Photo: Fishing at Jade Belt Bridge, Summer Palace, Beijing, by Dimitry B.
Fishing at Jade Belt Bridge, Summer Palace, Beijing, by Dimitry B. (CC BY 2.0)
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Grief, Anger Over 11 Deaths in Qiqihar School Roof Collapse
Ten young volleyball players and their coach were killed and four others injured when the roof of their middle-school gymnasium in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province, collapsed during a practice on Sunday. The tragedy has touched...
Read MoreForeign Minister Qin Gang Disappears into the Black Box of Chinese Politics
It has now been almost a month since Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang made a public appearance. The lack of information given by the Chinese government has ceded the narrative around his absence to a growing set of rumors....
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Photo: Readers in Pudong Library, by hbnorth
Readers in Pudong Library, by hbnorth (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read MoreWord(s) of the Week: Four Won’t Youth (四不青年, sì bù qīngnián)
“Four Won’t Youth” (四不青年, sì bù qīngnián) is the latest appellation for discontented youth, who in this case “won’t date, won’t marry, won’t buy a home, and won’t have kids.” Four Won’t Youth, like other similar terms...
Read MoreTranslation: China’s Overburdened Teachers Pressed into Service as Online Commenters and “Grassroots Policy Enforcers”
An incident earlier this year in which two schoolteachers in Guizhou Province were swept away and drowned while collecting pebbles—reportedly at the behest of their superiors, who hoped to spruce up the campus in advance of an...
Read MoreAmid Tightening Controls and “Rumor” Crackdown, People’s Daily Touts AI-assisted Censorship Guidance
China’s Ministry of Public Security has initiated a new campaign against online rumors following Xi Jinping’s call for a “security barrier” around the Chinese internet. At The South China Morning Post, Kawala Xie reported on the...
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Photo: Vintage Gaming, by Kyle T.
Vintage Gaming, by Kyle T. (CC BY 2.0)
Read MoreKerry Meets Chinese Officials to Advance Climate Talks Amid Record Heatwave
As an extreme heat wave across Earth’s northern hemisphere fuels record-breaking temperatures in China, Europe, and North America, U.S. special envoy for climate change John Kerry is visiting Beijing this week for high-level...
Read MoreBriefly Published Zhejiang Cremation Statistics Hint at True COVID Death Toll
A quickly retracted Zhejiang report on provincial cremation statistics has shed new light on China’s coronavirus death toll. The chaotic end of China’s zero-COVID policy in late 2022 led to a surge in infections and deaths...
Read MoreCCTV Lauds Workers “Battling the Heat” For Xi Jinping’s Pet Project
A CCTV report posted to Bilibili celebrating construction workers laboring in extreme heat came under severe criticism online this week. The report focused on workers in Xiong’an, Xi Jinping’s pet urban development...
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Photo: Back to back, by Gauthier DELECROIX
Back to back, by Gauthier DELECROIX (CC BY 2.0)
Read MoreUnemployed Youth Skeptical That “Red Flag Canal Spirit” Will Alleviate Their Woes
China’s youth employment crisis is at least partly a matter of attitude, according to People’s Daily. In two recent editorials calling for youth to “establish a correct perspective on employment” and “seek out hardships,” the...
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Photo: Untitled (Huanglong National Park, Sichuan), by Franco Pecchio
Untitled (Huanglong National Park, Sichuan), by Franco Pecchio (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Read MoreZhihu Scraps User Anonymity; Cyberspace Administration Targets Cyberbullying and Independent Content Creators
On July 7, the Chinese Quora-like Q&A site Zhihu announced that users will no longer be able to post questions and answers anonymously. For existing content posted anonymously, users will be able to choose whether to keep it...
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