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Untitled, by lin wu (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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Government Statistics Show Another Year of China’s Population Decline
China’s demographic changes have made headlines again this week, as the government released statistics showing that the country’s population has declined for a second year in a row. Pronatalist policies appear to have done...
Read MoreWord of the Week: “U-lock” (U型锁, U-xíngsuǒ)
This month, there have been a number of incidents—some major and some minor—that illustrate the “U-lock” mentality, a phrase that is sometimes used as shorthand to describe vitriolic xenophobic (particularly anti-Japanese)...
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Photo: Cours de calligraphie – L’ Université du 3ème age – Chengdu (Sichuan) PRC, by Gongashan
Cours de calligraphie – L’ Université du 3ème age – Chengdu (Sichuan) PRC, by...
Read MoreXi-branded Power Bank/Speaker Provides Two Kinds of Positive Energy
A top Party outlet has created a Xi Jinping Thought-themed combined Bluetooth speaker and power bank for distribution to cadres across the country. The contraption, clunkily titled the “‘Xi Jinping’s “The Governance of China”...
Read MoreTaiwanese Election Weathers Chinese Influence Efforts
Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lost its legislative majority in the country’s general election on Saturday, but its presidential candidate Lai Ching-te was elected with 40 percent of the vote. Chinese...
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Photo: Quanzhou, by Xiquinho Silva
Quanzhou, by Xiquinho Silva (CC BY 2.0)
Read MoreWeibo Censors Hashtags “Taiwan Election,” “Frozen Garlic,” More
Over the weekend, discussions of Taiwan’s general election were both censored and drowned out on Weibo. Censors removed the hashtags “Taiwan Election,” “Taiwan General Election,” and “2024 Taiwan General Election,” as well as...
Read MoreNetizen Voices: “So a General Election Doesn’t Represent Mainstream Public Opinion?”
Saturday’s general election in Taiwan, in which the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lost its parliamentary majority but saw its presidential candidate Lai Ching-te elected with 40% of the vote, was closely watched in...
Read MoreWord of the Week: “Point at a Deer and Call It a Horse” (指鹿为马, zhǐlùwéimǎ)
Open displays of rejoicing and Schadenfreude on Chinese social media after a destructive magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck western Japan on New Year’s Day have been followed by two new (and far sillier) incidents of xenophobic or...
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Photo: Game’s on!, by Gauthier DELECROIX
Game’s on!, by Gauthier DELECROIX (CC BY 2.0)
Read MoreChinese Forensic Firm Cracks Apple’s AirDrop; TikTok Hides Hashtags
Reports on privacy vulnerabilities in Apple’s AirDrop file-sharing function and new obstacles to tracking content trends on TikTok highlight the ways in which tech firms with strong China ties attempt to navigate political...
Read More2023’s Most Notable Censored Articles (Part Two: Migrant Poverty, Revised Punishments Law, VPN Fines, Li Keqiang’s Death, Economic Woes)
In part two of our look back at the most notable censored articles of 2023, as selected by CDT’s Chinese editorial team, we present five more articles on such diverse subjects as poverty among older migrant workers, proposed...
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Photo: No. 10 Fu Road, by belfast16
No. 10 Fu Road, by belfast16 (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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Photo: Harbin Ice & Snow Festival, by Jeremy Thompson
Harbin Ice & Snow Festival, by Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0)
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