Translation: The Hundred Childless Days
Thirty years ago, Guan County, Shandong Province launched the “Hundred Childless Days” campaign under the aegis of national family planning, known in the West as the “one-child policy.” The birthplace of...
local officials
Translation: Resident Sues Hubei Government Over Epidemic Response
With many in China still unconvinced that local and national governments did all they could, based on available information, to respond to and educate the public about the novel coronavirus, some are looking for a more suitable...
Coronavirus “Rumor” Crackdown Continues With Censorship, Detentions
Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang was first disciplined for "spreading rumors" about the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, then used as a deterrent example by state media along with seven others. He was then rehabilitated and...
Minitrue: Do Not Report Macau Official’s Fatal Fall
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Minitrue: No Follow-up on Yili Denouncing Ex-chairman
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Minitrue: Delete Report on Causes of Deadly Landslide
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Can China Be a Global Climate Leader?
Following President Trump’s announcement early this month that he would be withdrawing the...
Badiucao (巴丢草): Outrage Over Official Flood Handling
Commenting on the massive flooding that has led to at least 164 deaths in northern China over the...
Officials Punished for Beatings at Demolition Site
Several local and law enforcement officials in Haikou, Hainan have been punished after a video...
Officials Dispute Severity of School Scandal Illnesses
China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported on Sunday that nearly 500 students at Changzhou Foreign...
Minitrue: Don’t Hype Video of Toddler Battling Chengguan
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Minitrue: Don’t Hype Story on Leiyang’s Angry Poet
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
The Fourth Plenum’s Rule of Law Rorschach Test
The Party’s Fourth Plenum last month laid out its vision of a “Socialist rule of...
The Daily Grind of a Junior Civil Servant in Beijing
While local civil servants don’t take home much in the way of an official salary, they...
What’s Wrong With this Chinese Town?
At Foreign Policy, Alexa Olesen reports on a fresh scandal in the Jiangsu town from which seven...
Minitrue: Control Discussion of Hunan Lead Poisoning
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Son of Purged Zhao Ziyang Tells of China’s ‘Shame’
The South China Morning Post reports that Zhao Wujun, son of the former CCP General Secretary Zhao...
Official Puts Demolition Workers On Pedestal
A district Communist Party secretary’s adulatory tribute to a group of demolition workers...
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