Photo of the Day: Miscellaneous Chess Players, Beijing by Michel Peterlin (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Minitrue: Don’t Hype, Speculate, or Comment on Brexit
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. Regarding the British vote to leave the European Union and related matters, immediately control the scale of coverage on all websites and new media platforms: reduce the quantity of reports, and don’t hype the story, speculate, or comment. (June 27, 2016) [Chinese] Britain narrowly
Tibetan Director Hospitalized After Police Detention...
Award-winning Tibetan director Pema Tseden has been hospitalized since Monday with injuries sustained during an altercation with the police at an airport in Qinghai on Saturday....
Netizen Voices: G20 Prep Leaves Hotel Guests in Cold...
Hangzhou is already deep into preparations for the G20 Summit in September, the first to be hosted in China. A dilapidated historic house has gotten a fresh coat of paint (though...
Lady Gaga “Banned” in China After Dalai Lama Meeting...
American pop diva Lady Gaga has reportedly found her music banned in China after she met with the Dalai Lama last weekend in Indianapolis and live-streamed the summit on Facebook. ...
Activist Chen Yunfei to Go on Trial this Week
Activist Chen Yunfei is scheduled to go on trial Thursday on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” related to his work to commemorate the June 4, 1989...
Beijing Halts Taiwan Contacts Over “One China” Principle...
The Chinese government announced over the weekend that it has suspended all diplomatic communications with Taiwan over President Tsai Ing-wen’s refusal to fully recognize...
Minitrue: Don’t Exaggerate Hunan Bus Fire
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted...
Politics
Blogger Lu Yuyu Detained for “Picking Quarrels”
Friends and associates of citizen journalist Lu Yuyu, known as @wickedonnaa
- A Lesson on Chastity from the Ministry of Finance
- Is Brexit a Blessing for Beijing, or a Blow?
- China Said to Continue “Massive” Organ Harvesting
- Lawyers Harassed as Wukan Protests Continue
- Word of the Week: Shanwei Form
- Chinese Hacking Activity Down Despite Threats
- CCTV Cartoon Defends South China Sea Claims
- Websites Called on to Excise “Malignant” Comments
- Minitrue: Do Not Report on Wukan Mass Incident
- Wu Jianmin on the Dangers of Nationalism
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Economy
Michael Berry Q&A: China and Hollywood
In recent years, the relationship between China and Hollywood has become increasingly
- Word of the Week: Mountain Stronghold
- Mobile Innovation and Internet Control in China
- Prerequisites for Escaping the Middle Income Trap
- How China Won the Keys to Disney’s Magic Kingdom
- Beijing Pushes Back Against Economic Negativity
- Muted Prospects for Strategic & Economic Dialogue
- Great Firewall Curbs Innovation and Commerce
- China’s Angry Investors Leap the Great Firewall
- Discontent Rises Among China’s Middle Class
- Beijing Hits Speed Bumps Along the New Silk Road
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Culture & the Arts
Hong Kong Bookseller Recounts Detention in China
Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee was among five people who are associated with
- Hooligan Sparrow and Feminist Activism in China
- Songs of the Week: “Goddess,” “The Square”
- Mogao Buddhist Caves Face a New Threat: Tourists
- Minitrue: Positive Energy Polls Close
- Shen Yun Show Cancelled After Pressure From Beijing
- Marvel Character Rewritten to Appease China [Updated]
- Author Details Unapproved Cuts to “Leftover Women”
- A Travel Agency’s Warning for Tourists in Taiwan
- Three Hong Kong Booksellers To Be Released on Bail
- New TV Rules Ban “Abnormal Sexual Behavior”
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Sci-Tech
Chinese Hacking Activity Down Despite Threats
According to a new study by U.S. network security company FireEye, there has
- Websites Called on to Excise “Malignant” Comments
- Fang Binxing on Great Firewall “Incompetence”
- Great Firewall Curbs Innovation and Commerce
- Five Years of Sensitive Words on June Fourth
- China’s “New Normal” Internet Control: Does it Work?
- China Burdened by Untreated Mental Illness
- What’s on Weibo: China and the End of Down Syndrome
- U.S., China Cyber Group Holds First Talks
- Baidu Ordered to Change Paid Search Methods
- State Media Outlets Are Crushing It on Facebook
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Environment
Ren Zhiqiang Returns to the Spotlight
After Xi Jinping emphasized that state media should “serve the Party”
- Officials Dispute Severity of School Scandal Illnesses
- Hundreds Ill at “Toxic School” Near Chemical Plants
- Report Ties Coal Plants to China’s Water Shortage
- Tibetan Delegates Wear Xi Badges “of Own Free Will”
- Environment in Focus at Top Political Meetings
- Protecting China’s Animals in the Monkey Year
- CDT’s Top Posts of 2015
- Badiucao (巴丢草): Red Anti-Smog Scarf Girl
- U.N. Climate Talks Extended as Smog Swallows Beijing
- Motto of the Week: Self-improvement Never Breathes
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Human Rights
Supervising Supervision and Media Control in China
The Chinese government is carrying out an unprecedented crackdown on the media
- Minitrue: Delete Global Times Editorial on Bookseller
- Feminism Flourishing Despite Official Backlash
- Obama Meets Dalai Lama Amid Protest From Beijing
- Gao Zhisheng on Torture in Prison, Future of CCP
- Police Call for Subversion Charge on Detained Lawyer
- Woman Tapes Police Abuse: “I’ll Teach You a Lesson”
- Detained Lawyers’ Families & Colleagues Fight On as Anniversary Approaches
- Beijing Praises Religious Freedom in Xinjiang
- Censored Online, 1989 Remembered on Liquor Bottles and T-shirts
- Badiucao (巴丢草): Foreign Minister Trumps Journalist
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Information Revolution
China Broadens Soft Power Push in Australia
In recent weeks, business deals between Australian and Chinese media groups
- Australian Media Deals Raise Concerns
- Journalists Use Social Media to Evade Censorship
- Minitrue: Taiwan’s Presidential Inauguration
- Global Times Criticized for Taiwan, Trump Reporting
- State Media Outlets Are Crushing It on Facebook
- Baidu Probe Exposes Chaos of China’s Medical System
- In Hong Kong, Protests Over the Firing of Ming Pao Editor
- Badiucao (巴丢草): Baiduing “How to Treat The Party”
- Males Preferred: Chinese Women in Journalism
- Chinese Cyberchiefs Preach Net Sovereignty in Moscow
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The Great Divide
Discontent Rises Among China’s Middle Class
A number of recent protests and incidents have brought public attention to rising
- Parents Protest College Admission Reforms
- Males Preferred: Chinese Women in Journalism
- Activist’s Mother Sues Xinhua for Defamation
- Badiucao (巴丢草): Brother-in-Law
- Minitrue: Panama Papers and Foreign Media Attacks
- Strikes on the Rise in China as Economy Slows
- Badiucao (巴丢草)：Let Daddy Xi Get Inoculated First
- David Bandurski on “Dragons in Diamond Village”
- With Protests on the Rise, State Sector Facing Layoffs
- Luigi Tomba: The Politics of Privatized Housing
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Hong Kong
Badiucao (巴丢草): Lancôme in the Crossfire
A war of words has broken out in Hong Kong between supporters of Canto-pop star
- Amid Infighting, Hong Kong Marks June 4 Anniversary
- Taiwan, Hong Kong Challenge China’s Global Ambitions
- Heightened Security, Protests Greet Zhang Dejiang in HK
- In Hong Kong, Protests Over the Firing of Ming Pao Editor
- Blank Columns Protest Ming Pao Editor’s Sacking
- Western PR Firms, SCMP, and China’s Story Abroad
- Ming Pao Firing Stokes Concern Over HK Press Freedom
- Twitter Users Concerned over New China Position
- Guangzhou Activists Jailed for Backing HK Protests
- “Ten Years” Stirs Controversy Over HK Film Awards Voting
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Taiwan
Minitrue: Delete Op-Ed on Tsai Ing-wen
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities,
- Minitrue: Adopt Unified Approach on Taiwan
- China Heads for a Showdown with Taiwan
- State TV Airs Confessions by Taiwanese Fraud Suspects
- Will the Panama Papers Hurt Xi Jinping?
- Taiwanese Forcibly Deported from Kenya to China
- A Travel Agency’s Warning for Tourists in Taiwan
- Minitrue: Suspend Broadcast of HK, Taiwan Film Awards
- Travel Bans for Great Famine Historian, Uyghur Activist
- Taiwan Investigates Building Toppled in Quake
- Translation: Ten Notes on Taipei
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Translation
Minitrue: Do Not Report on Wukan Mass Incident
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities,
- Minitrue: Remove News on Zhou Yongkang’s Relatives
- Word of the Week: Stable Bottom
- Minitrue: Clean Up Obama’s Vietnam Speech
- Word of the Week: Straight Man Cancer
- Netizen Voices: No Respect for Family Planning Officers
- I’ll Copy the Constitution, Then Sleep With You
- Translation: Why One Doctor Put Down the Scalpel
- Minitrue: Delete Story on Earthquake Donations
- Tang Yinghong: The Social Psychology of 56 Flowers
- Cultural Revolution’s Memory on the Brink of Extinction
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China & the World
CCTV Cartoon Defends South China Sea Claims
With the international court in The Hague expected to rule on China’s contested
- Wu Jianmin on the Dangers of Nationalism
- Media Regulator Announces New Resolve and TV Rules
- Navigating China’s New Era of Civil Society Regulation
- Human Rights an “Excuse” for Harboring Suspects?
- Muted Prospects for Strategic & Economic Dialogue
- Badiucao (巴丢草): Foreign Minister Trumps Journalist
- U.N. Chief “Disappointed” by NGO Rejections
- China’s Angry Investors Leap the Great Firewall
- China Blocks Press Freedom Group’s U.N. Accreditation
- Is China’s Public the World’s Warmest Toward Refugees?
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