Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam is facing calls to step down over her handling of an unpopular extradition bill, huge protests against it, and its suspension last Saturday. (For a recap of these events, see CDT’s earlier posts or listen to a concise but thorough podcast account from The...
The inclusion of “easter eggs” referencing pejorative nicknames of Chinese president Xi Jinping in an independent video game from Taiwan has resulted in several related terms becoming...
Disney’s “Christopher Robin,” a new movie in which a grown-up title character reencounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, won’t be showing in China, according to a...
U.S.-based British comedian John Oliver’s name has become a sensitive word on Weibo following a particularly well–researched 20-minute segment roasting Xi Jinping’s policies on his weekly HBO...
Since late last year, internationally famous Chinese baritone Liu Keqing–who is known for having a “striking resemblance to Xi Jinping”–has several times had his account banned on short video sharing...
Outspoken property tycoon Ren Zhiqiang went missing nearly four weeks ago, soon after the online circulation of an essay attributed to him which sharply attacked the official handling of the COVID-19 epidemic and especially the...
At the height of the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, Zhao Shilin, a retired Minzu University professor and former member of the Central Committee and Deputy Director of the Culture and Arts Commission, issued two public...
Real estate tycoon turned commentator Ren Zhiqiang, known as “the Cannon” for his online outspokenness, was one of the few liberal “Big V” microbloggers remaining on Weibo after a 2013 rumor crackdown...
On Tuesday, Xi Jinping visited Wuhan, epicenter of the now global COVID-19 pandemic, in a show of official confidence that the worst of the outbreak in China has passed. For years, official rhetoric has emphasized Xi’s...
Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang was first disciplined for "spreading rumors" about the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, then used as a deterrent example by state media along with seven others. He was then rehabilitated and...
Sensitive Words highlights keywords that are blocked from Sina Weibo search results. CDT independently tests the keywords before posting them, but some searches later become accessible again. We welcome readers to contribute to...
On Saturday, The New York Times published a report by Austin Ramzy and Chris Buckley based on 403 pages of leaked documents on China’s ongoing mass detention campaign in Xinjiang. The 24 documents include speeches by Xi...
On October 26th, a Twitter user reported that his WeChat account was suspended for “spreading malicious rumors” after he posted a comment about Winnie the Pooh subsequent to sharing an article on President Xi Jinping. The...
Ahead of Tuesday’s showcase of homegrown military technology to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic, NPR’s Emily Feng described the occasion’s symbolic importance, political...
Journalist Chun Han Wong, a Singapore national who has reported for the Wall Street Journal in...
On June 21, former Peking University Law School professor Gong Renren published an essay on the...
Saturday is the 100th anniversary of the 1919 May 4th Movement, sparked by China’s...
At China Heritage, Geremie Barmé has translated a stream of responses to the recent suspension of...
CNN’s James Griffiths, author of the recently released book “The Great Firewall of...
On Monday, law professor Xu Zhangrun was suspended from teaching and other roles at Tsinghua...
At The Financial Times, Christian Shepherd reports the removal from teaching duties of Tsinghua...
Over the past several months, dozens of Chinese Twitter users within China have reportedly been...
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