U.S. elections

Why China Raged Over America’s “Summit for Democracy”

A United States-led democracy summit elicited a ferocious Chinese propaganda campaign aimed in part at redefining democracy in the Party’s own terms. The U.S.’ virtual Summit for Democracy, “part pep rally and part policy...

Minitrue: Avoid Content on U.S. Election Results

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online.  Baidu internal notice: The general election in the United States has been determined to be a highly...

Minitrue: U.S. Presidential Election

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. Regarding the U.S. presidential...

Cartoon: Political Fatigue

Update (November 9, 2012): The previous version of the cartoon appeared to have been photographed from a newspaper, and CDT had been unable to identify the source. We have since learned that the cartoon is by Wang Jinsong (王锦松)...

Contrasting Forecasts for China

At Foreign Policy, Minxin Pei argues that China’s continued rise is not a foregone conclusion, and that the U.S. should ready itself for a Chinese decline. Americans, he suggests, have long tended to overestimate the...

Politicians Play The China Card

NPR points out that even in this heated and sometime nasty election season in the U.S., politicians are agreeing on one thing: The inherent threat of a rising China. An NPR blog post rounds up some of the most blatant ads being...

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