Censorship Strikes Satirical Essay “How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Swab”
Censors have deleted an illustrated WeChat essay through which creator “里尔李” (“Lierli,” a pen title), channeled the darkish humor of...
“Beijing Man” Is No Laughing Matter For Censors
A Social gathering-controlled Weibo account’s try and disgrace a younger lady for violating pandemic restrictions backfired this week after one...
Workers Flee Foxconn COVID Outbreak On Foot
An exodus of younger staff fleeing a coronavirus outbreak on the Zhengzhou Foxconn manufacturing facility on foot went viral this...
Censors Continue Clampdown on Criticism of Zero-COVID Policy
In his landmark political report earlier than the twentieth Occasion Congress, Xi Jinping hailed China’s “tenacious pursuit” of its dynamic...
A “Cross-Provincial” Tea Drinking Experience
The under essay is a translation of WeChat blogger “Brother Lou’s” account of being invited to “drink tea” after sending...
Censors Delete History Journal Article On Hu Jintao After Exit From Party Congress
On Saturday, October 22, Xi Jinping’s predecessor Hu Jintao was unceremoniously escorted out of the closing of the twentieth Occasion...
Beijing Bridge Protest Scraped From Web as Censorship Tightens Before Party Congress
A solitary protestor hung two banners calling for Xi Jinping to be faraway from workplace and exhorting the populace to...
“Political Clique” Purged from State Security Apparatus Ahead of Party Congress
Solar Lijun and Fu Zhenghua, previously highly effective ministers in China’s state safety equipment, have been sentenced to loss of...
Return of “Shihuzhang” System Sparks Fear of Feudal Despotism
A Sichuan metropolis’s adoption of Yuan Dynasty-style group policing has impressed fears of a return to the despotism of yore....
Interview: Lynette Ong on “Outsourcing Repression” in Demolitions and Land Seizures
Lynette Ong, a professor of political science on the College of Toronto, joins CDT to debate her new e-book Outsourcing...