As 2024 draws to a close, CDT editors are compiling a series of the most notable content (Chinese) from across the Chinese internet over the past year. Topics include this year’s most outstanding quotes, reports, podcasts and...
The People’s Republic of China celebrated its 75th anniversary on Tuesday, October 1. The anniversary is both political spectacle and the advent of a week-long holiday marked by decidedly apolitical leisure travel. On the eve of...
When the result of a sporting match becomes a foregone conclusion and lesser players are subbed in to run out the clock, announcers often term it “garbage time.” The latest term to sweep the Chinese internet holds that nations,...
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...
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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...
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