Cards For Humanity: Chinese Dissident Deck Reviewed
At Kotaku, Beijing Cream’s Anthony Tao and Charter 08 signer Wang Zhongxia review a deck of...
Read MorePosted by Samuel Wade | Jan 10, 2014
At Kotaku, Beijing Cream’s Anthony Tao and Charter 08 signer Wang Zhongxia review a deck of...
Read MorePosted by Samuel Wade | Jun 7, 2012
At Slate, William J. Dobson profiles renowned rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, a veteran of June 4th, Charter 08 signatory and friend of Liu Xiaobo, and defender of figures such as Ai Weiwei and Tan Zuoren. The profile is taken from...
Read MorePosted by Anne Henochowicz | Jun 4, 2012
Last week, Google released a new feature in mainland China that alerts users to search terms that...
Read MorePosted by Samuel Wade | Nov 8, 2011
Reuters reports that loans and other contributions to help Ai Weiwei pay a 15 million yuan (US$2.4 million) tax bill have created a pool of almost one million US dollars from over 20,000 donors so far. But having vowed to fight...
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | Aug 8, 2011
China Digital Times has added many new entries to the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon and updated a number of older entries. Take this quiz to see how well you understand the colorful and constantly evolving language of China’s...
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | May 12, 2011
On the third anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Sichuan, the Southern Metropolis Daily wrote a powerful editorial, which also sends a message in support of imprisoned artist Ai Weiwei. The editorial has since been...
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | Apr 27, 2011
A Chinese blog called Love Ai Weiwei has posted translations of a series of tweets posted by Ai Weiwei between June 2009 and July 2010: 艾未未微博选登(2009.6—2010.7)Ai Weiwei( @aiww ) Tweet Quotes 1 (June 2009—July 2010)1....
Read MorePosted by Xiao Qiang | Apr 6, 2011
The 1984 BBS is a private online forum that has over 7000 registered members in China. Ai Weiwei, who had just returned to his Beijing home from an international trip few days earlier, was a special guest for a one hour online...
Read MorePosted by Samuel Wade | Nov 2, 2010
Soon after running into health and safety issues with his Sunflower Seeds exhibit at London’s Tate Modern, the artist faces a further setback: the demolition of his new studio in Shanghai, built at the invitation of the...
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | Oct 14, 2010
The following is a collection of jokes and humorous comments about Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize that have been collected online here. Translated by CDT: Hu Jintao: Has Liu Xiaobo confessed yet? Prosecutors: He’s...
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