Foreign journalists in Beijing are gathering at the Great Hall of the People to cover what they can of the proceedings of the 18th Party Congress. A few expressed some trepidation: Is there a risk that live tweeting the 18th PC...
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Read MoreAs Beijing is busy preparing for tomorrow’s opening of the 18th Communist Party Congress, the city is under such tight security measures that many netizens have begun to refer to it as “Sparta” (a homonym for...
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The CDT Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon is a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens and frequently...
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Yesterday’s Global Times story “Seven-Hour Wait to Vote; This Election Is...
Read MoreOn the eve of the 18th Party Congress, which will promote a new generation of leadership in Beijing, Tibetans have continued to self-immolate in protest against Beijing’s policies in their region. On Wednesday alone, five...
Read MoreThe Global Times has published the results of a survey, drawn from the opinions of more than 1,200 adults in seven major cities across China, in which more than eight in ten respondents said they support political reform:...
Read MoreAs it became clear that President Obama had been re-elected Tuesday night, Chinese netizens responded quickly online, often comparing the U.S. political process to their own. Tea Leaf Nation has translated a number of weibo...
Read MoreAs the 18th Party Congress fast approaches, Beijing residents have found their city under lock-down. Fruit knives are gone from store shelves. Ping pong balls are objects of suspicion. Security volunteers, distinguished by red...
Read MoreAt The New York Review of Books, Ian Johnson reviews the new English version of Yang Jisheng’s Great Famine history, Tombstone, comparing it with other books on the subject by Zhou Xun and Frank Dikötter. The review...
Read MoreIn an interview with Muhammad Cohen at Asia Times Online, Sheng Keyi discusses the English-language publication of her first novel, Northern Girls, based on her own experiences as a migrant worker in Shenzhen. Asia Times Online:...
Read MoreCDT previously reported on the murder of Chinese sailors on the Mekong River and on the following investigation. Chinese state media reports the principal suspect and three others in the attack have been sentenced to death, from...
Read MoreAmid the recent string of self-immolations in Tibet protesting Chinese rule, the United Nations’ Rights chief, Navi Pillay, critiqued China’s Tibet policies. In response, China has slammed the UN’s criticism and rejected...
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