2019/03/07 |
Chinese Netizens Had a Field Day Over That Huawei Propaganda Video
Huawei has denied any involvement in the making of the video. Probably for the best.
2019/02/14 |
Reddit Users Hit Back at US$150m Tencent Investment With Censorship Memes
Reddit users are voicing their opposition to Chinese-style censorship with memes.
2019/01/15 |
Chinese Internet Users React After Authorities Target Citizens for Using VPNs
Netizens are worried after authorities fined a Guangdong resident for using a VPN.
2018/02/21 |
Malaysian Government Uses Barking Chicken to Celebrate Year of the Dog
Some believe that the use of a barking rooster in the Chinese New Year ad is meant to avoid insulting some Muslims, who consider dogs unclean.
2017/12/29 |
Chatroom Jokes Lead to Jail in China
The maximum penalty for this crime is five years behind bars.
2017/12/25 |
Hong Kong Feels a Chill amid Legislative Council Changes
Recent changes to Hong Kong's Legislative Council rules weaken its ability to check the power of the city's government.
2017/11/25 |
Views from Inside China on Mugabe's Fall from Grace
China had been political allies with Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe until the leader stepped down. The reaction inside China has been mixed.
2017/09/12 |
Mulling the Cost of China Winning the AI Race
'Both Chinese and foreign experts reckon that China has the most advanced — and cheapest — AI-enabled surveillance technology in the world.'
2017/09/07 |
China and the End of Anonymous
'Most online comments on the regulation have been hidden on social media — some threads show only two comments out of hundreds, while on others the comment section has been shut down. The majority of comments do not appear on a search.'
2017/08/19 |
Reporter Criticized after River Water Stunt in China
In a highly criticized stunt, a Chinese reporter drinks river water to prove It's clean.
2017/07/31 |
Apple Removes VPN Apps in China amid Muzzling of Sensitive Political News
Authorities do not want sensitive political news smuggled via domestic networks.
2017/07/11 |
How China's Biggest Video Game Became the Target of the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese Communist Party media and commentators have objections to the game that go beyond its supposedly addictive nature. They are concerned about the game's storyline, which they say 'subverts Chinese history,' writes Oiwan Lam.
2017/07/08 |
How Fake News Twists Hong Kong Airline Hostesses’ Refusal to Wear Chinese Name Tags
The headline deliberately inverted one air hostess’ comment that the company originally adopted the new tags in order to 'please mainland Chinese Passengers.'
2017/06/10 |
China's Latest Book Ban: An Award-Winning Novel About the Deadly Consequences of Land Reform
The Chinese government has recently banned the sale of an award-winning novel about land reform in the Cultural Revolution era. However, a digital copy was circulated online and won readers’ applause.
2017/05/22 |
Viral Video Triggers Debate Over Patriotic Education in China, Again
A vivid debate on whether school children in modern China should be taught to recite Chinese "hero" Lui Hulan's story of sacrifice from the Chinese Communist revolution era.
2017/05/19 |
Why is China Home to Half of the Computers Infected With WannaCry Ransomware?
China official media outlets suggested that the spread of the ransomware was caused by university students using the school network to play online games, this does not explain why public security and oil service networks have also been infected.
2017/05/03 |
High-Profile Chinese Blogger Arrested for Online Comments, After Years of Police Harassment
Well-known Chinese blogger and Twitter commenter Wu Bin (吳斌) (@xuicai1911 @秀才江湖) was arrested by Shenzhen national security police on April 27 for making online comments.
2017/04/13 |
How a Teenager's Mysterious Death in China is Eroding Public Trust in Authorities
The most widely shared theory is that Zhao was beaten to death by five other students for not paying protection dues of 10,000 yuan to a local group of bullies.