Bookstores Become Sites of Subtle Protest Against Xi Jinping
Chinese bookstore shelf arrangements rarely go viral—that is, unless they contain a hidden message...
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Not Wanted: Recovered COVID-19 Patients Face Job and Housing Discrimination
“Anyone who has ever tested positive is not wanted.” “No tattoos, criminal record, or positive test history.” “Applicants who have tested positive or been in a mandatory quarantine facility need not apply.” “During the pandemic,...
Translation/Photo Essay: Remains of the Nanzha Leco Stationery Factory
Investigative journalist Peng Yuanwen is known for his reporting at The Beijing News, Vista and ifeng.com, as well as for his witty commentary on Mark Zuckerberg’s notorious 2016 Beijing “smog jog.” But long before that, he...
Slideshow: Life on a People’s Commune, 1975
Michael Rank was a British Council student in China from 1974-1976. During his time at Peking...
Photography: Scenes From 21st-Century China
The Atlantic’s In Focus photo blog presents 40 recent images of China, from homemade robots...
Photo Essay: An Entire Day on the Beijing Subway
A photo essay at Vice by Oscar Holland and Lukas von Rantzau shows an entire day on Line 2 of Beijing’s subway, from the first train to the last: 5:05 AM – The doors to the first train open. “Welcome to Subway Line...
Catching Fish Using Birds: Images of a Dying Art
At The Atlantic, American documentary photographer Michael Steverson unveils a photo essay on the ancient yet dying Chinese art of cormorant fishing, featuring two elderly brothers who supplement their income from fishing by...
Photos: Capturing Change in Tibet
Beautiful scenic photos of Tibet are a controversial matter. Posting them on Twitter will often lead to rebuke from vocal activists who argue that they gloss over the realities of Chinese rule: Typical #Tool used by #China...
Weibo: Anti-Japan Protests
CDT Chinese collected these photos from anti-Japan protests over the weekend. Many have already...
Photos: Migrants’ and Petitioners’ City Homes
Ministry of Tofu translates, together with comments from Sina Weibo, a Sina.com photo essay showing migrant workers in Chongqing living in improvised tents and shacks, under bridges or on construction sites. Mr. Zhou, 47 years...
Photos: The Smog that Ate Beijing
Beijing’s dismal air quality has repeatedly made headlines, grounding flights and eventually shaming authorities into reforming rose-tinted official readings. One leading meteorologist recently warned that substantial...
Scenes from China
The Atlantic has posted a collection of 48 stunning images of China: China, now the second-largest economy in the world, is a vast and diverse country that is nearly impossible to sum up in a single photo essay. But here is an...
Slideshow: China International
Foreign Policy has posted a slideshow of images documenting China’s growing influence in the far-flung corners of the world: China’s rise is no longer just about China — and over the past year, journalists...
Photo Collection: “The History of Forced Demolition in China”
A collection of photos entitled, “The History of Forced Demolition in China”, has been published on one of China’s leading intent portals Netease. Please click here.
Netizen’s Comments on Current Events (With Photos)
Following images and commentaries are from a popular post in Chinese blogosphere, translated by CDT: (1) The reason the Ministry of Education reduced the emphasis given to Lu Xun’s writings in middle school textbooks was not...
Photo: Writing on the Wall
On the wall of a public toilet: “Use of Party newspapers and magazines as toilet paper is strictly forbidden.”[Source ]
Foxconn Rallies China Workers amid Suicide Concerns (With Photos)
Foxconn, the manufacturing giant which was the scene of 13 worker suicides this spring and summer, has held company-sponsored rallies in support of its staff. From the BBC: At the company’s campus in the southern city of...
Photo: Socialism with Chinese Characteristics
Photo: Socialism with Chinese Characteristics. (Source)
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