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Xi Jinping Demands More Control After Zhuhai Attack

A veil of silence has fallen around the car ramming attack that killed 35 and injured 43 in Zhuhai, Guangdong, this Monday. The shocking attack—the most deadly “Xianzhong” incident in a year marked by them—has become a highly...

Nationalist Sima Nan Banned From Weibo; Hu Xijin Returns

Posting about politics on Weibo can sometimes look like a game of Russian Roulette: without knowing where the pitfalls lie, at some point one is bound to run into trouble. Hot takes can lead to quick suspensions. Asking for...

Chinese Perspectives on the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election

Given the potential global consequences of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, it has naturally attracted worldwide attention. In China, initially reticent coverage by state media has given way to editorializing about the...

Weibo Cracks Down on Posts About Weibo Crackdowns

Microblogging platform Weibo is cracking down on speech about crackdowns on speech. In a weekly “safety” digest published to an official Weibo administrators’ account, the platform announced that it had...

Hu Xijin Banned From Weibo for Comments on Private Economy

Hu Xijin has seemingly been banned from posting to Chinese social media platforms. Hu, formerly the editor-in-chief of the nationalist tabloid Global Times, appears to have run into trouble for “misconstruing” the...

Diverse Sinophone Groups Voice Support for Gaza

Israel’s war in Gaza has elicited increasing attention from the Sinophone world, as five months of violence have led to the deaths of 32,000 Palestinians, an imminent famine in northern Gaza, and little progress on freeing...

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