Weibo Users Discern Pro-natalist Propaganda in Sina “DINKs” Article
by Cindy Carter | Apr 23, 2024
On April 14, Sina News Hot Topics published a lengthy article on Weibo under the clickbait headline “The First Batch of DINKs, Exposed: Where Are They Now, and Do They All Regret Not Having Kids?” The four-part article focused...
Read MoreTranslation: The Problems of Inefficient Infrastructure Spending Are Beginning to Surface
by Cindy Carter | Apr 22, 2024
After a decades-long infrastructure spending spree, many of China’s local governments now find themselves saddled with unsustainable levels of debt and a surplus of vastly ambitious but often underutilized infrastructure...
Read MoreQuote of the Day: “Do You Think Xi Jinping is a Dictator?”
by Alexander Boyd | Apr 19, 2024
Hu Chenfeng, a Chinese content creator who first rose to fame making videos about poverty, has been suspended from Bilibili and Weibo after a livestream viewer asked him: “Do you think Xi Jinping is a dictator?” CDT a published...
Read MoreScholz Visit to China Draws Trepidation Over Germany’s Economic Dependence, European Disunity
by Arthur Kaufman | Apr 19, 2024
This week, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz completed a three-day visit to China. It was his second trip since becoming chancellor and his first since the German government produced its China strategy last July. His previous trip...
Read MoreQuote of the Day: Official Disposable Income Figures Derided as “Today’s Daily Dose of Humor”
by Cindy Carter | Apr 18, 2024
On March 16, China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced that the Chinese economy was off to a good start in 2024, with reported 5.3% year-on-year GDP growth in the first quarter of the year. The better-than-expected...
Read MoreChina Dismisses Western Wishes That It Can Resolve Tensions Between Iran, Israel
by Arthur Kaufman | Apr 17, 2024
Throughout Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza, China has sidestepped the conflict, criticized it from the sidelines, accused Western countries of hypocrisy on Gaza and Xinjiang, and benefited from increasingly sympathetic attitudes in...
Read MoreQuote of the Day: “Stop Obsessing About Ordinary People’s ‘Pocket Change.’ They Know Better Than You Where That Money Ought to Be Spent.”
by Cindy Carter | Apr 17, 2024
A recent WeChat post from oft-controversial entrepreneur, publicity hound, and philanthropist Chen Guangbiao urging the Chinese government to keep its hands off people’s pocketbooks has attracted many supportive comments from...
Read MoreNetizen Voices: “Fixed Matches, Rigged Races … What’s Going on with Chinese Sport?”
by Alexander Boyd | Apr 17, 2024
Beijing’s half-marathon is under investigation after three runners from Kenya and Ethiopia appeared to allow a Chinese runner to win. The odd ending of the race saw Willy Mnangat and Robert Keter of Kenya and Dejene Hailu of...
Read MoreChinese Social Media Ablaze With Discussion of Germany Legalizing Weed
by Alexander Boyd | Apr 16, 2024
A German “pro-China” influencer became the latest target of nationalist ire after her writing on Germany’s legalization of recreational cannabis use was interpreted as a call for China to “live with drugs.” Navina Heyden, a...
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