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Word of the Week: Be Tuoed

by Josh Rudolph | Nov 10, 2017

The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...

Yang Jisheng Lashes Out at Censors

by Josh Rudolph | Jul 17, 2015

In April, liberal Beijing magazine Yanhuang Chunqiu’s chief editor Yang Jisheng was...

Southern Weekly Editor Replaced to Calm Dispute

by Samuel Wade | Jan 18, 2013

The uncertain resolution of a stand-off between Southern Weekly staff and Guangdong propaganda authorities continues to unfold. At the South China Morning Post, Li Jing and Mimi Lau report the ousting of Southern Weekly...

Drawing the News: The Southern Weekly Protests

by Anne Henochowicz | Jan 11, 2013

Not even one month into the new year, many China observers have already called the protests at Southern Weekly this past week the story of 2013. The public show of resistance to egregious censorship has unfolded on a scale...

Scenes from the Southern Weekly Protest

by Anne Henochowicz | Jan 8, 2013

CDT Chinese is gathering images and comments from the ongoing Southern Weekly protest in Guangzhou and beyond. Here is a selection: WeiboSearch: Limiting Search to Individual Weibo Accounts: Currently, there are two ways to do...

Ministry of Truth: Urgent Notice on Southern Weekly

by Anne Henochowicz | Jan 7, 2013

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by central government authorities, have...

Southern Weekly Editorial Staff Goes On Strike (Updated)

by Scott Greene | Jan 6, 2013

An internal standoff has escalated into a full-blown crisis at Southern Weekly (formerly known as Southern Weekend), where Guangdong’s propaganda chief meddled in the publication’s annual “New Year’s...

Unhappy Guangdong Journalists Protest New Year Meddling

by Samuel Wade | Jan 5, 2013

Wang Yang, father of the “Happy” Guangdong Model and formerly mooted counterweight to Bo Xilai, was last month replaced as Guangdong Party chief by rising star Hu Chunhua. Having failed to win a seat on the reduced...