Netizen Voices: Sardonic Comments on “How to Get Back at Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi” Offer Socio-Political Commentary on China
Ongoing Sino-Japanese diplomatic tensions—touched off last month by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae...
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CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for November 2025, Part Two
CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content blocked or deleted (often yielding the message “404: content not found”)...
Netizen Voices: “Stop Complaining, Hu Xijin. You Played a Part in This.”
Two posts from nationalist pundit and former Global Times Editor-in-Chief Hu Xijin criticizing what he describes as a “collective silence” on Chinese social media have sparked intense discussion on Chinese and overseas websites....
Minitrue: Chengdu Cybersecurity Corps on “Ideological Risks During Third Quarter 2025”
The following censorship instructions, issued by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. (Black text boxes ██ indicate words that were intentionally blacked out in the leaked images.)...
Fight Over “Correct” Historical Memory Permeates China’s War Anniversary Commemorations
China is scheduled to host a large-scale “Victory Day” military parade on September 3 to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II (referred to in China as the “War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.”) China...
China Sits Out Mediation of Russia-Ukraine War, Despite Entanglements
The two back-to-back summits that U.S. President Donald Trump hosted over the past week, first with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska and then with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders in...
Censorship and Propaganda Fuel Anti-Japanese Nationalism During China’s War Anniversaries
Last month, a Chinese man attacked a Japanese woman and her child in a subway station in Suzhou, sending her to the hospital for treatment. Media reports about the attack were censored on WeChat. The Japanese government called...
Translation of Chai Jing Interview With Chinese Civil War Survivor Gao Binghan, Part 2: “War Is Always a Tragedy, Something I Cannot Endorse.”
Amid recurrent China-Taiwan tensions and rising geopolitical instability, investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker Chai Jing has revisited and updated her iconic 2012 interview with Gao Binghan, a survivor of the...
Chinese Nationalists Declare “Victory” in India-Pakistan Conflict
In response to reports that India and Pakistan have agreed to a tenuous ceasefire following several days of intense military conflict between both nuclear-armed nations last week, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
Translation: Chai Jing Interviews a Chinese Mercenary Fighting for Russia in Ukraine (Part Two)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected a U.S. peace plan that would freeze territory along the current front lines of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, stipulate that Ukraine could never join NATO, and require Ukraine...
Translation: Chai Jing Interviews a Chinese Mercenary Fighting for Russia in Ukraine (Part One)
In recent days, the capture of two Chinese soldiers fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine has highlighted the role of foreign fighters in that conflict. In a post to his X account, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy...
Translation: “Why is Everyone Talking About China ‘Seizing’ Australia?”
Following China’s unannounced naval exercises off the coast of Australia late last month, there has been a noticeable increase in Chinese social media content promoting the invasion (or “nabbing/seizing”) of Australia. There has...
Hostile Weibo Reactions to Filmmaker Huo Meng’s Berlin Film Fest Win: “Chinese Cinema Has Never Been As Conflicted As It Is Today”
While Weibo and other Chinese social media platforms continue to generate congratulatory content about the animated box-office smash “Ne Zha 2,” the reception for "Living the Land," a moving and realistic film about...
Heavy Online Censorship of Articles Critical of Animated Chinese Blockbuster “Ne Zha 2”
Since it began screening in late January during the Spring Festival holiday, the Chinese animated blockbuster “Ne Zha 2” has smashed box office records, becoming the highest-grossing animated film in history, as well as one of...
Quote of the Day: “When Your Opponent Is Better Armed With Humiliating Memes, It’s Best Not to Provoke Them”
Chinese soccer team Shandong Taishan have raised eyebrows and fueled rumors with their sudden withdrawal from a match in the AFC Asian Champions League Elite, mere hours before they were due to take the field against South...
Translations About the Speedy Executions of Perpetrators of “Revenge on Society” Attacks: “Open Public Disclosure Is More Important Than Harsh, Expedited Punishment”
The two speedy executions and two death sentences (one suspended) meted out to several men who committed mass-casualty attacks late last year have attracted thoughtful commentary from Chinese legal experts and current-affairs...
DeepSeek’s Success Challenges Export-Control Strategy and Reignites US-China Rivalry
DeepSeek’s rapid rise to fame this month after the release of its new AI chatbot has supercharged debates about the efficacy of U.S. export controls and the race to AI-tech superiority. Many in China celebrated DeepSeek’s...
People of the Year, 2024: Victims of Indiscriminate Attacks
As 2024 drew to a close, CDT editors compiled 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 videos,...
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