Senior Chinese military officials have admitted that a PLA Navy frigate locked its fire-control radar onto a Japanese vessel in January, according to Japan’s Kyodo News. China has previously claimed that the incident was...
Read MoreChina’s new first lady, singer Peng Liyuan, is expected to help the Chinese Communist Party polish its image. From Eveline Gao at the Daily Beast: Peng, 50, is known for singing soaring patriotic songs in praise of the...
Read MoreWhen something disappears from the Internet in China, netizens joke that it has been “river-crabbed,” a play on “harmonized.” The River Crab Archive is a collection of blog post titles, weibo, and other materials deleted from...
Read MoreWhen something disappears from the Internet in China, netizens joke that it has been “river-crabbed,” a play on “harmonized.” The River Crab Archive is a collection of blog post titles, weibo, and other...
Read MoreCDT editors have collected the following posts that have been banned from Sina Weibo as of February 14 2013. Lanzimujin: When I went back home, I met my husband’s nephew, a sophomore in high school. He hates school, but...
Read MoreSince his ascent to the top of the Communist Party, Xi Jinping has pushed a public image of change and approachability, while announcing a crackdown on corruption at all levels of government. In the New York Times, Chris Buckley...
Read MoreOn January 30th, according to the Japanese government, a Chinese vessel locked weapons radar onto a Japanese destroyer 180 kilometers north of the disputed Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands. The incident prompted angry condemnation from...
Read MoreJust before handing the baton of party power to Xi Jinping, former CCP general secretary Hu Jintao warned that corruption “could prove fatal to the party.” Since taking the reins, newly appointed general secretary Xi...
Read MoreIn this week’s edition of Drawing the News, Chinese political cartoonists take on the country’s longest-serving rubber stamper, Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign, and the ongoing Chongqing sex scandal.
Read MoreIn December, the CCP Politburo vowed to cut down on the “extravagance, formalism and bureaucracy” that has long been a part of official party and state conduct. On the list of extravagant activities to be nixed were...
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