With the recent handover of power in North Korea to Kim Jong-un, his older brother is said to be under China’s protection in case Kim Jong-un’s regime collapses. Kim Jong-nam lives in exile in Beijing and Macao. The...
Read MoreFollowing yesterday’s reported shooting of Tibetan protesters in Drango, Kardze, Sichuan, reports have come in today of another shooting in a nearby town in Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture as protests escalate in the...
Read MoreChinese netizens posted record-breaking numbers on microblogging site Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter-equivalent, in the first minute of the Year of the Dragon. But with the Chinese government implementing new Internet...
Read MoreWith the next generation of Chinese rulers knocking on the door of the Politburo ahead of a leadership reshuffle later this year, The Atlantic’s Damien Ma looks ahead by first looking back on Deng Xiaoping’s...
Read MoreOn Wednesday, Caixin published a blog post containing excerpts from three Wikileaked diplomatic cables from 2007. The cables described Hu Jintao’s secret visits to political gatherings at the resort town of Beidaihe, the...
Read MoreAs part of a broader information strategy unveiled this week, the top official at China’s State Council Information Office announced nationwide expansion plans for recently implemented regulations that require...
Read MoreSurely, anyone with the digital means to access a CDT post has by now come across the acronyms SOPA and PIPA. The two bills, framed by lobbyists and supporters as part of a campaign against the theft of intellectual property and...
Read MoreWang Chen, director of the State Council Information Office, told reporters in Beijing that the government plans to be more open this year while also retaining strict control over the Internet. From AP: Officials will expand the...
Read MoreApple has released its latest Supplier Responsibility report, which shows an 80% drop in underage labour and signs of a new and long-awaited transparency. The company also published a nearly comprehensive list of suppliers for...
Read MoreThe World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports on the rise of political humor in China and the role of the Internet in spreading subversive messages through satire. Listen here: “When the situation is getting tougher, the humor is...
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