Hemophilia Charity’s Generous Donation to Chinese Government Raises Eyebrows
A recent donation from a medical non-governmental organization (NGO) to the Beijing municipal and Chinese central governments has raised eyebrows and prompted online discussion about the legality of a...
View ArticleChina’s State Media Cooperation with Brazilian Media Yields Soft Power Gains
Efforts by the Chinese state and its state-affiliated actors to engage with global media can be seen as part of a broader drive to enhance China’s soft power and shape narratives in the state’s favor....
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Tightened Security During Qingming Festival Appears to Target Public Mourning...
In the days following former premier Li Keqiang’s death in late October of 2023, mourners left hundreds of bouquets at his childhood home in Hefei, Anhui and in various public places in Zhengzhou,...
View ArticleChinese Migrants Face Perilous Journeys En Route to the U.S.
Last week, the bodies of eight Chinese nationals were discovered off the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico, after their boat capsized along a route often used by migrants attempting to reach the U.S. This is the...
View ArticleCommunist Youth League World War III Hype Video Goes Viral, Before Censors...
A Party organization’s flippant invocation of “World War III” using video game terms went viral over the weekend, thrilling some nationalists but perturbing other Chinese netizens. The video was later...
View ArticleJournalists Document Decline of Media Freedom in China, Hong Kong
In its annual report on the state of media freedom in China last year, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC) described how authorities used COVID prevention measures to “strangle” foreign...
View ArticleTales of Anti-Fraud Center Overreach: Freezing Your Bank Cards “For Your Own...
On April 6, a Weibo user from Zhejiang province reported a case of local anti-fraud center overreach that resulted in his bank cards and Alipay account being frozen after he made a work-related call to...
View ArticleWhirlwind Weeks of Diplomacy In Beijing Center On Ukraine, Green Tech, Taiwan
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....
View ArticleNationalists “Pinkfished” Into Calling Mao Zedong a Traitor
One of the subtler ways Chinese internet users voice their displeasure with the status quo is through “pinkfishing” (粉红钓鱼, fěnhóng diàoyú), tricking nationalist “little pinks” into criticizing Party...
View ArticleIM Motors CEO Liu Tao Praises Overwork, Violation of Labor Laws
At an April 8 press conference to unveil IM Motors’ new L6 electric sedan, company CEO Liu Tao enumerated the many sacrifices his workers had made, which suggested to some observers that the company’s...
View ArticleChinese Social Media Ablaze With Discussion of Germany Legalizing Weed
A German “pro-China” influencer became the latest target of nationalist ire after her writing on Germany’s legalization of recreational cannabis use was interpreted as a call for China to “live with...
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Netizen Voices: “Fixed Matches, Rigged Races … What’s Going on with Chinese...
Beijing’s half-marathon is under investigation after three runners from Kenya and Ethiopia appeared to allow a Chinese runner to win. The odd ending of the race saw Willy Mnangat and Robert Keter of...
View ArticleQuote of the Day: “Stop Obsessing About Ordinary People’s ‘Pocket Change.’...
A recent WeChat post from oft-controversial entrepreneur, publicity hound, and philanthropist Chen Guangbiao urging the Chinese government to keep its hands off people’s pocketbooks has attracted many...
View ArticleQuote of the Day: Official Disposable Income Figures Derided as “Today’s...
On March 16, China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced that the Chinese economy was off to a good start in 2024, with reported 5.3% year-on-year GDP growth in the first quarter of the year. The...
View ArticleQuote of the Day: “Do You Think Xi Jinping is a Dictator?”
Hu Chenfeng, a Chinese content creator who first rose to fame making videos about poverty, has been suspended from Bilibili and Weibo after a livestream viewer asked him: “Do you think Xi Jinping is a...
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