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Censored Statistics, Deleted Data Muddy the Waters
As China continues to tighten information flows in and out of the country, how reliable are statistics from official Chinese ...
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China, Hong Kong Drop in World Press Freedom Ranking
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published its 2025 World Press Freedom Index, which showed a notable drop in the rankings of ...
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Netizen Voices: “If We’re Winning This Much After Losing the U.S. Market, Imagine How Much We’d Win if We Lost All of Them.”
Amid signs that U.S. tariffs are starting to bite into China’s exports, the country’s foreign ministry issued a defiant vow ...
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ICIJ Investigation Highlights Scope of Chinese Government’s Transnational Repression
This week, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published “China Targets,” a 10-month, ...
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As Marriage Registrations Drop, Local Officials Text Women: “How Has Your Period Been Recently?”
The ever-growing list of government pro-natalist initiatives at local and national levels has so far failed to slow China’s ...
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State Media Reminds Workers that Labor Rights Are “Granted” by the Party
A series of state-media reports on the theme of the May 1 International Workers Day provide a window into the CCP’s ...
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The Chengdu Overpass Protest and Its Antecedents: “The People Do Not Want a Political Party With Unchecked Power”
2. The People do not want a political party with unchecked power. 3. China does not need someone to “point the way forward.” Democracy is the way forward. [Chinese] The protester in Chengdu ...
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Translation: Chai Jing Interviews a Chinese Mercenary Fighting for Russia in Ukraine (Part Two)
Part Two of Chai Jing’s YouTube interview with Macaron is translated in full below. (It begins at the 22:47 timestamp in the YouTube video.) Their wide-ranging conversation, conducted by video ...