Fake Official Account of the Week: @ComYouthLeague
On September 12, 2017, shortly after registering an account on Twitter, @ComYouthLeague tweeted:...
by Josh Rudolph | May 30, 2018
On September 12, 2017, shortly after registering an account on Twitter, @ComYouthLeague tweeted:...
by Josh Rudolph | Feb 7, 2018
A video clip that recently circulated the Chinese internet satirized the rhetorical style of...
by Samuel Wade | Sep 26, 2017
CDT has long celebrated irreverent online humor in China, commissioning and publishing cartoons,...
by Samuel Wade | Sep 8, 2016
Authorities in Shanghai have recently cracked down on rumors of tightening real estate...
by Josh Rudolph | Jul 12, 2016
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
by Josh Rudolph | Jul 8, 2014
A roundup of online political cartoons from June 2 to July 2. Click any image to launch the...
by Josh Rudolph | Apr 14, 2014
A roundup of online political cartoons from the past two weeks. Click any image to launch the...
by Sophie Beach | Aug 20, 2013
Dissident writer Hu Ping comments on the importance and power of humor in today’s political...
by Josh Rudolph | Apr 11, 2013
After another escalation of provocative rhetoric from North Korea, Jon Stewart mocked North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and the country’s clear use of photoshop in propaganda on the April 2 episode of The Daily Show. The...
by Sophie Beach | Mar 13, 2012
As the National People’s Congress prepares to vote on revisions to the Criminal Procedure Law, cartoonists in China are airing their feelings on the proposals. Most criticisms focus on Article 73, which enshrines the right...
by Sophie Beach | Jan 30, 2012
Two jokes are currently circulating in Chinese cyberspace which take on current events: The first one refers to recent tensions over the East China Sea. [Diaoyu Islands belong to which country?] Answer: Bring a laptop computer...
by Sophie Beach | Jun 29, 2011
Local officials in Huili, Sichuan have been the target of mockery and satire after a clearly-doctored photo of their inspection of a highway was posted on the government website. From the Guardian: The saga began on Monday when...
by Xiao Qiang | Mar 19, 2011
Dragon’s Laugh (龙颜大悦) is an online volunteer production group that puts together weekly mash-up videos to distribute online. In operation since June 2010, the group of over 300 volunteers has put together 39 videos. These videos...
by Sophie Beach | Dec 28, 2010
USA Today reports on online political humor in China as an outlet for dissatisfaction with the status quo: Coded language is common in Chinese cyberspace, not just to reduce the risk of official retribution, but also to show off...
by Sophie Beach | May 19, 2010
During a recent police crackdown on prostitution, several nightclubs were closed in Beijing. The following joke, which is circulating online and by text message, imagines the interrogation session between an escort working at...
by Xiao Qiang | Feb 18, 2010
From the ChinaGeeks blog: Recently, the Chinese internet has been abuzz with the term yakexi [亚克西]. According to a post on Baidu’s Baike, yakexi is the Uyghur word for good. The word has been in general use as a brand name for...
by Xiao Qiang | Sep 19, 2009
Participants in the October 1st National Day celebrations, mostly students and soldiers, have been working hard to prepare for the big show. But Chinese netizens are creating their own parallel celebration as well. Here is an...
by Xiao Qiang | Jul 1, 2009
Yang Guobin, associate professor of Asian and Middle Eastern cultures of Barnard College writes on the Columbia University blog: The Green Dam policy indicates that there is still a surprising degree of bluntness in the exercise...