Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, where the two signed a “friendship treaty” and pledged military assistance in the event that either nation is attacked. The...
Government surveillance is a ubiquitous and growing phenomenon in China. New documents issued by the Ministry of State Security last month will empower Chinese law enforcement to search electronic devices without either a...
Over a whirlwind two weeks of diplomacy in Beijing, China has sought to strengthen its ties to both the United States and Russia—a difficult balancing act. Xi Jinping took a phone call with U.S. President Joe Biden last week...
Dandong has been under intermittent lockdown (“static management” in the municipal government’s preferred euphemism) since April 25 of this year. The northeast city bordering North Korea is but the latest frontier town to bear...
Ex-journalist Luo Changping has been sentenced to seven months in prison for a Weibo post that questioned the wisdom of Chinese military strategy during the Korean War and mocked troops that froze to death. Luo was detained in...
December 10, 2020 marks both international Human Rights Day and the two year anniversary of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig’s detentions in China. The two Canadians were seized by Chinese police ten days after Huawei CFO Meng...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Cyberspace Administration of China notice: 1. Regarding livestreams of the commemorative rally for...
President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a...
Sensitive Words highlights keywords that are blocked from Sina Weibo search results. CDT...
This series is a month-by-month recap of censorship instructions issued to the media by government...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson embarked on his first diplomatic trip to Asia this week,...
Following the United States’ deployment of an antimissile system in South Korea—which began...
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
This week, the PLA Daily newspaper fired the latest shot in an ongoing campaign against...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Kevin Garratt, the Canadian citizen who was detained in China on August 4, 2014 along with his...
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