Mulan Film Accused of White-washing Chinese History and Human Rights Abuses
Disney’s new live action retelling of Mulan has had a rough start at the box office, due not just to COVID and mediocre reviews, but to a series of political and human rights concerns with its production and storyline....
Read MoreMinitrue Diary, January 6, 2020: Taiwan Election, Mystery Pneumonia, U.S. Trade Deal
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,...
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Translation: A “Civility Code” Will Only Make Us Fearful [Updated]
Update (Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 18:38 ET): The Suzhou city government announced that it had ended the trial of its “civility code” app on September 6. The app is not currently available. Read more about the...
Read MoreMinitrue Diary, January 4, 2020: Mystery Pneumonia, Murdered Doctor’s Funeral, HK Official’s Replacement
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 More23 Detained, CCP Members Disciplined After Inner Mongolia Language Protests
The Associated Press’ Huizhong Wu reports that at least 23 people have been detained following protests across Inner Mongolia against recently announced language education reforms. The new policies would gradually replace...
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Minitrue Diary, January 3, 2020: Official Speeches, Hospital Killing, Economic Stability
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 MoreAustralian Journalists Flee China Amid Foreign Media Crackdown
Following threatening behavior from Chinese security offices, two Australian journalists have left China. Bill Birtles of Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Michael Smith of The Australian Financial Review both received...
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Minitrue Diary, January 2, 2020: Mystery Pneumonia and U.S. Trade
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,...
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Czech Official’s Taiwan Trip Complicates Beijing’s European Ambitions
As tensions with the U.S. have been escalating in recent years, Beijing has been increasingly looking to Europe as a platform for new trade deals and expanding global influence. While the larger economies of Western Europe...
Read MoreViral Content: “There Should Be More Than One Voice in a Healthy Society”
Viral Content is a new CDT series introducing terms coined and used by Chinese netizens during the 2019-2020 COVID-19 outbreak. These terms include both subversive critiques of government policies and nationalistic support of...
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