Photo: the t-shirts I didn’t buy for you. Great Wall of China, Badaling, by Dawn Danby
the t-shirts I didn’t buy for you. Great Wall of China, Badaling, by Dawn Danby (CC BY-NC-ND...
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Hong Kong Resident Gets 14 Months Imprisonment for “Seditious” T-Shirt
The first sentencing under Hong Kong’s new Article 23 national security law (officially called the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance) occurred this week, as a man was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment for wearing a...
Read MoreDeath of Red Guard, Bête Noir of Cultural Revolution, Sparks Reflection on Weibo
Song Binbin, perhaps the most infamous “Red Guard” of the Cultural Revolution, died at the age of 77 on Monday, September 16. Song, the daughter of one of the Party’s powerful “Eight Immortals,” was the leader of a Red Guard...
Read MoreTranslations: Olympics Showed How “Strict Government Controls Are Breeding Media Mediocrities” (2)
While China’s athletes won glory in Paris at this year’s Olympics and Paralympics, there was widespread agreement on Chinese social media that the country’s reporters did not. Bloggers and athletes alike rolled...
Read MoreEssays on Colonialism and Indigeneity in and Beyond the P.R.C.
Uyghur villages have been Sinicized in Xinjiang. Local communities have been displaced for state-sponsored infrastructure projects in Tibet. News editors have been convicted of sedition in Hong Kong. National elections have been...
Read MoreTranslation: Chinese Universities Install Software to Identify and Punish Students Who Circumvent the Great Firewall
A recent WeChat post reveals that some Chinese schools and universities are using special software to identify and punish students who “scale the wall”—that is, circumvent China’s Great Firewall (GFW) to access overseas websites...
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Photo: Shanghai, P.R. of China – October, 2015, by Konrad Lembcke
Shanghai, P.R. of China – October, 2015, by Konrad Lembcke (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Read MoreTranslations: China’s Olympic Reporters Fail to Win Medals (1)
While China’s athletes won glory in Paris at this year’s Olympics and Paralympics, there was widespread agreement on Chinese social media that the country’s reporters did not. Bloggers and athletes alike rolled their eyes at the...
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Photo: Seven Arcs Bridge at Xiaoqikong Scenic Area in Libo, by Alexander Lerch
Seven Arcs Bridge at Xiaoqikong Scenic Area in Libo, by Alexander Lerch (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Read MoreSinopsis: How Pro-Russian Narratives Spread in Malaysian Chinese-language Facebook Circles
Prague-based Sinopsis has published a new investigation by Kuek Ser Kuang Keng, Chan Wei See, and Wong Kai Hui into the propagation of pro-Russian narratives about the invasion of Ukraine through Chinese...
Read MoreThree Views on Washington’s Precarious China Consensus
With the U.S. presidential election looming ever closer, an article in Foreign Affairs from Johns Hopkins’ Jessica Chen Weiss called for a new approach to China policy from the next administration: To be sure, both...
Read MoreChina Raises Retirement Age In Response to Longevity Increases
Last week, the Chinese government announced that it will raise the retirement age. The long-expected move is deeply unpopular but, the government holds, necessary to relieve strain on China’s work force and pension funds. The...
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Photo: 王府井天主堂, by Guo Qi
王府井天主堂, by Guo Qi (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read MoreChina Frees American Pastor After Nearly 20 Years of Detention
In a rare event on Monday, the Chinese government has freed an American citizen who it had detained for nearly 20 years. The citizen, David Lin, was a pastor who was born in China and then lived in California, where he has now...
Read MoreHarassment Campaign Targets Hong Kong Journalists
The work environment for journalists in Hong Kong continues to deteriorate. Last month, Stand News editors were convicted of sedition. This week, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) revealed a widespread harassment...
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