Lockdown Voices: Pain, Hunger, and a Journalist Determined To Speak the Truth in Xi’an
Xinhua reports that Xi’an has “basically” achieved “social clearance,” the end of community transmission of the coronavirus. Approximately 13 million people remain in lockdown, tens of thousands are spread across hundreds of...
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Hong Kong: Citizen News Closes, Monuments Disappear, Speech Prosecutions Continue
2022 is off to a bad start for Hong Kong’s free press. The Cantonese Citizen News, one of the few prominent independent news outlets still standing in Hong Kong, was the latest to perish, announcing its dissolution on Sunday...
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From CDT Chinese: Top Ten Memes of 2021
Editor’s Note: As we enter 2022, CDT has compiled a special series of features for our readers, offering a look back at the people, events, controversies, memes and sensitive words that defined the past year. Some of this...
Read MoreStand News’ Headquarters Raided, Executives Arrested, Computers Seized
Hong Kong’s Stand News is no more. The pro-democracy media outlet announced its dissolution on Wednesday after National Security Police arrested seven current and former employees, raided its headquarters, seized its computers,...
Read MoreChristmas as Usual: CCP Detains Human Rights Defenders
While many look forward to relaxing during the December holiday season, the CCP typically leverages foreign distraction during this period to crack down on Chinese human rights defenders. Among those targeted in a recent wave of...
Read MoreCDT Editors’ Picks: The Best of 2021
CDT’s editors have made their annual selections of favorite content, from CDT and elsewhere, over the past year. Sophie Beach, Operations and Communications Manager Interview: Emeka Umejei On The “Unequal Equal” Relationship...
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After Diplomatic Switch, Nicaragua Seizes Taiwan’s Embassy and Hands It Over to China
This weekend, Nicaragua and Taiwan butted heads over the terms of their diplomatic divorce. Nicaragua suddenly cut ties with Taipei in favor of Beijing in early December, and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega gave Taiwanese...
Read MoreAs Xi’an Goes Hungry, Propagandists Praise “Noodles Helping Noodles”
Early reports on Xi’an’s lockdown—the strictest since the 2020 Wuhan lockdown, according to Chinese state media—indicate that hunger is a problem in the city of 11 million people. Food prices have soared and residents are unable...
Read MoreXinjiang Party Secretary Replaced; Walmart, Intel Hit by Nationalist Anger
Chen Quanguo, the Xinjiang Party Secretary sanctioned by the U.S. last year for his role in the mass internment of Uyghurs, has been replaced. Former Guangdong Governor Ma Xingrui has taken over his role. At The Guardian,...
Read MoreFor Shame: Hong Kong’s “Pillar of Shame” Dismantled Under Shroud of Darkness
Following months of legal wrangling by University of Hong Kong (HKU) administrators, Hong Kong’s “Pillar of Shame”—artist Jens Galschiøt’s powerful memorial to the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre—was...
Read MoreXi’an Goes into Lockdown
Authorities in Xi’an have locked down the entire city after reporting over 100 new coronavirus cases. China has employed lockdowns, mass testing, and centralized quarantines to pursue a “zero-covid” strategy. The Xi’an...
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