Three years and three months after whistleblower Dr. Li Wenliang’s death from COVID-19, the “Wailing Wall” that emerged in the comments section under his last Weibo post continues to serve as a repository for the hopes, dreams,...
This year, the United Nations’ theme for March 8 International Women’s Day was “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.” In China, people marked the holiday with a variety of thought-provoking and creative...
Surveillance in Chinese cities is ubiquitous, with highly visible security cameras trained on most every intersection, public space, and building, but over the past decade, it has been seeping into the countryside as well. In an...
It has been nearly one year since a viral video of a woman shackled and chained in a freezing shed in Dongji Village (Feng County, Jiangsu Province) provoked widespread outrage among the Chinese public and triggered an...
The following censorship instructions have been distributed online. In order to create a festive and harmonious atmosphere for online discourse during Spring Festival, the Central Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has...
After reporting fewer than fifty coronavirus deaths since the end of the zero-COVID policy, Chinese health officials revised the death toll to 59,938 virus-related deaths in hospitals between December 8 and January 12. Experts...
A viral video about a 66-year-old disabled rural man weathering adversity with resourcefulness and optimism has touched the hearts of hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens—and touched off a complex debate about poverty,...
As China doubles down on its zero-COVID policy, Shanghai struggles through a sixth week of lockdown, and Beijing expands mass testing and targeted closures, many smaller Chinese cities and towns have endured much longer periods...
A short viral video of a purportedly mentally-ill mother of eight kept chained in an outdoor shed has provoked outrage among Chinese citizens, prompted a criminal investigation, and brought renewed attention to the issues of...
China’s State Council has unveiled a series of proposals aiming to protect the estimated 61...
A new video by Leah Thompson and Sun Yunfan of ChinaFile looks at a group of young Chinese who are...
China Rural Library, a grass-roots non-profit group promoting literacy and education in...
Researchers at Central China Normal University’s Center for Chinese Rural Studies have...
As part of a continuing series on urbanization in China, Ian Johnson reports for The New York...
At Foreign Policy, Liz Carter notes a recommendation from the China Internet Network Information...
The Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time blog profiles Isabel Crook, a 98-year-old resident...
Lavish gift-giving among China’s wealthy has attracted considerable attention, particularly...
The New York Times’ Edward Wong reports that rural areas of China have become prime...
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