RFA Leaves Hong Kong, Citing Safety Concerns for Staff Amid Article 23
The atmosphere for media freedom in Hong Kong has become increasingly inhospitable since the 2020 National Security Law (NSL) and the Article 23 legislation that passed last week. The latest example occurred on Friday, when...
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“Toxic” Literature Exam Questions Inspire Nationalist, Anti-Japanese Outburst
A middle school literature exam in Chengdu has triggered the latest outburst of anti-Japanese nationalism. Students were asked to analyze an excerpt from “Fallen Azaleas,” an amateurish piece of fiction by the virtually unknown...
Read MoreLawsuit Against Mo Yan Rejected, but Attacks on Nobel-Prize Winning Author No Less Tragic
The nationalist blogger who attempted to sue Nobel-Prize winning author Mo Yan for 1.5 billion yuan for allegedly “defaming heroes and martyrs” in his fiction has had his lawsuit rejected by the Beijing Procuratorate, on the...
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Netflix’s “3 Body Problem” Sparks Debates About Censorship, History, and Cinematic Adaptations
Film censorship has long plagued China’s creative arts industry and stifled foreign products seeking domestic Chinese audiences. The shrinking space for artistic expression, along with rising nationalism, has exposed artists and...
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Weibo Essay Comparing Party-State’s Economic Policy to Gangsterism Censored
Weibo censors deleted an essay blaming China’s stagnating economic growth on “a failure of political reform” that also compared the Party-state to gangsters and “underworld bosses.” The essay by popular blogger “Mr. Liu Dake”...
Read MoreQuote of the Day: “‘Uniform’ Has Been Transformed From a Noun Into a Verb”
A recent altercation captured on video shows an off-duty, uniformed toll-booth employee in Yulin, Shaanxi province, berating a truck driver at a restaurant and trying to force him to eat food from a garbage can. The disturbing...
Read MoreDeteriorating Security Environment in Pakistan Threatens Chinese Nationals, Investments
On Tuesday, a suicide attack in northwestern Pakistan killed five Chinese engineers and their Pakistani driver. This is the third attack against Chinese interests and nationals in Pakistan over the past week, underscoring their...
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U.S., U.K. Impose Sanctions on Chinese State-Affiliated Hackers
Xi Jinping’s efforts to point the way forward on China becoming a “major cyber-power” have met growing resistance from foreign governments. On Monday, the U.S. and U.K. announced sanctions and filed criminal charges against a...
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Words of the Week: Xi Jinping’s Penchant for “Pointing the Way Forward”
The use of the standard Party formulation of Xi Jinping “pointing the way forward” on various policy issues has become so commonplace that the phrase has become an object of satire, a way of mocking Xi’s cult of personality and...
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