Professor Sam Crane wrote on his The Useless Tree blog: This doesn’t have much to do with ancient Chinese philosophy (though I imagine I could paste on some reference to Taoism somewhere here…) but the idea has been kicking around in my head. In talking with a student (thanks Kaitlin!) the other day about a […]
Read MoreChances are many Chinese may not know this lady, but very few haven’t heard of or seen her iconic and ubiquitous entertainment show, The Same Song (Âêå‰∏ÄȶñÊ≠å). Ms. Meng Xin, director of one of the most popular entertainment TV programs in China, is the Martha Stewart-like icon in China’s new age of pop culture and […]
Read MoreFrom Non-violent Resistance blog: The Southern Weekend, in it’s typical straight-faced celebrity freak show style, did an interview with Liu Zhongde, a former Minister of Culture and Director of the Central Propaganda Department. Let’s again hope that ESWN will pick this up; I’ll just present the freakiest parts of it — namely, how the quirks […]
Read MoreFrom the People’s Daily Online via NetEase (link), translated by CDT: At the opening of the 12th CCTV young singers competition, the organizers showed three funny video clips, two of which make fun of revolutionary films about Chinese war against Japanese invaders during 1930s. The editor of the clips, Hu Daoge, remade the voice-over of […]
Read MoreFrom EastSouthWestNorth blog: Once again, the press fell silent in China in its coverage of a new movie. But this was not due to an edict from the Central Propaganda Department. Instead, the press went into a spontaneously self-organized rebellion to protest against restrictions on their coverage. The story was originally published in Jiangnan Times […]
Read MoreWhile China’s athletes won glory in Paris at this year’s Olympics and Paralympics, there was widespread agreement on Chinese social media that the country’s reporters did not. Bloggers and athletes alike rolled...
Read MoreOn Sunday, Renmin University Ph.D. candidate Wang Di publicly accused her doctoral supervisor Wang Guiyuan (no relation) of sexual harassment and assault in a video that went viral on Chinese social media. Her supervisor was...
Read MoreOn Chinese social media, the phrase “weak spot” (软肋, ruǎn lèi) is often used metaphorically to refer to family members—particularly children—used as leverage by public security, state security, or government authorities to...
Read MoreLiu Xiaobo (1955-2017) is a monumental figure in modern Chinese history. The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate died in custody in a Shenyang hospital in 2017 while being treated for liver cancer. A prolific writer, Liu first rose...
Read MoreIn part two of our retrospective on the most sensitive topics of 2023, as selected by our Chinese team, we focus on dissent and disasters. In part one we covered long-standing taboos on discussions about Xi Jiping and the...
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