Photo: Regency, by Gauthier DELECROIX
Regency, by Gauthier DELECROIX (CC BY 2.0)
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Calls for Ilham Tohti’s Release on the Tenth Anniversary of His Life Sentence
September 23 marks the tenth anniversary of prominent Uyghur economist Ilham Tohti being sentenced to life in prison on unsubstantiated charges of “separatism” for his work advocating for better treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang...
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Photo: Shekou, Shenzhen, by QuantFoto
Shekou, Shenzhen, by QuantFoto (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read MoreNetizen Voices on Shenzhen Stabbing: “People Care More About Political Posturing, Nationality, History, and Hatred Than They Do About Human Life”
Wednesday’s fatal stabbing of a Japanese fifth-grader as he walked to his school in the southern Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen—just months after a similar fatal stabbing at a Japanese school bus-stop in Suzhou—has prompted an...
Read MoreLeaked Volkswagen Audit of Xinjiang Plant Failed to Meet International Standards
German auto manufacturer Volkswagen (VW) has courted controversy for maintaining a business presence in Xinjiang, despite documentation from the U.N. and other organizations of the CCP’s possible crimes against humanity,...
Read MoreFatal Stabbing of Japanese 10-Year-Old in Shenzhen Sparks Outcry Over Xenophobic Violence
A 10-year-old Japanese boy was stabbed on his way to school in Shenzhen on Wednesday, September 18. He died the following day. The attack occurred on the anniversary of the 1931 Mukden Incident, which precipitated Japan’s...
Read MoreAppeals of Rights Defenders Huang Xueqin, Wang Jianbing Denied in Secretive Trial
The Guangdong Provincial High Court denied the appeals of imprisoned human rights defenders Wang Jianbing and Huang Xueqin in a secretive trial held last week, without notifying their attorneys. The decision was decried as a...
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Photo: the t-shirts I didn’t buy for you. Great Wall of China, Badaling, by Dawn Danby
the t-shirts I didn’t buy for you. Great Wall of China, Badaling, by Dawn Danby (CC BY-NC-ND...
Read MoreHong Kong Resident Gets 14 Months Imprisonment for “Seditious” T-Shirt
The first sentencing under Hong Kong’s new Article 23 national security law (officially called the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance) occurred this week, as a man was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment for wearing a...
Read MoreDeath of Red Guard, Bête Noir of Cultural Revolution, Sparks Reflection on Weibo
Song Binbin, perhaps the most infamous “Red Guard” of the Cultural Revolution, died at the age of 77 on Monday, September 16. Song, the daughter of one of the Party’s powerful “Eight Immortals,” was the leader of a Red Guard...
Read MoreTranslations: Olympics Showed How “Strict Government Controls Are Breeding Media Mediocrities” (2)
While China’s athletes won glory in Paris at this year’s Olympics and Paralympics, there was widespread agreement on Chinese social media that the country’s reporters did not. Bloggers and athletes alike rolled...
Read MoreEssays on Colonialism and Indigeneity in and Beyond the P.R.C.
Uyghur villages have been Sinicized in Xinjiang. Local communities have been displaced for state-sponsored infrastructure projects in Tibet. News editors have been convicted of sedition in Hong Kong. National elections have been...
Read MoreTranslation: Chinese Universities Install Software to Identify and Punish Students Who Circumvent the Great Firewall
A recent WeChat post reveals that some Chinese schools and universities are using special software to identify and punish students who “scale the wall”—that is, circumvent China’s Great Firewall (GFW) to access overseas websites...
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Photo: Shanghai, P.R. of China – October, 2015, by Konrad Lembcke
Shanghai, P.R. of China – October, 2015, by Konrad Lembcke (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Read MoreTranslations: China’s Olympic Reporters Fail to Win Medals (1)
While China’s athletes won glory in Paris at this year’s Olympics and Paralympics, there was widespread agreement on Chinese social media that the country’s reporters did not. Bloggers and athletes alike rolled their eyes at the...
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