Photo: China, Pingyao – Street vendor of paper cutting art, by Cyprien Hauser
China, Pingyao – Street vendor of paper cutting art, by Cyprien Hauser (CC BY-ND 2.0)
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Ukraine Seeks China’s Help in Peace Negotiations and Sanctions Enforcement
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi this week in Guangzhou. Kuleba is the highest-ranking Ukrainian official to travel to China since Russia’s February 2022 invasion. As Western...
Read MoreNike-wearing Nationalist Assaults Kimono-wearing Cosplayer While Yelling About “Cultural Invasion”
The latest outburst of anti-Japanese violence to shock China happened this week in Jiuquan, Gansu province, where a cosplayer at a mall comic-con was assaulted by a man yelling about “cultural invasion.” Ironically, the attacker...
Read MoreTranslations: Rampant Abuse, Unexplained Deaths Fuel Calls to Abolish RSDL Detention
The suspicious death of a Beijing tech company manager in Inner Mongolia and recent reporting about the many other deaths of people held in RSDL (“residential surveillance at a designated location”) pending trial has revived...
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Photo: 成都SKP, by Yang Yu
成都SKP, by Yang Yu (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Read MoreChina Brokers Agreement Between Hamas and Fatah, Seeks to Project Constructive Role in Ending Gaza War
A consortium of 14 Palestinian political factions, including rivals Hamas and Fatah, agreed to form an interim unity government for the occupied West Bank and Gaza after the war with Israel ends. The agreement was reached this...
Read MoreProposed Rise of Retirement Age Draws Weibo Complaints
News of plans to raise China’s retirement age, found in documents issued after the recently concluded Third Plenum, have ignited a social media firestorm. The text of the plenum’s “resolution,” published to Xinhua, held:...
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Photo: Morning at Shenzhen Shekou Port, by QuantFoto
Morning at Shenzhen Shekou Port, by QuantFoto (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read MoreWeibo Reacts To the Paris Olympics with a Shrug
On the Chinese internet, wall-to-wall state media coverage of the Chinese Olympic delegation’s departure for the 2024 Paris Games has been met with a shrug. With 405 Chinese athletes slated to compete across 236 events,...
Read MoreRenmin University Professor Fired, Expelled from Party After Sexual Harassment Accusation
On Sunday, Renmin University Ph.D. candidate Wang Di publicly accused her doctoral supervisor Wang Guiyuan (no relation) of sexual harassment and assault in a video that went viral on Chinese social media. Her supervisor was...
Read MoreParty Propagandists Promote, Then Backtrack on “Xi as Reformer” Narratives Amid Third Plenum
The CCP’s recently concluded Third Plenum yielded a final communiqué that acknowledged current economic, geopolitical, and ideological risks and the need for continued systemic reforms but offered little (yet) in the way...
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Untitled, by d Wang (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read MoreCall for Biden To “Exit the Political Stage” Censored, Likely Over Xi Parallels
American politics have trended on the Chinese internet this week. While censors seem to consider discussion of the near-assassination of Donald Trump fair game, the intraparty push to have President Joe Biden cede his position...
Read MoreThird Plenum Ends Without Major Announcements Beyond Praise of Xi
The Third Plenum, a major Party conference on China’s economy held roughly once every five years, came to a close this past Wednesday. The closed-door meeting of Central Committee members reaffirmed the Party’s commitment to...
Read MoreCourts, Governments Advance Efforts to Investigate Forced Labor in Xinjiang
Activists have long attempted to use legal systems to seek accountability for Uyghur forced labor and other potential crimes against humanity in Xinjiang. At the international level, China has effectively used its leverage to...
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