The death of Jerome Cohen last week at the age of 95 prompted a wave of tributes to the legendary professor of Chinese law. Outside legal circles, Cohen may have been best known for his involvement in the escape from China of legal activist Chen Guangcheng, and he was frequently and energetically outspoken in support […]| China Digital Times (CDT)
In the run-up to the Global Women’s Summit slated for October in Beijing, which will mark the 30th anniversary of that city’s influential 1995 U.N. World Conference on Women, some WeChat accounts focused on feminism and women’s empowerment have been blocked or had their content deleted. Earlier this month, feminist blogger Jiang Chan (姜婵, Jiāng […]| China Digital Times (CDT)
This is the full transcript, lightly edited for grammar and clarity, of an interview with Jessica Batke, ChinaFile’s senior editor for investigations, and Laura Edelson, assistant professor of computer science at Northeastern University, on their report “The Locknet: How China Controls Its Internet and Why It Matters.” An abridged version of the interview, with an […]| China Digital Times (CDT)
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Citizen journalist and COVID-whistleblower Zhang Zhan, who spent four years in prison for her in-depth reporting from Wuhan in the early days of the pandemic, was sentenced to another four years in a closed-door trial in Shanghai on September 19. International diplomats and observers were denied entry to the trial, and it is not known […]| China Digital Times (CDT)
Some popular social media accounts that depict “lying down”—eschewing the rat race in favor of a more frugal, less ambitious, low-consumption lifestyle—have recently been deplatformed, to the dismay of their many fans. Although the bans were ostensibly for “violating platform rules and regulations,” there is widespread speculation that they were targeted for deletion because their […]| China Digital Times (CDT)
The critically acclaimed U.S.-Australian body-horror movie “Together” launched in China on September 19. Some viewers noted, alongside cuts to sex scenes, a less familiar and overt form of alteration: one male character in a scene originally depicting a same-sex wedding was digitally replaced with a woman. [Updated on September 25, 2025: The film’s global distributor […]| China Digital Times (CDT)
China’s National Bureau of Statistics published new data on Wednesday showing that urban youth unemployment rose to a two-year high last month. According to the data, the rate of unemployed youth aged 16 to 24 (excluding students) rose from 17.8 percent in June to 18.9 percent in August, nearing the historical peak of 21.3 percent […]| China Digital Times (CDT)
On Monday, Reuters reported on the story of a man who tried to flee Gaza by crossing the border into Egypt and then flying to China in order to seek asylum, only to be denied and sent back. As his case illustrates, China’s well-known rhetorical support for Gaza has in many ways not translated into […]| China Digital Times (CDT)
Several public opinion surveys published over the last few months paint a picture of China’s role in the world from the perspective of both Chinese and international respondents. These build on previous surveys from the past year that show how despite polarized views, global attitudes towards China have improved at the expense of the U.S., […]| China Digital Times (CDT)
Some international students in China have taken to social media platform RedNote (Xiaohongshu) to complain about being excluded from obtaining free educational accounts for Quark AI, an LLM tool widely used by their Chinese university classmates. Using the hashtag #WeStudyInChina, these students have also set up an online “message wall” to lobby for inclusion in […]| China Digital Times (CDT)
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On Tuesday, Xi Jinping presided over a major military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and China’s “War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.” The carefully choreographed 90-minute spectacle showcased autonomous military hardware, nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, and a finale featuring the release of 80,000 doves and balloons. Joining Xi in […]| China Digital Times (CDT)
Last week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa met Chairman Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang for a summit marking 50 years of diplomatic ties between the E.U. and China. The affair demonstrated just how tense their relationship has become, battered by trade imbalances, export controls on critical […]| China Digital Times (CDT)
This week, many organizations and media outlets commemorated the tenth anniversary of the 709 (July 9) or "Black Friday" crackdown, a coordinated detention of more than 300 rights lawyers and activists in 2015 that coincided with a marked authoritarian shift in the early Xi Jinping era. CDT has published a roundup of tenth anniversary coverage […]| China Digital Times (CDT)
Wednesday is the tenth anniversary of the 709 (July 9) or "Black Friday" crackdown, a coordinated detention of more than 300 rights lawyers and activists in 2015 that was a key moment in the authoritarian shift in the early Xi Jinping era. At The Guardian, Amy Hawkins marked the occasion by talking to some of […]| China Digital Times (CDT)
At The New York Times on Monday, columnist Li Yuan describes how, as "wages stagnate and jobs disappear, the promise of upward social mobility is eroding, especially for those from modest backgrounds. For many […], the Chinese Dream no longer feels achievable." Similar themes have featured prominently on CDT in recent months, from uproar over […]| China Digital Times (CDT)
June 4, the date of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, is among the most sensitive dates on the Chinese political calendar. Any attempts to draw attention to the event are routinely censored on the Chinese internet. This year, as people in China, Hong Kong, and around the world commemorated the 36th anniversary of the massacre, censors […]| China Digital Times (CDT)
Updated at 07:53:00 PDT on June 5, 2025: This post has been updated to include information about the number of people arrested and detained in Hong Kong by the end of the day on June 4. This Wednesday, June 4 marks the 36th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre. Hongkongers had for decades commemorated the […]| China Digital Times (CDT)
强制拆迁，简称强拆，是一种中国大陆的社会现象，常指在拆迁过程中，拆方与被拆方未有接触或正在谈判的时候，拆方通過暴力方式先行将建筑拆卸（或改建）的行为。在中国大陆各个城市村镇，由于土地国有且不斷升值，在物权不清晰或在租赁有分歧的情况之下，经常以强拆方式“解决”。在中國大陸，甚至有官員組織學生冒充中國公安部特警總隊參與非法拆遷的新聞...| chinadigitaltimes.net
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“历史的垃圾时间”指的是某个历史进程或事件接近尾声时，人们认为其结果已不可逆转，而剩余的时间或事件对总体结果影响甚微。网民在使用时，实际是在暗示中国现行政权垮台已成定局，但普通人需着眼于如何度过这样的“垃圾时间”。结论多种多样，包括小心躲避王朝后期疯狂的文字狱、躺平而不是向错误的方向努力等，并称“垃圾时间”有可能长达数十年，影响...| chinadigitaltimes.net
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