Benedict Cumberbatch is a Gay Erotic God in China
While the Chinese LGBT community faces widespread discrimination in real life, online culture has...
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Making Sense of China’s Meager Typhoon Aid
A ninefold increase in Chinese aid to the typhoon-struck Philippines has failed to quell criticism...
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How to Get Censored on China’s Twitter
ProPublica has launched an interactive feature of tens of thousands of images that have been...
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Gansu Teen Suing Police Over Detention
16-year-old Yang Zhong, the Gansu teenager who attracted attention in September when he was...
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River Crabbed: How’s My Chinese?
The following deleted weibo was selected by CDT Chinese editors from FreeWeibo. @21世纪大学生: Don’t...
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Sensitive Words: Third Plenum Sit-Ins and More
As of November 14, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search...
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Censorship Vault: Reporter Beaten for Investigating Hunan Nail House
The following propaganda directive was first published by Reporters Without Borders. Hunan...
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What to Make of Third Plenum Communiqué?
The communiqué which followed the Third Plenum meeting of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central...
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Playing Politics: Twitter Responds to Third Plenum
During the Third Plenum meetings this past weekend, the Communist Party Central Committee issued a...
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Is “Snowden Effect” Hurting U.S. Firms in China?
For Reuters, Matthew Miller reports that some U.S. technology firms may face headwinds in China as...
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Jailed Activist Finally Allowed Access to Lawyer
The New York Times’ Chris Buckley reports that writer and activist Yang Maodong has finally...
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China to End Some Cosmetics Testing on Animals
The China Food and Drug Administration is planning to remove mandatory animal testing requirements...
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Nearly One in Two Mothers Chose Caesarean
At South China Morning Post, Zhuang Pinghui reports that a growing number of pregnant women in...
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Censorship Vault: High School Food Poisoning
The following propaganda directive was first published by Reporters Without Borders. Lianyuan...
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