Photo: Untitled (Tianning Temple, Changzhou, Jiangsu), by Jens Grabenstein
Untitled (Tianning Temple, Changzhou, Jiangsu), by Jens Grabenstein (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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The Top ███ Chinese ██████s of 2023 (Part Two: Comedy to Tragedy)
In part two of our retrospective on the most sensitive topics of 2023, as selected by our Chinese team, we focus on dissent and disasters. In part one we covered long-standing taboos on discussions about Xi Jiping and the...
Read MoreThe Top ███ Chinese ██████s of 2023 (Part One: 64 to 2952)
The following themes, and the six covered in part two, are not the “most censored” words of 2023 but rather a retrospective of topics that the Party-state deemed unfit for Chinese eyes, selected by our Chinese team. While some...
Read MoreStreisand Effects With Chinese Characteristics: “Rollover Scenes” of 2023
At the close of 2023, CDT Chinese has compiled a series of year-end articles on various special topics, from sensitive words and censored articles to a human rights report and a “person of the year.” This post introduces the...
Read MoreNew eBook: China Digital Times Lexicon, 20th Anniversary Edition
On September 12, 2003, John Battelle published the first post on chinadigitaltimes.net: Here’s what a Google Search on “china weblog” yields, I’m looking forward to seeing ours at the top soon! China’s online population at the...
Read MoreChina-Argentina Relations Sour in Wake of Milei Election Victory
Javier Milei was never Beijing’s preferred candidate to win Argentina’s presidential elections. The radical libertarian and self-described anarcho-capitalist campaigned on severing ties with “communist” China, referred to its...
Read MoreMinistry of State Security Warnings Against Economic Pessimism Cast a Pall
A recent trio of pronouncements by China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) warning against expressions of pessimism about the Chinese economy have sparked worries among businesspeople, economists, and analysts who fear that...
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Untitled, by Matthew Stinson (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Read MoreChina and Russia Reap Rewards of Growing Partnership
In the almost 22 months since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russia and China have grown closer together across a range of metrics. The two countries’ political and economic ties in particular have flourished, and amid doubts...
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Photo: Inner Mongolia, by James Hughes
Inner Mongolia, by James Hughes (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read MoreParty-State’s Omertà on History Mutes Popular Book Series, Academic Discourse, and Genghis Khan
Some recent restrictions placed on historical books, museum exhibits, and academic discourse have brought renewed attention to the Chinese Communist Party’s attempts to rewrite history, control the historical narrative, and...
Read MoreCensorship of Frank Economic Discussion and “Ten Questions About the Private Economy”
In recent weeks, several widely shared Chinese-language articles about economics and finance have been deleted by censors, and one prominent economist has had some of his social media accounts banned. This suppression of frank...
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See you!, by Gauthier DELECROIX (CC BY 2.0)
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Beijing, China, by Han Lei Photo (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read MoreChina, COP28 Post Mixed Progress in Curbing Climate Change
This week in Dubai, after two weeks of negotiations among representatives from almost 200 countries, the COP28 climate summit closed on a “historic” note: an agreement that calls for “transitioning away” from fossil fuels in...
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