Post-Olympics, Some Athletes Speak Up About China’s Human Rights Abuses
As athletes head home after the Beijing Winter Olympics, some have now chosen to publicly speak out on human rights abuses in China. Free from the burden of upcoming competitions, daily COVID-19 tests, and government...
Read MoreMinitrue: Keep Weibo Posts on Ukraine Favorable to Russia; Control Comments
The following instructions leaked and have been distributed online. Effective immediately, re: Weibo posts related to Ukraine Send all posts from the Horizon News account first, then repost from the main [Beijing News] account...
Read MoreTranslation: China’s Invisible Disabled Community
On the eve of the Beijing Paralympic Games, CDT presents the full-text translation of this article by Xie Renci for the health news site DXY.com. Originally published on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the...
Read MoreCCP Gestures Towards Women’s Rights to Sweeten Pro-natalist Shift
A shifting tide of demographic policies has brought renewed attention to the status of women’s rights in China. Given the historic plunge in the national birth rate and widespread public skepticism toward the three-child policy,...
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Dearth of Official Information on Xuzhou’s Shackled Woman Spurs Citizen Journalists and Online Sleuths
Managing the outcry over the shackled woman in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, has proven to be a difficult task for China’s censors. Weeks after video of the woman first showed her shackled by her neck and chained in a freezing shed,...
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Mainland-style “Zero-COVID” Remedy Leaves Hong Kong Exposed
Another city-wide shutdown has apparently tamed a small outbreak of COVID-19 in the southern border city of Baise, Guangxi, where an Omicron cluster had been reported. The methods used to achieve the Chinese government’s...
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China Defends Winter Olympics With Twitter Tirades and Influencer Deals
As part of a broader push to boost and defend the Winter Olympics’ global public image, Chinese diplomats and state media outlets have been fighting back on Twitter against criticism of food in the “closed loop” bubble. The fare...
Read MoreILO Reports “Deep Concerns” About Labor Coercion, Discrimination in Xinjiang
On Friday, the International Labor Organization (ILO) released its annual report on member nations’ compliance with international labor standards. The 870-page report, written by a 20-person committee of independent...
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The One Where Chinese Censors Target LGBTQ+ Content in “Friends”
A heavily censored version of the American sitcom “Friends” has been released across Chinese streaming platforms, eliciting derision and despair from millions of fans who fell in love with the original, un-cut version of the...
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