- Photo: At the well, by Gauthier DELECROIXby Cindy Carter on March 15, 2024 at 11:37 pm
At the well, by Gauthier DELECROIX (CC BY 2.0)
- Police Prevent State Media From Reporting on Yanjiao Explosion: “The Party Muffled Its Own Mouthpiece”by Cindy Carter on March 15, 2024 at 11:13 pm
After an explosion caused by a gas leak destroyed a four-story building, killing seven and injuring 27 in Yanjiao, a commuter town located about 20 miles east of Beijing, reporters from state-media outlets China Central Television (CCTV) and China Media Group (CMG) rushed to report from the scene, only to be pushed away by uniformed
- Gas Leak Explosion in Yanjiao, Near Beijing, Kills Seven and Injures 27by Cindy Carter on March 15, 2024 at 10:36 pm
At least seven people died and 27 were injured Wednesday when an explosion caused by a gas leak ripped through a four-story building in Yanjiao, a town in Sanhe city, Hebei province. Yanjiao, located approximately 20 miles east of Beijing, is a satellite town or “bedroom community” of the nation’s capital. Each day, more than
- VOA – Chinese Cyber Nationalists Target Nobel Laureate, Water Companyby Cindy Carter on March 15, 2024 at 2:34 pm
- China Talk – Censorship’s Impact on China’s Chatbotsby Cindy Carter on March 15, 2024 at 2:28 pm
- China Books Review – China’s Lexicon of Digital Resistanceby Cindy Carter on March 15, 2024 at 2:18 pm
- Photo: Brands of bottled water in China, by Harald Grovenby Cindy Carter on March 15, 2024 at 3:08 am
Brands of bottled water in China, by Harald Groven (CC BY-SA 2.0)
- Quote of the Day: “Nowadays, People are Proving Their Patriotism by Destroying Bottles of Nongfu Spring Water”by Cindy Carter on March 15, 2024 at 1:29 am
In recent weeks, two very familiar household names in China—Nobel prize-winning novelist Mo Yan and bottled water company Nongfu Spring—have come under fire from extreme Chinese nationalists, who have accused the pair of odd bedfellows of being insufficiently patriotic and overly pro-Japanese. In Mo Yan’s case, the controversy originated with a nationalist blogger who filed
- Extreme Nationalists Accuse Nobel Laureate Mo Yan, Bottled Water Company Nongfu Spring of Being Insufficiently Patrioticby Cindy Carter on March 15, 2024 at 12:42 am
In recent weeks, both the Nobel prize-winning novelist Mo Yan and the Chinese bottled water company Nongfu Spring have come under fire from extreme Chinese nationalists, who have accused them of being insufficiently patriotic. In Mo Yan’s case, the controversy was touched off when a nationalist blogger filed a court order to stop the acclaimed
- Words of the Week: Tepid Two Sessions Hailed As a Triumph for “Whole Process Democracy”by Cindy Carter on March 14, 2024 at 7:41 pm
This year’s recently concluded “Two Sessions,” the annual gatherings of China’s rubber-stamp National People’s Congress (NPC) and advisory Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), were more Party-scripted and tepid than ever. The NPC meeting was only seven days long, the premier’s customary post-NPC press conference was canceled, online discourse censorship was intense, and the feedback
- Fiddling with Commas While the Economy Burnsby Cindy Carter on March 13, 2024 at 5:40 pm
This year’s “Two Sessions,” which concluded on March 11, were more Party-choreographed than ever, as evidenced by the elimination of the premier’s customary post-NPC press conference, the weakening of the State Council via a revision to the State Council Organic Law, the unrelenting focus on Xi Jinping and Xi Jinping Thought, and stringent online censorship
- Photo: Where to? A pug looks lost in a hutong in Beijing, by Jens Schott Knudsenby Cindy Carter on March 12, 2024 at 4:43 am
Where to? A pug looks lost in a hutong in Beijing, by Jens Schott Knudsen (CC BY-NC 2.0)
- “Two Sessions” Conclude with Xi, CCP Further Consolidating Powerby Arthur Kaufman on March 12, 2024 at 3:52 am
The story of this year’s Two Sessions was that it has become ever more scripted by the Party, with Xi Jinping at its core. At the annual gatherings of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) and advisory Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the premier’s traditional post-meeting press conference was eliminated, and online censors targeted criticism
- Photo: Night piece of Guiyang, Guizhou Province [HiRes+], by QuantFotoby Cindy Carter on March 9, 2024 at 6:37 am
Night piece of Guiyang, Guizhou Province [HiRes+], by QuantFoto (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
- Words of the Week: “Criminalizing Creditors” by Accusing Them of “Picking Quarrels”by Cindy Carter on March 9, 2024 at 6:10 am
Many entrepreneurs and ordinary citizens welcomed the news that provincial prosecutors in Guizhou are investigating a local government for arresting businesswoman Ma Yijiayi and her lawyers and accusing them of “picking quarrels,” simply for trying to collect a legitimate debt from the deadbeat local government. The case has highlighted the problem of judicial and police
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