bookstores and other cultural channels and venues: Independent bookstores have become a new battleground in China, swept up in the...
A middle school literature exam in Chengdu has triggered the latest outburst of anti-Japanese nationalism. Students were asked to analyze an excerpt from “Fallen Azaleas,” an amateurish piece of fiction by the virtually unknown...
The nationalist blogger who attempted to sue Nobel-Prize winning author Mo Yan for 1.5 billion yuan for allegedly “defaming heroes and martyrs” in his fiction has had his lawsuit rejected by the Beijing Procuratorate, on the...
A popular periodical featuring essays and nonfiction writing announced that it is suspending operations after 35 years. The announcement followed online chatter that the December cover was an oblique criticism of Xi Jinping. Xi...
At least 12 women have accused famed screenwriter Shi Hang of sexual harassment. The accusations are the latest major #MeToo case to roil the Chinese intelligentsia. At Sixth Tone, Yang Caini reported on the accusations against...
While the ongoing lockdown of Xi’an has thrust millions of people into health and food insecurity, online public outrage must contend with state media’s heart-warming stories of “noodles helping noodles.” Even Jia Pingwa, the...
After translating the first half of migrant worker Fan Yusu (范雨素)’s viral biographical essay...
Last week, migrant worker Fan Yusu (范雨素) posted a biographical essay about her struggle through...
On Friday, The Washington Post’s Simon Denyer noted Chinese bookstores’ removal or...
According to a report by Yang Fan for RFA, a teacher in Hubei was dismissed after reposting an...
In Seattle yesterday to begin his weeklong state visit to the U.S., Xi Jinping delivered a lengthy...
Free expression and literacy advocacy group PEN America this week released the report...
Poetry is revered in China, but is it still a living art form? In 2006, Han Han said modern...
Goodreads interviews author Yu Hua about his new novel The Seventh Day: A Novel, his childhood...
Ha Jin’s new novel, “A Map of Betrayal”, tells the story of a Chinese spy living...
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