After Months of Speculation, Regulators Drop Hammer on Jack Ma’s Business Empire
Six months after abruptly calling off fintech giant Ant Group’s IPO and launching an investigation into Alibaba for antitrust violations, Chinese regulators have at last announced their penalties against the two affiliated...
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New Regulations to Protect Students from Predators, Sleep Deprivation, Inharmonious Politics
In the wake of China’s annual “Two Sessions” meetings in Beijing, the Ministry of Education has announced a slew of new regulations aimed at protecting children’s physical, mental, and political health....
Read MoreHarassment and Sanctions Aimed at Uyghurs and Xinjiang Researchers
The Chinese government has tried a number of approaches to hide the ongoing human rights crackdown in Xinjiang from the Chinese public and the international community. Some have been “soft power” tactics, for example a “La La...
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Translation: Should We Treat the Unvaccinated Like Deadbeats?
China is in the midst of a push to vaccinate 560 million people—40 percent of its population—by June. However, facing slow vaccine uptake (a February survey found the majority of medical workers unwilling to take it) and a minor...
Read MoreTranslation: “To Those Who Cannot Hear” on Wuhan’s Tomb Sweeping Day
Over the weekend, an extended essay about Wuhan’s observation of the 2021 Qingming Festival (Tomb Sweeping Day) received considerable attention on Chinese social media. Weaving together painful memories from last...
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Propaganda Films Attempt to Cloak Xinjiang in Disinformation
The Chinese government has made painstaking efforts to obscure and distort information about its crackdown on Xinjiang’s ethnic minorities. The propaganda campaign is double-edged—aimed at both Chinese citizens and the world at...
Read MoreIn U.S. and China, Competition Rhetoric Meets Inequality Concerns
Two weeks after the U.S.’ and China’s foreign ministers met for face-to-face dialogues for the first time under the Biden administration, relations between the two governments remain solidly frosty. But as both sides...
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Translation: Wei Zhou on “Empathy for Authority”
Wei Zhou is a rare voice in the world of WeChat public accounts, keeping his critiques of contemporary Chinese society just vague enough to stave off censorship (most of the time), yet relevant enough to amass a steady...
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