Sensitive Words: Intranets, Prostitution and More
As of August 8, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for...
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Directives from the Ministry of Truth: Liu Xiang
The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies...
Read MoreInside the Walls of a Detention Center
NYU law professor Jerome Cohen argued last month at the South China Morning Post that “nothing more vividly illustrates” abuse of China’s criminal justice system “than the restrictions imposed on an...
Read MoreSecrecy in China’s Environmental Monitoring
Zheng Ge, assistant professor at Hong Kong University, writes for Caixin about China’s environmental monitoring, calling for transparency in the release of data and decentralizing of government control: Environmental authorities...
Read MoreThe PLA and China’s Leadership Transition
The New York Times’ Edward Wong and Jonathan Ansfield describe the uneasy relationship between China’s Communist Party and the military, where some generals have pushed for a greater role in political affairs as the...
Read MoreHarbin Hosts International Humanoid Robot Olympics
As the eyes of the world bore hungrily into the London 2012 medal table, China Daily’s Wang Kaihao reports from the International Humanoid Robot Olympic Games in Harbin and talks to the competition’s executive...
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Netizen Voices: Abolish Labor Re-education
The mother of a rape victim in Hunan Province has been sent to a re-education through labor camp...
Read MoreNursing Mothers Stage Feed-In
Amid the controversy of forced abortions and China sending its first woman into space, women’s issues have once again become the focus of media attention. The Global Times reports 30 mothers staged a breast-feeding flash...
Read MoreReports Conflict on Detained Fishermen
Despite China’s growing involvement in Sri Lanka’s development and the construction of port Hambantota, China Daily reports Sri Lanka has arrested 37 Chinese fishermen for fishing in Sri Lankan waters. These reports come amid...
Read MoreCould Bo Xilai Escape Criminal Charges?
The South China Morning Post reported Tuesday that Gu Kailai had confessed to both the murder of Neil Heywood and “economic crimes” during her detention, according to a source with direct knowledge of the case,...
Read MoreLots of Advice from Chinese Academics, but Few Takers
For The Wall Street Journal, Chinese civil society expert Yiyi Lu contrasts American academics – which are more likely to act as critics of their governments – with Chinese scholars who utilize their research to...
Read MoreBaidu Employees Arrested for Paid Deletions
Four Baidu employees were fired last month for taking bribes to delete postings from the company’s Tieba BBS service. Three of them have also been arrested, while the fourth was lucky enough to be caught before going...
Read MoreDouble Jeopardy: China’s Fake Prisoners
At Slate, Geoffrey Sant describes the practice—”not common, but not rare either”, according to one police officer—of 顶罪 ding zui: hiring a body double to stand trial and serve a criminal sentence in one’s...
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