What to do when the law and basic humanity are in opposition? The Chinese internet has an answer: “Aim the rifle an inch higher” (枪口抬高一厘米, qiāngkǒu táigāo yī límǐ). The phrase is shorthand for subverting orders that violate...
The slogans that make up the “12 Core Socialist Values” are a common sight on Chinese streets, as they were—for a tumultuous few hours this weekend—on London’s famous Brick Lane, where a Chinese student at the Royal...
Last week, city authorities in Beijing released a “Municipal Action Plan for Further...
China’s emerging social credit system has attracted an exceptional level of attention and...
At this year’s Two Sessions legislative and political advisory meetings in Beijing in...
CDT cartoonist Badiucao comments on a recent viral video in which a woman was hit by a vehicle...
Like other media, video games in China are subject to a wide range of political and moral content...
China this week rolled out new rules on entertainment news as top lawmakers reviewed a draft of...
Talks are underway between the Vatican and Beijing to secure an agreement involving the selection...
At China Real Time, Te-Ping Chen and Josh Chin report a new crackdown on hiring strippers to...
At The New York Times, Ian Johnson talks to Luigi Tomba of the Australian National University...
Pew Research’s Global Attitudes Project recently conducted a global survey asking...
Wu Weiqing committed suicide after being falsely accused of knocking down a senior citizen whom he...
China’s first “Good Samaritan law” (好人法), passed in February, comes into effect next month. A China Daily article from earlier this month explains the city regulation, suggesting that a similar state law could...
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ newly released Annual Report on Social Mentality suggests that social trust in China continues to fall. From He Dan at China Daily: The Blue Book of Social Mentality, the latest...
An Australian study published last week attempts to quantify the psychological effects of the “one-child policy” on those born under it, who have often been disparaged as a generation of spoiled “Little...
One of two drivers who fatally struck a Guangdong toddler last year has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison after a trial held in late May. From Xinhua: Hu Jun was convicted of involuntary homicide by the Nanhai...
China has updated the ’24 Filial Exemplars’, an ancient morality text, to promote filial piety among the new generation. From Tania Branigan at The Guardian: The original 24 Filial Exemplars date from around the 14th...
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