The Long Shadow of 2012’s Shifang Protests
Protests against a planned molybdenum copper plant in Shifang, Sichuan were hailed as a triumph of...
Read MorePosted by Samuel Wade | Nov 10, 2014
Protests against a planned molybdenum copper plant in Shifang, Sichuan were hailed as a triumph of...
Read MorePosted by Josh Rudolph | May 1, 2014
After Hu Yaobang died a quarter-century ago last month, thousands of Peking University students...
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As students and activists begin their third day occupying Taiwan’s Legislative...
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | Sep 17, 2013
Ten years ago this month, China Digital Times was born with the publication of this post. Xiao...
Read MorePosted by Samuel Wade | Aug 8, 2013
At The Washington Post last week, Simon Denyer reported on the expansion of Beijing’s efforts to gather data on public opinion, both online and through surveys: [… T]he government is trying to understand public opinion on...
Read MorePosted by Anne Henochowicz | Jun 4, 2013
The form for readers to submit tips on blocked keywords will be available at the bottom of all future English Sensitive Words posts. The form itself is in Chinese. In April 2011, CDT Chinese began tracking keywords blocked from...
Read MorePosted by Scott Greene | Mar 18, 2013
Mimi Lau of the South China Morning Post reports that despite his reformist credentials, new Guangdong party chief Hu Chunhua has held his cards close to the vest while navigating a series of early tests: His low-profile, opaque...
Read MorePosted by Anne Henochowicz | Mar 10, 2013
As of March 8, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). Standoff in Shangpu: Protests continue in the Guangdong village, where residents say as much as 33.33 hectars...
Read MorePosted by Scott Greene | Mar 4, 2013
Police have set up a blockade around the Guangdong village of Shangpu, just 100 kilometers away from Wukan, after residents clashed with thugs they claim were sent by the local communist party chief in connection with a disputed...
Read MorePosted by Samuel Wade | Dec 20, 2012
Among a slew of other new appointments this week, Xinhua reported that Hu Jintao protégé “Little Hu” Chunhua is to be the new Party chief of Guangdong province. His time at the helm of the economic powerhouse is...
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