Word of the Week: Dama Era
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
Apr 20, 2017
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
Nov 26, 2014
Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by Chinese...
Nov 24, 2014
Xi Jinping is so far enjoying much popularity among the public, thanks at least in part to a...
Nov 21, 2014
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Sep 23, 2014
As of September 23, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for...
Jul 6, 2014
The following censorship instruction, issued to the media by government authorities, has been...
May 30, 2014
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
May 6, 2014
Reuters reports that Chinese state media has for the first time published the photograph...
Mar 20, 2014
At ChinaFile, Orville Schell, Vincent Ni, Elizabeth Economy, and Leta Hong Fincher discuss the...
Jan 14, 2014
As of January 14, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.”...
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...
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...
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...