The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Central Propaganda Department: Without exception, do not republish, report, or comment on the...
Read MoreMao Yushi, the 84-year-old economist who last year won the Cato Institute’s Milton Freedom Prize for Advancing Liberty, is a prominent voice on one side of China’s ideological gulf — his free-market advocacy...
Read MoreHarvard educated Dr. Lobsang Sangay was elected as the Tibetan government-in-exile’s equivalent of prime minister in 2011 — he was the second to be directly elected to this position, and the first to be head of the Central...
Read MoreThousands of protesters rallied in Kunming on Thursday to oppose the construction of an oil refinery operated by China National Petroleum Corp. (PetroChina). The protests, the second this month, were mostly peaceful but were met...
Read MoreChina Daily reported yesterday on a counterfeit condom factory busted in the southeastern province of Fujian, and two other underground factories uncovered by the police investigation : An underground workshop producing fake...
Read MoreThe following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Central Propaganda Department: Without exception, do not report or comment on [information] about...
Read MoreFor his latest contribution to the Hexie Farm CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab looks at the recent directive listing seven topics that are off-limits for academics to discuss in the classroom: “freedom of the press, a civil...
Read MoreIn the second related protest in two weeks, hundreds of people gathered on the streets in Kunming to protest the construction of an oil refinery and paraxylene (PX) plant near the city. The South China Morning Post is posting...
Read MoreIn an opinion piece in the Guardian, writer Murong Xuecun discusses the closure of his various weibo accounts and the ongoing crackdown on Internet expression in China: Not long ago, scholar Zhang Xuezhong, Xiao Xuehui, Song...
Read MoreAmid the ongoing Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands dispute — a notable spell of discord in the long-strained Sino-Japanese relationship — players on both shores of the East China Sea have made recent moves stoking the flames of diplomatic...
Read MoreA roundup of online political cartoons from the past two weeks. Click any image to launch gallery view. The “new” Director of the State Bureau of Letters and Calls warmly welcomes petitioners to his office. In the...
Read MoreThe Word of the Week comes from China Digital Space’s Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens and frequently encountered in online political discussions. These are the words of China’s online...
Read MoreAs of May 14, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). Lawyers “Surround and Watch” Black Jails: On May 13, 11 rights defense lawyers were detained and...
Read MoreWednesday is expected [see update below] to see a decision by the eight member states of the Arctic Council on China’s third bid for observer status. Japan, South Korea, India, the E.U., Greenpeace and others have also...
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