230 Protesters Arrested in Hong Kong as Pro-democracy Movement Shows Signs of Resurgence
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 Briefly Detained After Publishing Open Letter to NPC
Legal 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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Translation: How Did This Twisted Article Make it Into ‘Middle School Student Guide’?
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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Minitrue: Delete All References to US Deputy National Security Advisor Pottinger’s Speech
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 MoreMartin Hála: Pandemic as Symbolic End to Three Decades of Buoyant Globalization
The 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 MoreE.U. Faces Criticism for Omission of China-related COVID Information
The 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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CDT Censorship Digest, April 2020: Top-Down Hooliganization, from Propaganda to Diplomacy
In 2020, CDT Chinese editors launched the CDT Censorship Digest series. The series will collect and quote from news and online speech that was censored by Chinese authorities during the previous month, as well as summarize...
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Translation: Backlash to Wuhan Diary Author Fang Fang Continues
Beginning on January 25, writer and Wuhan local Fang Fang chronicled life from inside what has been called “the largest quarantine in human history.” As public anger was heating up over official opacity and inaction...
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