USA Today looks at the phenomenon of so-called human flesh search engines: Vigilant Internet users spotted news photos of a housing official and posted heated online discussions about his $15,000 Swiss watch and $22-a-pack...
Read MoreFrom the Straits Times Singapore, via themalaysianinsider.com: The cyber hunters who roam China’s online space could soon become the hunted themselves. The Chinese legislature is deliberating a new law to curb the excesses...
Read MoreChina Daily reports on the arrest in Beijing of a CCTV reporter by local officials from Shanxi on charges of bribery: The journalist, who was only identified as Li, worked for a CCTV program featuring legal affairs, the report...
Read MoreAs reported in a previous post on CDT, two female students accused their political science professor, Yang Shiqun, of being “counterrevolutionary.” This is in line with a growing trend of bloggers and journalists...
Read MoreFrom Christian Science Monitor: Some call it a weapon in the hands of a righteous army, forged so that wrongdoers might be smitten. Others say it simply allows a mob of vigilantes to publicly vilify and humiliate anyone they...
Read MoreL. A. Times’ Mark Magnier reporting from Beijing: The private eyes in China’s most famous detective agency rarely sleep, are relentless in pursuing their prey and can put Interpol and Homeland Security to shame. Oh,...
Read MoreChina’s Public Security Ministry recently launched a website for the public to verify individual identification card information. However, some netizens have expressed their doubts as the service appears commercial, and...
Read MoreThe following translation from Chinasmack shows how “Lin Jiaxiang” “林嘉祥” became the latest online “celebrity,” thanks to the powerful “human flesh search engines” of Chinese netizens....
Read MoreThe U.S.-China relations blog, MeiZhong Guanxi, has published a translation on the prospects of a Chinese democracy through the lens of the Internet. The Internet is China’s most democratic area in which anyone can express their...
Read MoreThe death toll from the Sichuan earthquake has reached more than 51,000 and the estimated number of deaths, missing and buried is now more than 70,000. However, a Liaoning girl uploaded a video criticizing how the Sichuan quake...
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