Sometimes, it’s the censors who imbue a joke with political power. Earlier this week, Weibo user @怪以德服人猫’s account was deleted for violating Weibo policy. Their likely violation? A joke, described by some netizens as “very...
A collection of 40 jokes about China’s “zero-COVID policy” and its enforcers was posted by @丁逸峰 on Zhihu, the popular Chinese question-and-answer site. Many are styled in the grand tradition of “Soviet Jokes,” which have, at...
The following was originally published by Project Sinopsis and is reposted here with permission:...
Sensitive Words highlights keywords that are blocked from Sina Weibo search results. CDT...
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the nationwide, student-led democracy movement in China,...
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the nationwide, student-led democracy movement in China,...
As part of their continued investigations into Chinese government influence over foreign...
The 6th Plenum of the 18th Party Central Committee concluded on Thursday. After four days of...
Columnist and psychologist Tang Yinghong (唐映红) has used his disciplinary expertise (often in...
Online speech in China seems more restricted than ever after the social media purge of Ren...
In the first episode of a new podcast for Asia Society, Eric Fish gathers experts’ views on...
Respected China scholar David Shambaugh’s prediction a week ago that “the endgame of...
At The Wall Street Journal, noted China scholar David Shambaugh writes that “the endgame of...
A recent flurry of translations at Fei Chang Dao tracks the development of China’s current...
On Sunday, Xinhua reported the latest move in the Party’s current drive to fight corruption...
Reuters’ Sui-Lee Wee notes comments from a public web chat by Yao Zengke of the Ministry of...
In a blog post translated at The Diplomat, Yang Hengjun writes that China should not let...
U.S. lawmakers are pressing for a street outside China’s Washington embassy to be renamed in honor...
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