"Lately, I’ve grown used to quiet, uneventful days." Several users have reported permanent suspensions from WeChat Moments and QQ after posting this sentence, which apparently triggered keyword scans with its...
A statement from the Forum 2000 Foundation and International Coalition for Democratic Renewal (ICDR)—of which CDT founder and editor-in-chief Xiao Qiang is a member—adds to widespread calls for the release of Burmese democracy...
The following is an introduction to and contextualization of some of the specific entries and broader categories included in CDT’s archived “ByteDance Lexicon of Sensitive Terms.” The lexicon, which contains some 5,241...
CDT recently published a large set of leaked internal instructions for online content management from the Chinese platform Leshi Video, or LeTV. They were issued to LeTV between March 2, 2017 and March 10, 2020 by the Cyberspace...
Xi Jinping spoke in Beijing on July 1 at a ceremony to mark the 105th anniversary of the Party’s founding. While noting past achievements and coming challenges, Xi made repeated reference to 斗争 dòuzhēng or “struggle,” a...
During the recent back-to-back Sino-American and Sino-Russian summits, there was a fair amount of online censorship of sensitive-word combinations, much of it “soft censorship” aimed at controlling online discourse by limiting...
Even as Xi Jinping basked in the international media spotlight surrounding successive state visits...
Two collections of regulations released by the State Council in recent weeks have stoked concern among multinationals and business executives operating in China that they could be targeted for retaliation simply for making...
The death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in a U.S.-Israeli missile strike on February 28 was widely discussed on Chinese social media. Much of this conversation was reflexive, using the event to comment on various issues...
After the carnage, there aren’t even enough people left to form a WeChat group. [Chinese] Last week’s announcement of investigations into Generals Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli has profound implications for...
As 2025 draws to a close, CDT editors are compiling a series of the most notable content (Chinese) from across the Chinese internet over the past year. Topics include this year’s most outstanding quotes, reports, podcasts and...
As 2025 draws to a close, CDT editors are compiling a series of the most notable content (Chinese) from across the Chinese internet over the past year. Topics include this year’s most outstanding quotes, reports, podcasts and...
As 2025 draws to a close, CDT editors are compiling a series of the most notable content (Chinese) from across the Chinese internet over the past year. Topics include this year’s most outstanding quotes, reports, podcasts and...
The image above shows a one-man protest that reportedly took place at the high-end Taikoo Li Sanlitun mall (formerly Sanlitun Village) in Beijing on October 25, shortly after the end of the Party’s Fourth Plenum. Another...
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