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No One World live stream in China
Chinese video platforms say they still plan to eventually release a recording of the charity concert that raised funds for Covid-19 relief
Opinion | Does China’s Propaganda Work? (Published 2020)
The Communist Party’s messaging is both more agile and more fragile than it seems.
Opinion | Of the Virus and God, Orange Peels and the Party (Published 2020)
A mother and daughter write through distance and disease, searching for the other’s love.
A Loyal Chinese Critic Vanishes, in a Blow to the Nation’s Future (Published 2020)
The sudden silence of Ren Zhiqiang, a vocal member of the Communist Party, signals a retreat from the principles that led China out of poverty.
Coronavirus Crisis Awakens a Sleeping Giant: China’s Youth (Published 2020)
How the ruling Communist Party manages the coming months will help shape how hundreds of millions of young people see its authoritarian political bargain for decades to come.
U.S. Officials Push for Expelling Suspected Chinese Spies at Media Outlets (Published 2020)
Trump administration officials are discussing taking action after China said it would expel almost all American journalists for The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal.
Coronavirus Outrage Spurs China’s Internet Police to Action (Published 2020)
Online enforcers are dragging in hundreds for questioning as an assault on online speech continues. They are a sign of how Beijing has given censors a more punitive role.
How a Dating App Helped a Generation of Chinese Come Out of the Closet (Published 2020)
Blued, one of the biggest gay dating apps in the world, has succeeded because it plays by the ever-shifting rules for L.G.B.T.Q. China — bringing together a minority community without activism.
Coronavirus Weakens China’s Powerful Propaganda Machine (Published 2020)
Beijing is pushing tales of perseverance, but many young people are openly questioning the Communist Party’s message.
US lawmakers push for investigation of China Daily
Lawmakers say the English-language daily plays ‘important role in China’s foreign disinformation campaign’, while China Daily describes itself as a ‘channel for information exchanges between China and the rest of the world’.
China’s L.B.J. Cliffhanger!
Fans can’t wait for the next installment of Robert Caro’s Lyndon Johnson biography in translation. Why is the Chinese publisher holding it up?
How Gay Art Survives in Beijing, as Censors Tighten Grip (Published 2020)
An art gallery in China’s capital provides a lens into the city’s quietly present gay community.
U.S. and Iran Are Trolling Each Other — in China (Published 2020)
On Chinese social media, where diplomatic rows rarely break into view, people have watched with fascination as the two countries’ embassies trade barbs.
How the Truth Disappears: Chinese Censorship and My Film ‘One Child Nation’
Nanfu Wang, who co-directed the Oscar-shortlisted doc “One Child Nation” exploring China’s one-child policy, writes about how state media has scrubbed mentions of her film.
Book burning by Chinese county library sparks fury
Blaze complying with ministry directive meant for schools harks back to Qin dynasty and Nazi Germany, critics say
TikTok Blocks Teen Who Posted About China’s Detention Camps (Published 2019)
The app faced renewed questions about whether it censors material after it removed an American’s video about Muslims in China.
A Prominent Chinese-American Artist Is the Latest to Fall Afoul of China’s Censors (Published 2019)
An upcoming exhibition at a Beijing arts center was canceled, the latest sign of how China’s turn toward a more hard-nosed authoritarianism has crept into civil society.
China threatens Sweden after Gui Minhai wins free speech award
Embassy hits out at judges and warns of ‘consequences’ after the Tucholsky prize goes to jailed Hong Kong publisher
Edward Snowden blew the whistle on how Chinese censors scrubbed his book
China's complex feelings about whistleblower Edward Snowden might shift now that he's calling out Chinese censorship.
How Should Universities Respond to China’s Growing Presence on Their Campuses?
How should universities encourage respectful dialogue on contentious issues involving China, while at the same time fostering an environment free of intimidation, harassment, and violence? And how
Chinese web censorship works. Unfortunately, it’s never going away
While protests continue in Hong Kong, the government on the Chinese mainland has been increasingly aggressive in its propaganda, painting the demonstrators as violent “rioters,”…
Release delay of war epic ‘The Eight Hundred’ — a new era of Chinese movie censorship?
It has been an exceptionally chaotic month for Chinese movies. After the last-minute withdrawal from its international debut at the Berlin International Film Festival, teen…
Bilibili and AcFun block real-time commenting feature until June 6
Bilibili and AcFun block real-time commenting feature until June 6
Wikipedia completely blocked in China
China’s Great Firewall has been operational since the 1990s. Up until around 2009, I preferred to call it the Net Nanny because the internet blocks…
Working around censorship / censorship and the markets
Three different aspects of censorship in the news today: China’s strict censorship may have economic costs, at least for mom-and-pop investors. Reuters reports: President Donald…
WeChat’s censors are not #HereForJingyao: Public accounts supporting woman accusing Richard Liu of rape are shut down
WeChat’s censors are not #HereForJingyao: Public accounts supporting woman accusing Richard Liu of rape are shut down
Jinan has become the capital of Chinese internet censorship
Jinan has become the capital of Chinese internet censorship
To earn points on China’s little red app, I downloaded a cheat tool from GitHub
It’s only been less than two months since the release of Xuéxí Qiángguó — 学习强国, i.e., “study to strengthen the nation” — a propaganda smartphone app…
Is Google still developing a censored search engine for China?
One of the biggest stories about technology and China last year was the revelation in early August that Google was building a new censored search…
The Chinese scientist and the foreign tongue
For generations of Chinese scientists, the cultivating of a foreign tongue was not only a tool to help untangle the mysteries of nature, but also…
Kuora: Breaking the Great Firewall
This week’s column comes from one of Kaiser’s answers originally posted to Quora on January 12, 2015. Can’t hackers around the world unite to break the…
Even propagandist Eric X. Li falls victim to a new censorship campaign
The National Internet Information Office of China, the country’s top cyber authority, has launched yet another crackdown against online expression, with “self-media,” blogs, and microblogs squarely…
Kuora: Censorship of American tech companies in China, and the question of reciprocity
This week’s column comes from one of Kaiser’s answers originally posted to Quora on January 25, 2018: Why are Tencent and Alibaba allowed to compete globally…
Re-education camps in China’s ‘no-rights zone’ for Muslims: What everyone needs to know
Update: For a more current look at the situation in Xinjiang, see our August 2019 article: China’s ‘social re-engineering’ of Uyghurs, explained by Darren Byler…
Reddit blocked in China
The “front page of the internet” becomes latest site to fall behind the Great Firewall. Reddit, the world’s most popular discussion site and…
‘Christopher Robin’ denied release in China because of…Winnie the Pooh?
Last week, Disney’s Christopher Robin was reported to have been denied a theatrical release in China, the world’s second-largest movie market, and according to sources for The…
Will Google search actually return to China?
A day after news leaked that a secret, censored version of Google’s search engine for Android phones was under development for the Chinese market, multiple…
Leaked docs: Google building a censored search engine for China, plans launch early next year
Documents shown to the Intercept reveal that Google plans to launch a censored version of its search engine in China in the form of an Android app.
Who is allowed to report the news in China?
Earlier this month, Shanghai-based Q Daily was ordered to halt producing works of original journalism because it lacked the necessary state-issued “online news and information…
