Word of the Week: Dama Era
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
by Josh Rudolph | Apr 20, 2017
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
by Anne Henochowicz | Nov 26, 2014
Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by Chinese...
by Josh Rudolph | Nov 24, 2014
Xi Jinping is so far enjoying much popularity among the public, thanks at least in part to a...
by Anne Henochowicz | Nov 21, 2014
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
by Anne Henochowicz | Sep 23, 2014
As of September 23, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for...
by Anne Henochowicz | Jul 6, 2014
The following censorship instruction, issued to the media by government authorities, has been...
by Josh Rudolph | May 30, 2014
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
by Natalie Ornell | May 6, 2014
Reuters reports that Chinese state media has for the first time published the photograph...
by Natalie Ornell | Mar 20, 2014
At ChinaFile, Orville Schell, Vincent Ni, Elizabeth Economy, and Leta Hong Fincher discuss the...
by Anne Henochowicz | Jan 14, 2014
As of January 14, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search...
by Anne Henochowicz | Jun 10, 2013
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. State Council Information Office: All websites are asked to immediately find and remove images of...
by Anne Henochowicz | Jun 9, 2013
As of June 9, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). First Lady’s iPhone: Peng Liyuan, the wife of President Xi Jinping, was spotted in Mexico last week taking...
by Sophie Beach | Jun 5, 2013
With President Xi Jinping’s first bilateral U.S.-China summit set for this weekend, opinions are divided over First Lady Michelle Obama’s decision to stay home for her daughters’ final week of school. The...
by Sophie Beach | Mar 28, 2013
AP has confirmed the authenticity of a photo distributed online showing First Lady Peng Liyuan serenading People’s Liberation Army troops in Tiananmen Square after the crackdown on protesters in June 1989. CDT posted the...
by Anne Henochowicz | Mar 26, 2013
Peng Liyuan, wife of the new Chinese president Xi Jinping, has lit up Weibo with her glamour. The censors have balked at discussions of her outfits, though their work has not done much to dampen “first lady fever.”...
by Scott Greene | Mar 26, 2013
The Telegraph’s Malcolm Moore reports that Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan has “triggered first lady fever” while accompanying husband Xi Jinping on his first trip abroad as president: “Now is the end of...
by Anne Henochowicz | Mar 24, 2013
As of March 24, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). Kunming PX Plant: A p-Xylene (PX) and purified terephthalic acid (PTA) processing plant is planned for the...
by 不忘初心 | Mar 16, 2013
China’s new first lady, singer Peng Liyuan, is expected to help the Chinese Communist Party polish its image. From Eveline Gao at the Daily Beast: Peng, 50, is known for singing soaring patriotic songs in praise of the...