Minitrue Diary, February 3, 2020: Harmful Content, Sourcing, and Foreign Aid Amid Epidemic
CDT has recently acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of this year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020,...
Read MoreWeekend of Diplomatic Spats Ends in Cake Fight
A series of diplomatic spats over the weekend have renewed attention towards Beijing’s increasingly aggressive foreign policy. Disputes included threats by the Chinese Foreign Ministry towards the Canadian and U.S. governments...
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China’s Digital Currency Development Picks Up Speed
This week, Shenzhen’s government announced the rollout of one of the largest real-world trials of China’s fledgling new digital currency. The announcement came at the same time that Xi Jinping visited Shenzhen, where he laid out...
Read MoreNew Reports On Family Separation in Xinjiang, Fear Among Uyghur Diaspora
An atomized diaspora undermined by suspicion of spies in their midst, “double hardship” children—an official Chinese euphemism for those whose parents are both interned in camps—placed in orphanages, a son living in the U.K....
Read MoreMinitrue Diary, February 2, 2020: Economic Optimism
CDT has recently acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of this year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020,...
Read MoreMinitrue Diary, February 1, 2020: Protecting Coronavirus Patient Privacy, Information on Medical Treatments
CDT has recently acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of this year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020,...
Read MoreZhejiang Government Publicly Shames People for Scaling the Great Firewall
Netizens recently noticed that since July, the Zhejiang Provincial Government Services website has been publicly posting “resolutions on administrative punishment” for individuals and organizations charged with...
Read MoreCCTV Airs Disappeared Taiwan Citizens’ Confessions, War Games
In a three-part documentary series focused on Taiwanese espionage, CCTV program Focus Talk broadcast the likely forced confessions of four Taiwanese citizens: Lee Meng-chu, Cheng Yu-chin, Tsai Chin-shu, and Shih Cheng-ping. All...
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Yang Hengjun Trial Expected Soon
Australian writer Yang Hengjun, who has been detained in China since January 2019, is expected to go on trial soon after his case was sent to the Beijing second intermediate court for prosecution. Yang’s lawyer indicated...
Read MoreIn Shenzhen Speech, Xi Redefines “Opening Up”
Xi Jinping’s speech on the 40th anniversary of the creation of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone—the first of China’s market reform policy SEZs—outlined his vision for an increasingly domestically-oriented economy, better able...
Read MoreMinitrue Diary, January 30, 2020: WHO Emergency Meeting, Russian Border Closure
CDT has recently acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of this year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020,...
Read MoreDetained Canadians Meet Ambassador After Months of Isolation
Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, two Canadians detained in China for 674 days, met virtually with the Canadian ambassador to China in mid-October; the first consular visit allowed them by Chinese authorities since January of...
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