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Delicate balancing, by guineapig33 (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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China Warily Observes Bangladesh Political Transition
Political turmoil in Bangladesh reached a climax this month as a student-led protest movement ousted Sheikh Hasina from her 15-year tenure as prime minister. The movement began with peaceful protests against a quota system for...
Read MoreChina’s Spy Agency Warns Students Against Anti-China Rhetoric In College Application Essays
China’s Ministry of State Security has issued a warning to students seeking to study abroad: don’t cast yourself as a regime opponent in your college application essay. An article shared by the WeChat account of the Ministry of...
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Photo: Bei Hai park sunset, Beijing, China, by cattan2011
Bei Hai park sunset, Beijing, China, by cattan2011 (CC BY 2.0)
Read MoreChina Expands Tactics to Bolster Territorial Claims, Rivals Follow Suit
While territorial disputes have long played a role in Chinese economic and foreign policy, China’s growing resources have allowed it to adopt more ambitious and expansive tactics in asserting its territorial claims. However, as...
Read MoreMass Censorship of National Corpse Trafficking Scandal
The reported theft and illegal sale of thousands of human corpses for use as raw material in bone graft procedures has shocked the Chinese public and sparked a breathtaking wave of censorship online. Last Thursday, a Beijing...
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Shamian Island, by belfast16 (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read MoreCritics of China’s Proposed National Internet ID System Hit With Online Bans, Censorship, Harassment
In the two weeks since the Ministry of Public Security and the Cyberspace Administration of China published a draft law proposing an ostensibly voluntary national Internet ID program and opened it up for public comment, there...
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Noise cancelling, by Gauthier DELECROIX (CC BY 2.0)
Read MoreHu Xijin Banned From Weibo for Comments on Private Economy
Hu Xijin has seemingly been banned from posting to Chinese social media platforms. Hu, formerly the editor-in-chief of the nationalist tabloid Global Times, appears to have run into trouble for “misconstruing” the...
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Photo: The Red Land 紅土地之行, by JiKang Lee
The Red Land 紅土地之行, by JiKang Lee (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read MoreGlowing Post-Third Plenum Ministerial Press Conferences Met With Online Skepticism, Comment Filtering
For the past several months, China’s State Council Information Office has been hosting a series of press conferences intended to showcase the accomplishments of various government ministries and provincial-level...
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Untitled, by Arend Kuester (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Read MoreTranslation: The Death of a Courier on Earth’s Hottest Day on Record
Sunday, July 21 was the world’s hottest day on record, a title it held for only 24 hours. While current record temperatures are fueled by many coinciding factors—an El Niño climate pattern, high solar output, and even,...
Read MoreCensors Delete Critiques of Proposed National Internet ID System
Chinese internet regulators are purportedly considering new methods to safeguard users’ personal information online. Their solution, however, involves giving the government greater control over user data. The proposal has...
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