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Translation: Foreign Forces, Fake Patriots, and Adulterated Berries
"'It feels like external forces are actively working to harm our Chinese fruit farmers.' What a waste that the creative genius behind that isn’t in Hollywood writing spy thrillers."
Translation: Foreign Forces, Fake Patriots, and Adulterated Berries
"'It feels like external forces are actively working to harm our Chinese fruit farmers.' What a waste that the creative genius behind that isn’t in Hollywood writing spy thrillers."
Sensitive Words: Search Censorship, Tiananmen, “8 Squared,” and “64 + Division”
"The phrase '64 + division' hints at the authorities’ high level of alertness for societal polarization resulting from the topic of June 4.'”
Sensitive Words: Search Censorship, Tiananmen, “8 Squared,” and “64 + Division”
"The phrase '64 + division' hints at the authorities’ high level of alertness for societal polarization resulting from the topic of June 4.'”
CDT Quote of the Week:
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CDT Quote of the Week:
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Netizen Voices: “Money Can’t Get Out, and Neither Can People”
"Retail investors are state-owned assets." "If your skills are considered valuable, your brain belongs to the rulers."
Translations: On the Coal Mine Explosion in Liushenyu, Shanxi, That Killed 82 Miners and Injured 128
Translation: The Decade-long Death of a Campus Media Outlet, Part 2: The Decline of Student Journalism and the Rise of AI
"When it comes to crafting words that exhibit depth of thought, or political precision, or genuine warmth—that kind of writing requires a human being behind it."
Translation: The Decade-long Death of a Campus Media Outlet, Part 2: The Decline of Student Journalism and the Rise of AI
"When it comes to crafting words that exhibit depth of thought, or political precision, or genuine warmth—that kind of writing requires a human being behind it."
Hostile foreign forces have long been accused of fomenting unrest and other ills in China. The Ministry of State Security sparked widespread ridicule recently
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Hostile foreign forces have long been accused of fomenting unrest and other ills in China. The Ministry of State Security sparked widespread ridicule recently
Ahead of the 37th anniversary of the June Fourth crackdown, CDT Chinese editors compiled a number of related terms subject to search censorship across various
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Ahead of the 37th anniversary of the June Fourth crackdown, CDT Chinese editors compiled a number of related terms subject to search censorship across various
Chinese social media and financial news apps are abuzz over new policies restricting the use…
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Public anger and attendant online censorship are running high after a May 22 gas explosion at Liushenyu coal mine in Shanxi province killed at least 82 miners