Censoring Han Han's blog sends millions onto the internet in search of "deleted" material -- this is not what the government wants.
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Censoring Han Han's blog sends millions onto the internet in search of "deleted" material -- this is not what the government wants.
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An internet joke (possibly an old one) is being passed around: a satirical rundown of the contents of a CCTV News broadcast.
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"The internet has become a milestone invention for Chinese politics. But really, this is shameful. The internet has provided a way to supervise officials; however, if our laws (including the constitution) were enforced to the letter, we wouldn't be clutching at straws hoping the internet can solve our problems."
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“Being disappeared” is nothing new in China. But “being confessed, pledged guilty, sentenced, declared innocent and touristed” – which is how a netizens sums up the tale of misfortunes that Zhao Zuohai was subjected to – is very telling of why of the unassuming grammatical particle bei (被) that indicates the passive voice became...
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Ai Weiwei's newest piece, an audio recording over three hours long, is his latest effort to commemorate the students who died in the Sichuan earthquake.
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Reports are saying Buddhist monks are being asked to step out of the relief efforts. Is that really such a bad thing?
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A complete translation of Wen Jiabao's editorial in memory of Hu Yaobang. This essay is very significant because it might indicate that there is a political shift happening in terms of how Hu Yaobang and even the Tiananmen Square protests are being viewed.
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Although Premier Wen Jiabao memorized quite a few poetic phrases at the press conference, for many media outlets, the most memorable event of this year’s National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (两会) was the “Hongzhong pen snatching” incident.
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The Chongqing Evening News runs the gutsiest news story we've read all year -- a frank retelling of the story of Google's exodus, hidden in plain sight through mythologizing and anthropomorphization.
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The internet is a big gift from God to the human race, especially to China, but it’s a shame that when confronted with this rich and multi-faceted gift, many people are at a loss as to what to do. Because Chinese people have never received such a good gift, it has made some people...
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