Xi Jinping’s Odd Packaging of the May 4th Spirit
by Natalie Ornell | May 23, 2014
At the Los Angeles Review of Books blog, Rebecka Eriksson discusses Xi Jinping’s...
Read MoreFive Suicide Bombers Accused of Xinjiang Attack
by Natalie Ornell | May 23, 2014
China’s state media reports that five suicide bombers carried out the attack which killed 31...
Read MoreThis Week on CDT, May 23, 2014
by Meredith Godwin | May 23, 2014
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the nationwide, student-led democracy movement in China,...
Read MoreMurong Xuecun: I, Too, Will Stand Up for Tiananmen
by Samuel Wade | May 23, 2014
Detentions and other restrictions continue as the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown...
Read MoreChina’s Global Search for Energy
by Natalie Ornell | May 22, 2014
Clifford Krauss and Keith Bradsher report for The New York Times that China is “going to...
Read MoreMinitrue: Rumor of PLA Troops at Vietnam Border
by Anne Henochowicz | May 22, 2014
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Read MoreDetained Woman Given Shock Treatment Wins Lawsuit
by Natalie Ornell | May 22, 2014
Keira Lu Huang at The South China Morning Post reports that a woman who was detained illegally and...
Read MoreAi Xiaoming: Thinking of My Friends in Prison
by Anne Henochowicz | May 22, 2014
Ai Xiaoming is a documentary filmmaker, activist, and professor of modern Chinese literature at...
Read MoreSensitive Words: Tiananmen, Bo Xilai, More
by Anne Henochowicz | May 22, 2014
As of May 22, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user”...
Read MoreBadiucao (巴丢草): Deal
by Sophie Beach | May 22, 2014
Badiucao comments on the recent gas deal between Russia and China which is estimated to be worth...
Read MoreDashed Dreams Four Years After Quake
by Sophie Beach | May 22, 2014
In remote Jyekundo (Yushu), Qinghai Province, a 7.1 earthquake hit in April 2010, killing at least...
Read MoreMinitrue: Increased Security in Shanghai for CICA Summit
by Anne Henochowicz | May 22, 2014
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Read MoreDozens Killed in Attack in Urumqi Market
by Sophie Beach | May 21, 2014
In the second violent attack in Urumqi in a month, two cars crashed into a market, one of which...
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