Photo: Seven Arcs Bridge at Xiaoqikong Scenic Area in Libo, by Alexander Lerch
Seven Arcs Bridge at Xiaoqikong Scenic Area in Libo, by Alexander Lerch (CC BY-NC 2.0)
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Sinopsis: How Pro-Russian Narratives Spread in Malaysian Chinese-language Facebook Circles
Prague-based Sinopsis has published a new investigation by Kuek Ser Kuang Keng, Chan Wei See, and Wong Kai Hui into the propagation of pro-Russian narratives about the invasion of Ukraine through Chinese...
Read MoreThree Views on Washington’s Precarious China Consensus
With the U.S. presidential election looming ever closer, an article in Foreign Affairs from Johns Hopkins’ Jessica Chen Weiss called for a new approach to China policy from the next administration: To be sure, both...
Read MoreChina Raises Retirement Age In Response to Longevity Increases
Last week, the Chinese government announced that it will raise the retirement age. The long-expected move is deeply unpopular but, the government holds, necessary to relieve strain on China’s work force and pension funds. The...
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Photo: 王府井天主堂, by Guo Qi
王府井天主堂, by Guo Qi (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read MoreChina Frees American Pastor After Nearly 20 Years of Detention
In a rare event on Monday, the Chinese government has freed an American citizen who it had detained for nearly 20 years. The citizen, David Lin, was a pastor who was born in China and then lived in California, where he has now...
Read MoreHarassment Campaign Targets Hong Kong Journalists
The work environment for journalists in Hong Kong continues to deteriorate. Last month, Stand News editors were convicted of sedition. This week, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) revealed a widespread harassment...
Read MorePoem on the Death of a Delivery Driver: “A Man Is Not a Steed nor a Machine”
The plight of China’s delivery drivers is front-of-mind for the Chinese public. In August, CDT translated an account of one courier’s death in the summer heat, while a viral photograph of a Meituan driver kneeling before a...
Read MoreNetizen Voices: Chinese Football Again In Turmoil Over Corruption and “Humiliating” Defeats
Despite a laudable performance in other sports at this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games, China continues to flail in its footballing ambitions. Last Thursday, the men’s national team lost 7-0 to rival Japan in the third...
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85岁乡村留守老人, by musicoooool (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read MoreRural Women Fight for Lucrative Land Rights in Court
Across China, many women with rural hukou are systematically denied lucrative village land rights. Village assemblies, ostensibly autonomous local political organizations, decide who is a member of the rural collective and thus...
Read MoreDetentions of Artist Gao Zhen, Citizen Journalist Zhang Zhan Highlight Continuing Suppression of Free Speech in China
The Chinese government’s recent detentions of two outspoken critics—visual artist Gao Zhen and citizen journalist Zhang Zhan—highlight the continuing suppression of free speech and the shrinking space for artistic expression and...
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Photo: Untitled, by Hsiuan Boyen
Untitled, by Hsiuan Boyen (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read MoreAccused Tiananmen Informant’s Silence Reveals Enduring “Public Secrecy” Around 1989
The violent repression of the 1989 student protests scarred Chinese society. The campaign to purge “two-faced” protest sympathizers that followed was similarly painful. Yet some of the greatest unresolved anguish from that...
Read MoreChinese Investment in Africa Under Scrutiny During FOCAC 2024
The ninth edition of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) concluded last week in Beijing. This triennial summit attracted leaders from more than 50 African countries for a diplomatic fanfare of lavish state dinners,...
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