Photo: 猫洞, by Wing
猫洞, by Wing (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Read Moreby Alexander Boyd | Aug 10, 2023
Sometimes, it’s the censors who imbue a joke with political power. Earlier this week, Weibo user @怪以德服人猫’s account was deleted for violating Weibo policy. Their likely violation? A joke, described by some netizens as “very...
Read Moreby Alexander Boyd | Aug 8, 2023
The slogans that make up the “12 Core Socialist Values” are a common sight on Chinese streets, as they were—for a tumultuous few hours this weekend—on London’s famous Brick Lane, where a Chinese student at the Royal...
Read Moreby Cindy Carter | Aug 4, 2023
Earlier this week, Apple removed over 100 generative AI and ChatGPT-related apps from its mainland Chinese store in response to new Chinese government regulations on managing generative AI. The regulations were introduced in...
Read Moreby Cindy Carter | Aug 3, 2023
Interior Lake Reflections, by Aaron May (CC BY-ND 2.0)
Read Moreby Alexander Boyd | Aug 3, 2023
Catastrophic flooding caused by Typhoon Doksuri has killed at least 21 people, left approximately 26 people missing, and led to the evacuation of hundreds of thousands in northern China. Rainfall in Beijing broke a 140-year old...
Read Moreby Alexander Boyd | Aug 3, 2023
Having “ulterior motives” (别有用心, bié yǒu yòng xīn), an accusation often lobbed at critics of the Party-state, is sometimes deployed in tandem with the term “foreign hostile forces” (境外势力, jìngwài shìli). Such...
Read Moreby Cindy Carter | Aug 2, 2023
SK8, by Gauthier DELECROIX (CC BY 2.0)
Read Moreby Cindy Carter | Aug 2, 2023
In mainland China, August 1 is known as PLA Day or Army Day, and commemorates the establishment of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in 1927. This year, the celebration of the PLA’s 96th anniversary coincided with a...
Read Moreby Cindy Carter | Jul 27, 2023
Running through Water, by Ewan Cross (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read Moreby Cindy Carter | Jul 27, 2023
Mourning continues for eleven people—a coach and ten members of a girls’ volleyball team in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province—who perished when the roof of their junior high school gymnasium caved in on Sunday. Recent photos,...
Read Moreby Cindy Carter | Jul 25, 2023
Jiu Zhai Gou, Sichuan China, by sung ming whang (CC BY 2.0)
Read Moreby Arthur Kaufman | Jul 25, 2023
After one month without making a public statement or appearance, Qin Gang was removed from his position as foreign minister on Tuesday. At least for now, he will be replaced by his boss Wang Yi, who leads the CCP’s foreign...
Read Moreby Cindy Carter | Jul 24, 2023
Fishing at Jade Belt Bridge, Summer Palace, Beijing, by Dimitry B. (CC BY 2.0)
Read Moreby Cindy Carter | Jul 24, 2023
Ten young volleyball players and their coach were killed and four others injured when the roof of their middle-school gymnasium in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province, collapsed during a practice on Sunday. The tragedy has touched...
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