News and Analysis
346 Days in Jail
The following is a translation of a piece from the Chinese-language service of France’s RFI about the long and painful saga Chinese journalist Liu Hu has faced since his detention in August 2013 for blowing the whistle on corruption officials. The original interview was by RFI’s Shanghai correspondent, Cao Guoxing (曹国星).
Uneasy Silence Follows Journalist’s Arrest
It has now been a week since there has been any mention at all in China's media of Caijing journalist Wang Xiaolu, who "confessed" on national television on August 31.
A “Positive Energy” War for Peace
One of the chief propaganda concepts under President Xi Jinping has been "positive energy." And positivity is an important part of what China's recent military parade was all about.
Chinese Media and the Tianjin Disaster
CMP researcher Han Xiao offers an essential and comprehensive review of Chinese media reporting in the wake of the Tianjin explosions on August 12.
Putting China’s Cyberpolice in Context
International media reported last week that China planned to install police units directly inside Chinese websites. They got it wrong. The police units are already there.
CMP releases new Pu Zhiqiang book
A new collection gathers together the defence arguments of now-jailed rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang.
China’s unspeakable consensus
A Chinese online publication published an investigative series on the ills caused by China's controversial Three Gorges Dam. The series was killed in under 7 hours.
Report claims victory for information controls in China
A new report on public opinion on China's mobile internet claims that heightened controls have successfully minimised dissent and brought gains in approval of the government.
Propaganda converges
China's official Xinhua News Agency today released the second version of its mobile app for iPhone and Android with great fanfare.
What’s up with the PLA?
A hardline piece in the PLA's official mouthpiece had some observers nervously scratching their heads over its aggressive tone on internet policy.
Control and innovate
China's leaders hope to reinvigorate the country's economy by unleashing a wave of internet-empowered innovation.CMP Editorial
Why Southern Weekly?
Posted on 2013-02-18
CMP director Qian Gang explains why protests last month calling for freedom of speech in China began at the Southern Weekly newspaper. Why was the paper's New Year's edition so important, and such a point of contention?
Comic China
In what he says will be his "last satirical cartoon" before he switches entirely to puff commercial work, artist Cheng Tao depicts China's internet as a virtual prison.
The Anti-Social List
CMP Fellows column
China’s unspeakable consensus
Posted on 2015-07-29
A Chinese online publication published an investigative series on the ills caused by China's controversial Three Gorges Dam. The series was killed in under 7 hours.
The long shadow of the Pu Zhiqiang case
Posted on 2015-01-20
On January 11, rights defense lawyer and former CMP fellow Pu Zhiqiang spent his 50th birthday behind bars.
