Photo: Comandante, by Gauthier DELECROIX
Comandante, by Gauthier DELECROIX (CC BY 2.0)
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Netizen Voices: Weibo Blocks Hashtags, Discussion of BBC Exposé of Criminal Gang Peddling Assault Videos
Weibo has censored hashtags, curtailed discussions, and limited the visibility of a June 9 BBC Eye documentary exposing a ring of men who sell online videos of women being assaulted on public transport. The apparent leader of...
Read MoreHow a Chinese Company Censors Its Own Answer to ChatGPT
Today, Weibo censors deleted a photograph of a flowchart demonstrating how security software giant Qihoo 360 censors its generative artificial intelligence (AI) product. During a June 13 launch event for Qihoo 360’s latest large...
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Untitled (Tianjin), by 空央 (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read MoreConcerns for Imprisoned Blogger Program-think’s Wife Bei Zhenying After Twitter Account’s Deletion
As of June 7, the Twitter account belonging to Bei Zhenying, wife of well-known blogger program-think (whose real name is Ruan Xiaohuan), appears to have been deleted. The abrupt deletion of her relatively new account...
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Photo: Standing the test of time, by Dickson Phua
Standing the test of time, by Dickson Phua (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read MoreUyghurs Adopting Han Children, Once Feted In Propaganda, Now Taboo Topic
Censors deleted a Zhihu answer about growing up in Xinjiang that touched on the underexplored outcomes of the One Child Policy and the region’s racial politics. One user posted to Zhihu, a popular question and answer site,...
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Photo: 鸽子, by 张 春海
鸽子, by 张 春海 (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read MoreAnxieties Over “Wenguan” Culture Cops After Comedy Crackdown
China’s not-so-new culture cops, now colloquially referred to as wenguan, have gone viral on Weibo amidst concerns over the perceived expansion of China’s police state. Earlier this year, the nationwide establishment of...
Read MoreWord(s) of the Week: “Objects Placed in a Row” (物体排成一排, wùtǐ páichéng yīpái)
The sight of a lone man standing before a row of tanks in Beijing is perhaps the most enduring image to emerge from the Tiananmen Protests of 1989. Photographs taken on June 5 of that year—one day after PLA troops crushed the...
Read MoreNationalist Carnival and Detentions Meet Hong Kong June 4th Commemorations
Sunday marked the 34th anniversary of the 1989 June 4th crackdown. In Hong Kong, in a stark sign of the city’s political trajectory over the past several years, authorities stifled the formerly traditional public and...
Read MoreMinitrue: June 4 Content Restrictions for Douyin Official Accounts and Key Opinion Leaders
The following instructions have been leaked and distributed online. For June 3rd, 4th, 5th: all official accounts are forbidden from posting content, and all key opinion leaders are banned from posting brand-related advertising...
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Photo: Lingling Ancient City 零陵古城, Yongzhou, 2021, by JL Cogburn
Lingling Ancient City 零陵古城, Yongzhou, 2021, by JL Cogburn (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Read MoreFolk-rock Band “Slap” Melds Ming Dynasty Fiction with Shrewd Social Satire
A performance video of “Red Child’s Eighteen Wins,” a January 2023 song by the folk-rock band Slap (耳光乐队, Erguang Yuedui), has been attracting much attention lately on Chinese social media and Chinese Twitter. The folk tune...
Read MoreJournalists Become Latest Casualties of China-India Rivalry
China and India’s geopolitical rivalry has reached a nadir, with both countries all but barring the other’s journalists from working in their respective territories. Inflamed by an ongoing military conflict along the China-India...
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