Chinese Journalist Du Bin Detained for “Picking Quarrels,” Press Freedoms Under Assault
Du Bin, a Chinese journalist whose films and books explored the dark side of recent Chinese history, was detained in Beijing yesterday. He was detained on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” the same offense...
Read MoreTech Companies, Scientists Profit From Surveilling Uyghurs
Since late 2017, widespread media coverage has examined Xinjiang’s role as a “frontline laboratory for surveillance,” which has underpinned the ongoing mass detention campaign in the region. In many cases,...
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China Escalates Trade War With Australian Coal Ban, Despite Shortages
China has officially banned the importation of Australian coal, striking at the heart of the country’s energy sector. The decision, announced on Monday, escalates the Australia-China trade war that began after Canberra...
Read MoreCDT Censorship Digest, November 2020: Forced to Be a “Child of the Party”
The CDT Censorship Digest is a monthly round-up of censored speech, propaganda developments, and rights defense in China, compiled and written by CDT Chinese editors. We have selected, translated, and adapted relevant and...
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New Actions and Draft Laws Signal New Era for China’s Internet Giants
A series of enforcement measures and proposed laws have drawn heightened attention to Beijing’s plans to rein in and remake the environment for big tech in China. Taken together, they reveal an unprecedented willingness by...
Read MoreBelt and Road Initiative Takes New Path as State Funding Declines
New reports suggest that China has dramatically curtailed lending towards the Belt and Road Initiative, Xi Jinping’s flagship global infrastructure and trade program. First proposed in 2013, the BRI is a trillion-dollar...
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Report Shows Scale of Forced Labor in Xinjiang Cotton Industry
A new report from the Center for Global Policy has revealed that systematic forced labor has been employed in a much greater proportion of the Xinjiang cotton trade than previously thought. In the report, researcher Adrian Zenz...
Read MoreChina’s New Left Thinkers Embrace Nationalism And Xi
While various manifestations of China’s deepening authoritarianism have been well documented, the ideological frameworks underpinning it have tended not to receive as much attention as the thinking of those at odds with the...
Read MoreChina Named World’s Leading Jailor of Journalists for Second Year; Vast Majority Charged with “Anti-state” Crimes
The Committee to Protect Journalists has released its annual global survey of imprisoned journalists, and found that for the second year in a row, China tops the list with 47 in prison. From the report introduction by Elana...
Read MoreTranslation: Pop Singer Tan Weiwei’s New Album Spotlights Violence Against Women
A new album from a Mandopop superstar is raising awareness of domestic abuse in China at a time when a series of brutal recent news stories have sparked widespread public outrage over endemic violence against women in the...
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