Women Balk at Chinese Government Plans to Raise Birth Rate
by Arthur Kaufman | Jan 24, 2023
Last week, the Chinese government announced that the country’s population had declined for the first time in decades, setting off a cacophony of alarm bells among those concerned about China’s demographic destiny. Chinese women,...
Read MoreTranslation: Li Zhuang’s “Trip to Feng County, Where Shackled Woman Remains Under Strict Guard”
by Cindy Carter | Jan 24, 2023
It has been nearly one year since a viral video of a woman shackled and chained in a freezing shed in Dongji Village (Feng County, Jiangsu Province) provoked widespread outrage among the Chinese public and triggered an...
Read MoreOne Decade On, the BRI and Its Media Backers Struggle to “Tell China’s Story Well”
by Arthur Kaufman | Jan 23, 2023
In 2013, Xi Jinping introduced the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and called on state media to “tell China’s story well.” Almost ten years later, the CCP’s external propaganda apparatus is struggling to present a positive image...
Read MoreMinitrue: Cyberspace Administration Targets Broad Range of Content to Avoid “Gloomy Sentiments” During Spring Festival
by Alexander Boyd | Jan 20, 2023
The following censorship instructions have been distributed online. In order to create a festive and harmonious atmosphere for online discourse during Spring Festival, the Central Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has...
Read MoreXi Jinping Invites You To A Video Call
by Alexander Boyd | Jan 19, 2023
A novel propaganda method—a “video call” from Xi Jinping delivering Lunar New Year’s well-wishes—inspired titters after China Central Television (CCTV) shared it on Weibo. The Weibo link sent users to a faux WeChat...
Read MoreChina’s Revised COVID Death Totals Met With Skepticism
by Alexander Boyd | Jan 18, 2023
After reporting fewer than fifty coronavirus deaths since the end of the zero-COVID policy, Chinese health officials revised the death toll to 59,938 virus-related deaths in hospitals between December 8 and January 12. Experts...
Read MoreDebt Plagues China’s COVID Patients Amidst Medicine Shortages
by Alexander Boyd | Jan 17, 2023
China’s recent COVID-19 wave has left patients and their families struggling with medical debt. A Peking University study estimated that as of January 11, 900 million people in China had been infected with COVID-19, and China’s...
Read MoreOnline Reactions to Official Pronouncement on China’s Sharp Population Decline
by Arthur Kaufman | Jan 17, 2023
On Tuesday, China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced that the country’s population had declined for the first time in 60 years. This marks a pivotal moment for what now may no longer be the world’s most populous country,...
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