How Xiaohongshu Censors “Sudden Incidents”
A leaked internal document from Xiaohongshu reveals how the Instagram-like social media and...
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Zhengzhou Flood Anniversary: Censored Memorials and More Extreme Weather
This Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary of floods in Henan on July 20, 2021, when historic levels of rainfall left almost 400 people dead and caused billions of dollars in property damage. Despite a January 2022 State...
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TV Drama Pulled Before Premiere, Likely For “Historical Nihilism”
Would-be viewers of the long-delayed historical drama “A Love Never Lost” were left disappointed Monday when the show was pulled just two hours before its premiere. The broadcast was replaced with a rerun of a 2020 “poverty...
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List of Derogatory Nicknames for Xi Leaked Amid Crackdown on “Typos”
A crackdown on “typos” used to spread “illegal and harmful information,” and the censorship of an unpublished draft novel, have illustrated the further narrowing of online speech in China ahead of the upcoming 20th Party...
Read MoreCCP Seeks Control Over Xinjiang Narrative As Xi Visits the Region
Over the past month, Xi Jinping concluded a “victory tour” of Xinjiang and Hong Kong, where his visits after years of absence signaled the CCP’s firm control over the two peripheral regions. The spectacles also served to burnish...
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Homebuyers Boycott Mortgage Payments on Stalled Housing Projects
Over the past few weeks, tens of thousands of Chinese homebuyers have banded together and refused to continue paying mortgages on unfinished homes. Homebuyers in China frequently purchase “pre-sale” homes long before developers...
Read MoreBeijing Pulls COVID Isolation Tracking Bracelets After Backlash; Hong Kong Rollout Goes Ahead
While many governments elsewhere appear resigned to “sliding into the long pandemic defeat,” those in China continue to fight COVID-19 with an array of weapons including mass testing, smartphone-based health codes, and...
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Not Wanted: Recovered COVID-19 Patients Face Job and Housing Discrimination
“Anyone who has ever tested positive is not wanted.” “No tattoos, criminal record, or positive test history.” “Applicants who have tested positive or been in a mandatory quarantine facility need not apply.” “During the pandemic,...
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A Critique of Japan’s Proposed Constitutional Reforms Morphs into “Comments-Section Referendum” on Xi
A Chinese government official’s Weibo post lecturing Japan about the danger of amending its constitution—standard nationalist fare on the microblogging site—turned into a forum for criticizing a 2018 Chinese constitutional...
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