Word of the Week: Be Tuoed
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
Tuo Zhen
Yang Jisheng Lashes Out at Censors
In April, liberal Beijing magazine Yanhuang Chunqiu’s chief editor Yang Jisheng was...
Southern Weekly Editor Replaced to Calm Dispute
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
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
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
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by central government authorities, have...
Southern Weekly Editorial Staff Goes On Strike (Updated)
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
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...
Sensitive Words: The Rape of Southern Weekly
In an unusual expression of outrage, Southern Weekly writers, editors, and former interns signed...
Sensitive Words: Censorship Gets a Personal Touch (Correction)
Correction: Southern Weekend (南方周末) has adopted the English name Southern Weekly. This post has...
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