
- China Brief – Much Cause But Little Recourse For Popular Discontentby Cindy Carter on December 4, 2023 at 7:15 pm
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) – Young people living in and outside China fight to keep spirit of ‘white paper’ protests aliveby Cindy Carter on December 4, 2023 at 7:10 pm
- Interview: Leta Hong Fincher on Advances and Setbacks in Women’s Rights Over the Past Decadeby Sophie Beach on December 1, 2023 at 9:29 pm
In 2014, Leta Hong Fincher published her first book, Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China, which used the lens of home ownership and marital property rights to examine women’s rights in China and the broader social, political, and economic factors that have prevented Chinese women from achieving full equality. Hong Fincher interviewed
- Photo: Crater Lake of Changbai Mountain, by Joe Jiangby Cindy Carter on December 1, 2023 at 4:25 am
Crater Lake of Changbai Mountain, by Joe Jiang (CC BY-NC 2.0)
- ASPI – Singing from the CCP’s songsheet: The role of foreign influencers in China’s propaganda systemby Cindy Carter on November 30, 2023 at 9:03 pm
- Lacuna Magazine – Redacted Fantasy: China’s Dystopian Censorship of Online Fictionby Cindy Carter on November 30, 2023 at 8:45 pm
- Sinocism – Sharp China: The Foreign Influencer Ecosystem; Money Flowing Out of China; Xi’s Exit Strategy; A Mao YouTube Controversy (11.29.2023)by Cindy Carter on November 30, 2023 at 8:30 pm
- Weibo User Banned After Reporting Nationalist Pundit Hu Xijin for Illegal VPN Useby Cindy Carter on November 30, 2023 at 8:00 pm
Current affairs blogger Xiang Dongliang has had his Weibo account banned for reporting Hu Xijin, a nationalist blogger and retired editor-in-chief of the Global Times, for using a VPN to circumvent the Great Firewall of China (GFW). Hu Xijin has long been known for his “wolf-warrior-style” rhetoric on social media, including on overseas platforms such
- Translation: Lu Dewen—“Bureaucratic Formalism Has Made It Impossible for Local Cadres to Get Anything Done”by Cindy Carter on November 28, 2023 at 3:14 am
In a recent essay, Lu Dewen (吕德文, Lǚ Déwén)—a sometimes controversial Wuhan University sociologist whose research focuses on rural governance—argues that bureaucratic formalism, meaningless busywork, and technological hegemony have made it virtually impossible for grassroots cadres to perform any meaningful work. Despite Chinese Communist Party pronouncements over the years about keeping bureaucracy in check and
- Photo: 扬州 东关街, by song zhenby Cindy Carter on November 28, 2023 at 2:25 am
扬州 东关街, by song zhen (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
- Famous Chef Accused of Mocking Mao, Againby Alexander Boyd on November 28, 2023 at 1:20 am
Mao Anying, Mao Zedong’s son, was killed by American bombers on November 25, 1950 while fighting in the Korean War. A persistent, unfounded, rumor (officially tagged as “historically nihilist”) holds that the younger Mao gave away his position by making egg fried rice on the battlefield. In some corners of the Chinese internet, November 25
- Photo: Le bouilleur d’eau, by Gongashanby Cindy Carter on November 25, 2023 at 1:35 am
Le bouilleur d’eau, by Gongashan (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
- Interview: Tenzin Norgay on the State of Surveillance and Propaganda in Tibet Todayby Sophie Beach on November 24, 2023 at 11:46 pm
In the latest installment in our interview series focusing on Tibet, we talk to Tenzin Norgay, a Research Analyst at the International Campaign for Tibet, where he has written reports on surveillance, propaganda, and the political leadership of the Tibetan Autonomous Region. He previously worked at the Tibet Policy Institute and the Tibetan Centre for
- Photo: Great Wall, by cotaro70sby Cindy Carter on November 23, 2023 at 5:03 am
Great Wall, by cotaro70s (CC BY-ND 2.0)
- Translation: “I Cannot Fight the Wall. I Only Dream I Could.”by Cindy Carter on November 23, 2023 at 4:35 am
In this poetic essay, first published in Matters, author Lola muses on the various types of walls that restrict our freedom of speech, thought, movement, and association: Article translated by Little Bluegill. Poem translated by Cindy Carter.
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