A Farewell to Mic-Snatching, Arm-Grabbing, Bathroom-Barricading Journalists
by Cindy Carter | Mar 21, 2024
A number of recent events have brought renewed attention to the diminishing role of investigative journalists in China, and to the many impediments they face in their work. Following this month’s announcement of the elimination...
Read MoreHong Kong Legislature Unanimously Passes Fast-Tracked National Security Law
by Arthur Kaufman | Mar 19, 2024
On Tuesday, Hong Kong’s legislature unanimously passed a new national security law that grants the government sweeping powers to crack down on opposition. Linked to Article 23 of the city’s Basic Law, the legislation expands on...
Read More“Left-Behind Youth” Murder Spurs Reflection on “Teaching Hatred”
by Alexander Boyd | Mar 19, 2024
If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 in the United States, or find local resources in the International Suicide Prevention Wiki. The murder of a...
Read MoreQuote of the Day: “Still Not As Good As a Certain Someone Who Was Reelected Unanimously.”
by Cindy Carter | Mar 18, 2024
Following Sunday’s carefully controlled and largely predetermined election, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been reelected with nearly 88 percent of the vote. With years of legal and administrative harassment having weeded...
Read MoreU.S. Pushback Against TikTok, Global Trends Toward Cyber Sovereignty
by Arthur Kaufman | Mar 18, 2024
TikTok, the popular social media platform owned by Chinese company ByteDance, has been under intense pressure from the U.S. government over the past few weeks. It now faces a Congressional bill, “Protecting Americans from...
Read MorePolice Prevent State Media From Reporting on Yanjiao Explosion: “The Party Muffled Its Own Mouthpiece”
by Cindy Carter | Mar 15, 2024
After an explosion caused by a gas leak destroyed a four-story building, killing seven and injuring 27 in Yanjiao, a commuter town located about 20 miles east of Beijing, reporters from state-media outlets China Central...
Read MoreGas Leak Explosion in Yanjiao, Near Beijing, Kills Seven and Injures 27
by Cindy Carter | Mar 15, 2024
At least seven people died and 27 were injured Wednesday when an explosion caused by a gas leak ripped through a four-story building in Yanjiao, a town in Sanhe city, Hebei province. Yanjiao, located approximately 20 miles east...
Read MoreQuote of the Day: “Nowadays, People are Proving Their Patriotism by Destroying Bottles of Nongfu Spring Water”
by Cindy Carter | Mar 14, 2024
In recent weeks, two very familiar household names in China—Nobel prize-winning novelist Mo Yan and bottled water company Nongfu Spring—have come under fire from extreme Chinese nationalists, who have accused the pair of odd...
Read MoreExtreme Nationalists Accuse Nobel Laureate Mo Yan, Bottled Water Company Nongfu Spring of Being Insufficiently Patriotic
by Cindy Carter | Mar 14, 2024
In recent weeks, both the Nobel prize-winning novelist Mo Yan and the Chinese bottled water company Nongfu Spring have come under fire from extreme Chinese nationalists, who have accused them of being insufficiently patriotic....
Read MoreWords of the Week: Tepid Two Sessions Hailed As a Triumph for “Whole Process Democracy”
by Cindy Carter | Mar 14, 2024
This year’s recently concluded “Two Sessions,” the annual gatherings of China’s rubber-stamp National People’s Congress (NPC) and advisory Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), were more Party-scripted and...
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