“Unable to Bear the Party Surname,” Editor Resigns
While China’s leaders have long seen the news media as the “throat and tongue”...
Southern Metropolis Daily
Newspaper Editor Fired Over Front Page Double Meaning
An editor at the liberal Southern Metropolis Daily has been fired after the paper’s Shenzhen...
Journalist Reappears in China Under Police Detention
Last month, former Southern Metropolis Daily columnist Li Xin went missing after traveling to...
Journalist Fired Over Work for Hong Kong Website
The New York Times’ Kiki Zhao reports the sudden firing of journalist Song Zhibiao over...
Minitrue: Delete Story on Guangzhou Arsonist
The following censorship instruction, issued to the media by government authorities, has been...
The Global Times Phenomenon
China Change has translated a blog post by former Southern Metropolis Daily commentator Song...
Media Ethics Debate Follows Journalist’s Confession
On Monday, South China Morning Post’s Patrick Boehler reported that bottled water company...
Calls for Journalist’s Release Gain Momentum
At China Media Project, David Bandurski writes that Guangdong’s New Express repeated its...
Lawyers Criticize “Straitjacket” for Online Rumors
China’s Supreme People’s Court and Supreme People’s Procuratorate issued a new...
Ministry of Truth: Bad Trades and Fake Thirds
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Censorship Vault: “Kill Kill Kill” and More
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet...
Word of the Week: Don’t Understand Actual Situation
Editor’s Note: The CDT Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon is a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens...
Zhou Yongkang: Party and People Thank You
Despite calls for his ouster, it seems Zhou Yongkang won’t be leaving the Politburo Standing...
“Do Not Hype Gourmet Food or Luxury Clothing!”
A leaked directive from the Central Propaganda Department warned Chinese media, “don’t hype the Two Sessions’ ‘gourmet food’ and the clothing and accessories of representatives!”...
Ai Weiwei Released on Bail; Xu Zhiyong Reportedly Detained
Xinhua reports that Ai Weiwei has been released on bail in recognition of his cooperative attitude and chronic illness: The Beijing police department said Wednesday that Ai Weiwei has been released on bail because of his good...
Bold Editorial on 2008 Quake Blacked Out (Updated)
On the third anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Sichuan, the Southern Metropolis Daily wrote a powerful editorial, which also sends a message in support of imprisoned artist Ai Weiwei. The editorial has since been...
Empty Chairs On the Cover of Southern Metropolis Daily Interpreted as Nobel Tribute
As has been reported, the term “empty chair” (空椅子) has become a banned word in Chinese cyberspace following Friday’s Nobel prize ceremony during which imprisoned Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo was represented...
Cartoonist Kuang Biao Punished for Cartoon About Chang Ping
The Southern Metropolis Daily reprimanded cartoonist Kuang Biao in August for his depiction of journalist Chang Ping bound in an ominous stranglehold: According to the China Media Project, Chang has recently been barred from...
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