At Project Sinopsis, Ansel Li examines how many young Chinese are seeking solace in mystical crystals and spirituality-based scams. Superstitious elements have blended with livestream- and app-driven hyperconsumerism; Li even...
This week, 20-year-old American influencer Darren Watkins Jr., better known as IShowSpeed, concluded a multi-week, high-profile tour of China. With nearly 120 million online followers across all of his platforms, IShowSpeed...
The following censorship instructions have been leaked and distributed online. Based on the national public memorial requirements just issued today, there will be a public mourning period from November 30 to December 7, and the...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Online media platform management requirements for the mourning period from the National Radio and...
Would-be viewers of the long-delayed historical drama “A Love Never Lost” were left disappointed Monday when the show was pulled just two hours before its premiere. The broadcast was replaced with a rerun of a 2020 “poverty...
33 years have passed since the People’s Liberation Army violently crushed pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing and elsewhere. Memories of the 1989 movement have been suppressed by a similarly aggressive state-directed...
Liang Yongping, founder of the video subtitling group and streaming site YYeTs Renren Yingshi (人人影视), was given a hefty fine and sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for piracy. He was arrested in February along with 13 others. The...
The following propaganda instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
At Inkstone News, Mandy Zuo reports on the likely career-ending five-day detention of a young...
The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television (SAPPRFT) issued a...
Beijing Sinnet Technology Co. Ltd., Amazon Web Services’ Chinese partner, has sent out...
A popular Chinese virtual private network provider, GreenVPN, has ceased operation after being...
The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television (SAPPRFT),...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Following new regulations that require websites to acquire special licenses before streaming...
At Caixin, Chen Na reports on new regulations from the Cyberspace Administration of China, the...
In January of last year, a few months after Beijing rolled out new regulations limiting foreign...
China’s state media regulator has issued a new order requiring all live streaming platforms...
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