Minitrue Plus Five: January 17, 2020 – Low Birth Rates, Spring Festival Galas, Volleyball Movie,
In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020...
Read MoreEntering 2025, China and Partner Countries Reflect on the Belt and Road Initiative
In 2024, China’s trade volume with partner countries in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) grew by 6.4 percent year-on-year, accounting for over half of China’s total trade volume for the first time. At the start of 2025, over a...
Read MoreMinitrue Plus Five: January 16, 2020 – U.S. Trade Deal, Sun Wenbin Trial, Japanese Communist Party, etc.
In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020...
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Censorship Creeps Up on “TikTok Refugees” Fleeing to Chinese App Xiaohongshu
Pending a Supreme Court ruling, the U.S. government’s crackdown on TikTok might end the app’s availability in U.S. app stores this weekend. The looming ban has prompted American users to seek a new home in another Chinese app,...
Read MoreMinitrue Plus Five: January 15, 2020 – K-drama “Psychopath Diary,” Trade Deal, Downed Airliner, Hong Kong Speech
In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020...
Read MoreNetizens Call for Attention to Prisoners in Southeast Asia Scam Operations
The high-profile kidnapping and rescue of 31-year-old actor Wang Xing from a telecom-scam compound on the border of Myanmar and Thailand has incited heated discussion on the Chinese internet. Wang was found last week, just two...
Read MoreSinopsis: CCP Subnational Influence in Malaysia
At Sinopsis, Rachel Lee examines CCP influence operations in Malaysia’s eastern state of Sabah, which have sought to capitalize on the local influence of diasporic Chinese in business, politics, and education. From the...
Read MoreMinitrue Plus Five: January 14, 2020 – Higher Education, Dutch Chip-makers, WHO & Coronavirus
In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020...
Read MoreEssayists Criticize Vapid New Year’s Tributes From Southern Weekly, Other News Outlets
As we enter 2025, Chinese media outlets have continued the tradition of publishing op-ed pieces that pay tribute to the past year. But this year’s outpouring of vague and even confusing New Year’s pieces—most of which do not...
Read MoreAfter Fleeing Abroad, Uyghurs Continue to Face Deportations to China
One significant dimension of the Chinese government’s transnational repression against Uyghurs is deportations. Recent longform pieces have detailed the journeys of Uyghurs who managed to escape Xinjiang and flee abroad, only to...
Read MoreWang Yi’s New-Year Trip Underlines Stability of China-Africa Relationship
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi concluded a week-long trip to Namibia, the Republic of Congo, Chad, and Nigeria, as part of a 35-year tradition of China’s foreign minister visiting Africa at the start of each new year. Some of...
Read MoreMinitrue Plus Five: January 12-13, 2020 – Taiwan Elections, New Destroyer, Liu He in Washington, Shared Future With Myanmar
In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020...
Read MoreMinitrue Plus Five: January 11, 2020 – Taiwan Elections
In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020...
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