This Week on CDT, August 8, 2014

by Meredith Godwin | Aug 8, 2014

News that maligned socialite Guo Meimei admitted involvement in World Cup gambling and working as...

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Corporate Investigators Jailed for Privacy Violations

by SW | Aug 8, 2014

British and Chinese-American corporate investigators Peter Humphrey and Yu Yingzeng were found...

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What is Fueling Violence in Xinjiang?

by Sophie Beach | Aug 8, 2014

The security crackdown in Xinjiang announced in May has done little to quell violence in the...

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Zhou Yongkang and Rule of Law

by SW | Aug 8, 2014

Like the fall of Bo Xilai before it, last week’s announcement of a disciplinary investigation into...

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Drawing the News: Guo Meimei’s Dirty Laundry

by Josh Rudolph | Aug 8, 2014

A roundup of online political cartoons reflecting headlines from the week of August 3. Click any...

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Sensitive Words: Guo Meimei’s “Backer,” More

by Anne Henochowicz | Aug 8, 2014

As of August 8, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for...

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A Migrant Mother’s Poem: “My Child, I Am Sorry”

by Anne Henochowicz | Aug 8, 2014

As the school year begins in China, the children of migrant workers face a harsh reality: without...

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Vietnamese Communists Call for Political Change

by SW | Aug 7, 2014

Bloomberg’s John Boudreau reports calls within Vietnam’s Communist Party for greater...

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Photo: Sky line of SuZhou, by Yuxiao Wu

by SW | Aug 7, 2014

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China Imposes New Restrictions on Instant Messaging

by Josh Rudolph | Aug 7, 2014

Beijing’s recent efforts to tighten control over the Internet have so far included...

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Netizen Voices: Deng Xiaoping TV Series Premiere

by Anne Henochowicz | Aug 7, 2014

Tomorrow evening, CCTV will air a dramatization of Deng Xiaoping’s political career from 1976 to...

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China to Construct a “Compatible” Christianity

by Josh Rudolph | Aug 7, 2014

China Daily reports that, with Christianity expected to keep on gaining followers in China, the...

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Minitrue: Axe Story on Naked Officials

by Anne Henochowicz | Aug 7, 2014

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

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Apple Excluded from Official Procurement [Updated]

by SW | Aug 7, 2014

Bloomberg’s Steven Yang and Lulu Yilun Chen report that Apple laptops and tablets have been...

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Should Students Be Required to ‘Love the Party’?

by Josh Rudolph | Aug 6, 2014

The Global Times reports that, in a bow to public opinion, the country’s primary and middle...

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