Guangzhou Activists Jailed for Backing HK Protests
by Josh Rudolph | Apr 8, 2016
Four activists have been sentenced to jail on charges of “inciting subversion of state...
Read MoreGlobal Times Editor and Ex-Diplomat Square Off
by Grace | Apr 8, 2016
The Global Times, a tabloid owned by the Party’s official mouthpiece People’s Daily,...
Read MorePLA Reservists to Form “Net Protection Warfare Unit”
by Anne Henochowicz | Apr 8, 2016
Twitter user Lhasawa Tenzin Neema (@lhasa_bhu1985) has posted what appear to be instructions for...
Read MoreBadiucao (巴丢草): Brother-in-Law
by Sophie Beach | Apr 7, 2016
Badiucao gives a new association for the Chinese word for “brother-in-law” (姐夫 jiěfū),...
Read MoreMounting Criticism on Both Sides of the Great Firewall
by Josh Rudolph | Apr 7, 2016
China’s Great Firewall has come under renewed pressure from both ordinary Chinese web users...
Read MorePerson of the Week: Big Spender
by Anne Henochowicz | Apr 7, 2016
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
Read MoreXi Jinping: Core Leader, Not Cult Leader
by Grace | Apr 6, 2016
Since assuming office in 2012, President Xi Jinping has been portrayed in state media publications...
Read More“Ten Years” Stirs Controversy Over HK Film Awards Voting
by Josh Rudolph | Apr 6, 2016
The low-budget 2015 speculative fiction film “Ten Years” (十年) tells five stories set...
Read MoreBadiucao (巴丢草): The Elusive Pana-mare
by SW | Apr 6, 2016
The Panama Papers leaks unveiled on Sunday have implicated “family members of at least eight...
Read MoreMinitrue: “Delete All Content Related to Panama Papers”
by SW | Apr 6, 2016
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Read MoreSCMP Paywall Falls as State Media Look Abroad
by Josh Rudolph | Apr 5, 2016
Last December, Chinese internet giant Alibaba announced plans to buy influential Hong Kong-based...
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