Netizen Voices: Sardonic Comments on “How to Get Back at Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi” Offer Socio-Political Commentary on China
Ongoing Sino-Japanese diplomatic tensions—touched off last month by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae...
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CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for November 2025, Part Two
CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content blocked or deleted (often yielding the message “404: content not found”)...
CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for November 2025, Part One
CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content blocked or deleted (often yielding the message “404: content not found”)...
Netizen Voices: As Sino-Japanese Tensions Rise, “Tourism is Treated like a Chamberpot, a Disposable Tool”
The diplomatic crisis between China and Japan continues to intensify, following Japanese Prime...
Taiwanese Singer Zheng Zhihua’s Boarding Difficulties at Shenzhen Airport Spur Debate About Disability Access in China
Taiwanese singer Zheng Zhihua’s complaint about a difficult experience boarding a flight at Shenzhen’s main airport has spurred heated online debate about barrier-free access for disabled people in China. Both Zheng and the...
Fight Over “Correct” Historical Memory Permeates China’s War Anniversary Commemorations
China is scheduled to host a large-scale “Victory Day” military parade on September 3 to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II (referred to in China as the “War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.”) China...
Translation of Chai Jing Interview With Chinese Civil War Survivor Gao Binghan, Part 2: “War Is Always a Tragedy, Something I Cannot Endorse.”
Amid recurrent China-Taiwan tensions and rising geopolitical instability, investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker Chai Jing has revisited and updated her iconic 2012 interview with Gao Binghan, a survivor of the...
Translation of Chai Jing Interview With Chinese Civil War Survivor Gao Binghan, Part 1: “Those Who Forget That History of Suffering Are Destined to Suffer Again”
Amid recurrent China-Taiwan tensions and rising geopolitical instability, investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker Chai Jing has revisited and updated her iconic 2012 interview with Gao Binghan, a survivor of the...
Symbolism, Pragmatism Inform China-Latin American Ties at CELAC Forum
Last week, Beijing hosted the fourth China-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) Forum. While this triennial gathering was described as a ministerial-level meeting, the presidents of Brazil, Colombia, and...
Book Publishers Continue to Face Commercial and Political Pressure
Government censorship in China has increasingly targeted books, bookstores, and publishers. Last fall, over a dozen bookstores were shuttered or targeted for closure, generating a chilling effect on China’s publishing industry....
Pope Francis Leaves Behind Legacy of Controversial Rapprochement With China
Global tributes poured in following the death of Pope Francis on Monday, as world leaders and admirers of all faiths mourn a figure of peace in a time of growing conflict. However, as Italy’s Corriere della Sera bitterly noted,...
Translation: “Why is Everyone Talking About China ‘Seizing’ Australia?”
Following China’s unannounced naval exercises off the coast of Australia late last month, there has been a noticeable increase in Chinese social media content promoting the invasion (or “nabbing/seizing”) of Australia. There has...
Rubio Cites China Threat Behind Greenland Plan, While Chinese Commentators Eye Taiwan
President Donald Trump continues to push for the U.S. to take over the autonomous territory of Greenland, a goal he calls an “absolute necessity,” and has refused to rule out economic or military coercion toward that end....
Online Censorship About Lou Ye, Geng Jun Films Winning Awards at 61st Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
A banner year for Chinese films and filmmakers at the 61st Taipei Golden Horse Awards has attracted much attention on Chinese social media, despite strict ongoing censorship of any topic connected to the awards. This year’s...
Translation: Two Essays Explore What Trump 2.0 Means for China-U.S. Relations
Following a hotly contested U.S. election that reverberated across Chinese social media, drawing hundreds of millions of views on Weibo and birthing myriad memes, many Chinese academics and commentators are turning their...
Weibo “Manosphere,” Chinese Nationalists Celebrate Trump’s Victory
On Tuesday, Donald Trump was elected the next president of the United States. The election had been closely observed from China, by both the government and the populace. The Chinese government’s official response has so...
As PRC Outlasts Soviet Union, Xi Jinping Warns of “Stormy Waves”
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...
Kiribati Elections Renew Debate Over China’s Influence in the Pacific
On Thursday, Kiribati’s Ministry of Culture and Internal Affairs released the initial results of the Pacific island nation’s first-round parliamentary elections. For the citizens of Kiribati, the election hinged mostly on issues...
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