Chinese Censors Fillet “Minions,” Shrink “Big Bang Theory”
Discontented with the ending of “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” during which the titular supervillain Gru and his partner-in-crime Wild Knuckles escape arrest alongside three yellow bean-shaped minions, China’s censors gave it...
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Media Forums Promote Journalist Collaboration and Position Chinese Narratives in African News Agencies
This month, China hosted two major media forums aimed at promoting synergy between Chinese and foreign media organizations. Both forums highlighted the importance of training programs for journalists in the Global South. These...
Read MoreCadres Instructed To Buy, Buy, Buy China Out of Property Crisis
Are cadres the answer to China’s property market crunch? Some local officials seem to believe so. Hundreds of thousands of homebuyers across China have boycotted their mortgages payments in protest against the stalled...
Read MoreFour Men in Jiangxi Punished for Breaking COVID Rules With “Malicious Mourning”
Police in Yingtan, Jiangxi province, have become the object of derision online after announcing that they had punished four men for evading a pandemic lockdown to attend the funeral of an elderly family member. The phrase used...
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Record Heat in Central China Causes Power Shortages, Economic Strain, and Suffering
A massive, months-long heat wave has scorched regions in central China. Intense droughts and evaporating water sources have choked energy supplies in several regions reliant upon hydropower, causing widespread power cuts and...
Read MoreBeijing Protest Art Reveals Frustration With Zero-COVID Policy
Protest art scrawled upon Beijing COVID testing stations reveals an undercurrent of anger about China’s zero-COVID policy in the capital. The two seemingly unrelated protests are part of a larger stream of oft-censored artistic...
Read MoreUN Special Rapporteur’s Report: “Reasonable to Conclude” Existence of Forced Labor in Xinjiang
A report released this week by UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery Tomoya Obokata stated that it is “reasonable to conclude” that there is forced labor in Xinjiang, and that certain instances of it “may amount...
Read MoreTranslation: Quarantine Diary. “All I Had Was One Question: What Exactly Are The Rules?”
In this post from WeChat public account 兽楼处, a man gives a first-person account of his family’s experience in quarantine following a potential COVID exposure at a shopping mall in Beijing. In addition to describing the food,...
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Latest Targets of Hong Kong Censorship Include Films, Publishers, and Pro-Transparency Social Media Pages
Over two years after the National Security Law went into effect, government censorship continues to stifle free expression in Hong Kong. Authorities have recently taken measures to conceal from the public various books, films,...
Read MoreAnother U.S. Congressional Delegation Visits Taiwan, Beijing Restarts Military Drills
On Sunday, another U.S. Congressional delegation traveled to Taiwan, less than two weeks after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s controversial visit to the country. In response to the latest delegation’s visit, Beijing announced it...
Read MoreKimono Detention Latest Incident of Anti-Japanese Sentiment in China
Police detained and interrogated a young woman for wearing a kimono in Suzhou, the latest apparent example of a surge in anti-Japanese sentiment across China. The woman posted a video of her detention to Weibo, capturing the...
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