2022/04/07 |
Ukraine War: How Russian Propaganda Dominates Chinese Social Media
In China’s cyberspace, Russian propaganda continues to influence the discourse over the war in Ukraine. Experts say the efforts could be Beijing’s attempt to trigger anti-Western sentiments.
2021/04/22 |
China Feminists Face Clampdown, Closure of Online Accounts
Dozens of Chinese feminist social media channels have been abruptly deactivated in recent weeks, triggering anger and fear that women’s rights activists will be systemically denied an online presence.
2020/12/11 |
Cyberpunk 2077 Accused of Insulting China, but Not Banned
While some Chinese netizens lashed out at the game for not recognizing Taiwan as a part of China, few wanted it to be banned.
2018/12/18 |
Chinese Internet Users Weigh In on Google's 'Dragonfly' Project
Some Chinese netizens are unimpressed and perfectly happy to keep using their VPNs.
2018/10/26 |
Weibo Netizens Cheer China's Embrace of Xinjiang 'Re-Education Camps'
The Weibo echo chamber cheers a Global Times editor's full-throated support of China's Uyghur re-education camps.
2018/09/06 |
China's State-Run 'Fake News' Clampdown Goes into Overdrive
A new platform backed by China's state media agency called Piyao, meaning 'rumor-squashing,' was launched last week.
2018/06/01 |
CARTOON: Endless 'Orwellian Nonsense' and Weird 'Weiplomacy'
The Chinese Communist Party is doubleplusgood at promulgating Chinese duckspeak.
2018/04/17 |
OPINION: Sina Weibo’s Gay Content U-Turn Was No Victory
Weibo failed to apologize for its ban on LGBT content and celebrating the reversal of its decision will do nothing to shake public apathy in China.
2017/10/13 |
President Xi Nails Shut Chinese Internet's Coffin
New measures including holding social media moderators responsible for content posted in their forums, the end of anonymous posting and an upcoming ban on Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are the latest blows to what is left of internet freedom in China.
2017/09/06 |
Chinese Netizens, Sports Administrators and the Undoing of a Ping Pong Hero
'It soon became clear that this was not a scheduling error, but an open revolt unprecedented in the history of Chinese Ping Pong.' Another strange happening on the Chinese Internet, unpacked by Chublic Opinion.
2017/01/18 |
How Weibo Reflects China’s National Pride and Shame
Posts on the popular microblogging site offer a confused picture of how users want others to perceive their country.
2016/11/19 |
Mourning by Rote: The Dynamics of Weibo Commemoration
As news spreads rapidly across the microblog network, Internet users are engaging with tragedies in ever more formulaic and predictable ways.
2016/10/12 |
How Weibo Shapes What We Remember And Forget
The Chinese social media site is changing the ways its users remember the past and process the present.
2016/09/29 |
How New Media Contribute to Citizen Journalism in China
It’s a constant tug of war, but social media provide a tool for society to bypass state censors and shed light on important social issues.
