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)
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Folk-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...
Read MoreLocal Police Identified as Assailants of Journalist in Guizhou
The culprits behind the beating of a reporter in Guizhou that scandalized China have been identified: a local vice-police chief and two auxiliary officers perpetrated the assault. On May 30, Jimu News reporter Li Xiancheng...
Read MoreU.N. Committee Calls Out Chinese State’s Discrimination Against Women
This week, the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) released its findings on eight countries, including China. The findings assess each country’s progress in implementing the Convention on...
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Photo: Fuxian Hu (Fuxian Lake, Yunnan), by Rene Passet
Fuxian Hu (Fuxian Lake, Yunnan), by Rene Passet (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read MoreMosque Demolition Sparks Clashes Between Armed Police and Hui Muslim Residents in Yunnan
The partial demolition of a historic mosque in rural Yunnan this past weekend ignited conflict between local Hui Muslim residents and armed police. The clashes in Najiaying, a village in Yuxi, China, began when residents...
Read MoreTranslation: Special One-Month Reconnaissance Operation Against “Overseas Cyber Forces”
A pair of recently surfaced screenshots appear to offer unusual detail about a special month-long operation, held in Beijing and involving over 40 Ministry of Public Security computer specialists from around the country, to...
Read MoreChina Mounts Narrative Counterattack After Kenya Hacking Report
This week, a set of reports emerged alleging that Chinese state-backed actors perpetrated cyberattacks against foreign governments. In response, Chinese state media sprang into action by relaying official denials of...
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Photo: Untitled (Lanzhou University), by NeptuneTulip
Untitled (Lanzhou University), by NeptuneTulip (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read MoreTranslation: Lanzhou University Dodges a Bullet After Lecturer is Reported for “Distorting” Korean War History
A recent incident illustrates what a minefield it has become to discuss anything, past or present, related to the Chinese military. This week, a history lecturer at Lanzhou University was accused by someone online of...
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Photo: Courtyard at LiXianTing films, by Jen Leung
Courtyard at LiXianTing films, by Jen Leung (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read MoreYue Minjun’s Iconic Paintings of Grinning PLA Soldiers Being Censored on Weibo
If the lesson last week was “Don’t laugh about the PLA,” this week’s message seems to be, “Don’t even crack a smile.” First, stand-up comedian Li Haoshi (stage name “House”) was accused of defaming the People’s Liberation...
Read MoreTourism Push and Continued Labor Coercion Mark New Phase in Xinjiang Repression
Exactly one year ago, a consortium of media outlets released the Xinjiang Police Files, a cache of tens of thousands of files showing images of Uyghur detainees in Xinjiang’s concentration camps and manuals for enforcing their...
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Photo: Lift Maintenance, by hbnorth
Lift Maintenance, by hbnorth (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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