As the World Health Organization met virtually for a truncated version of its annual assembly on Monday, Xi Jinping announced a shift in Chinese policy by agreeing to an investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus,...
Read MoreCDT Chinese last week reported on a notice issued by a rest home for retired officials that has been circulating online. Dated May 10, the notice asked “we will take all possible preventative measures to reject and return legal...
Read MoreLast Friday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced a new 90-day limit on I-class journalist visas for mainland Chinese citizens working at foreign news organizations. The restriction is the latest in an exchange of...
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CDT Chinese reports that on May 11, a woman from Wuhan publicly petitioned the municipal government to take responsibility for the death of her 24-year-old daughter, who she claims died of the COVID-19. The woman, herself a...
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Hong Kong authorities reported 230 arrests on Sunday as small pro-democracy protests broke out in several shopping districts in the city. Democratic lawmaker Roy Kwong was among those arrested, and was later hospitalized after...
Read MoreLegal scholar Zhang Xuezhong, 43, was briefly detained in Shanghai after writing an open letter on WeChat addressed to delegates of the National People’s Congress, which is set to meet at the end of this month after...
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Beijing and Washington have been engaged in a steadily escalating back-and-forth campaign of COVID-19 blaming, with rhetoric becoming increasingly hostile on either side. While initially focused on guiding domestic public...
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The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. Strictly delete any reposts,...
Read MoreThe following essay is by Martin Hála of Project Sinopsis, Charles University, Prague. Pandemic as Symbolic End to Three Decades of Buoyant Globalization The past is over, and the future’s not what it used to be When we come...
Read MoreThe European Union is facing criticism for agreeing to remove a key paragraph from a joint letter by 27 E.U. ambassadors published in China Daily to mark the 45th anniversary of China-E.U. diplomatic relations. David Brennan...
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