Urumqi Court Rejects Ilham Tohti Appeal

by Josh Rudolph | Nov 21, 2014

On Friday, an Urumqi court upheld the separatism conviction for Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti. Ilham...

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Gao Yu Affirms Innocence in State Secrets Trial

by Josh Rudolph | Nov 21, 2014

Detained in April on accusations of leaking state secrets, veteran journalist Gao Yu stood trial...

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Minitrue: Harmonious Horoscopes for First Couple

by Anne Henochowicz | Nov 21, 2014

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...

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Minitrue: Murder at Beidaihe Sanitorium

by Anne Henochowicz | Nov 21, 2014

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...

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Photo: Mt. He Huan Panorama, by Jimmy Kao

by Samuel Wade | Nov 21, 2014

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Why “Taiwan’s Mid-terms” are Worth Watching

by Grace | Nov 21, 2014

At the University of Nottingham’s China Policy Institute Blog, Michael Thim offers three...

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Ha Jin’s “A Map of Betrayal”

by Sophie Beach | Nov 20, 2014

Ha Jin’s new novel, “A Map of Betrayal”, tells the story of a Chinese spy living...

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Attorney Says Pu Zhiqiang Could Face Harsher Charges

by Josh Rudolph | Nov 20, 2014

Human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, detained in May after attending a gathering to mark the 25th...

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Badiucao (巴丢草): World Internet Conference

by Sophie Beach | Nov 20, 2014

China plays host to the World Internet Conference this week in Wuzhen; while offering unfettered...

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Feng Zhenghu: The Narita Airport Diary (4)

by Josh Rudolph | Nov 20, 2014

After being denied re-entry to China eight times, Feng Zhenghu lived in Tokyo’s Narita Airport for...

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Minitrue: Don’t Make HK Umbrellas, Yellow Ribbons

by Josh Rudolph | Nov 20, 2014

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...

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Minitrue: Reporting on the Xu Caihou Case

by Anne Henochowicz | Nov 20, 2014

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...

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CCTV Losing Ground Amid Changing Media Landscape

by Josh Rudolph | Nov 19, 2014

The Wall Street Journal reports that state television broadcaster CCTV, which has long dominated...

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24,000 Suspects Detained in Nationwide Drug Crackdown

by Josh Rudolph | Nov 19, 2014

For The Telegraph, Malcolm Moore reports that 24,000 suspects—some of them high-profile...

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Temporary Crack Opens in the Great Firewall

by radish | Nov 19, 2014

The World Internet Conference (WIC) is taking place this week in Wuzhen, a small canal town in...

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