Beijing’s pressure on Zambia to cancel RightsCon—the world’s largest digital rights conference—over the presence of Taiwanese participants is textbook authoritarian export of censorship.
Gen Z revives Mao-era film as anti-privilege manifesto
A film intended to explore the trauma of the Cultural Revolution sparked millions of views and nostalgic Maoist slogans before censors stepped in.
Innovation under ideological control
Can an advanced technology that thrives on open debate and interdisciplinary collaboration rise to its highest potential within an authoritarian structure?
Stanford University wins battle to keep diaries of Mao Zedong’s secretary
Court rules in favor of preserving an invaluable historic record from CCP censorship.
Russia’s internet is going dark
What started as “security” measures prompted by the Ukraine war, appears to be moving to a blueprint for a fragmented, controlled Runet (Russia’s internet).
Data breach unmasks Chinese company as global exporter of censorship
A seismic data leak has identified Geedge Networks—founded by China’s “Great Firewall architect” Fang Binxing—and its role in exporting China’s authoritarian controls via ISP partnerships.
Ex-district councilor arrested under Article 23 says she is being ‘silenced’
A former Hong Kong district councilor arrested under Article 23 (but not charged), claims systemic repression after losing an acting role and teaching job within 24 hours.
Four major hazards of the Jinsha River Tiger Leaping Gorge Hydropower Project
A blockbuster report by Chinese geologist Fan Xiao uncovers the deceit, censorship and raw force at play in the resurrection of a massive dam project in a geologically complex region.
Frank speeches by economists result in mass online censorship, WeChat bans
Candid assessments about the state of China’s economy were circulated by netizens almost as fast as they were censored.
Young Chinese flock to ‘academic pubs’ as space for free expression shrinks
Happy-hour huddles give Chinese students “a place without authority…to speak their mind.”
Mr. Xi, tear down this firewall
The CCP has turned the internet, designed as a tool of freedom, into the ultimate tool of control.
Catastrophic failure
The recent accidental launch of a space rocket in China’s Henan province highlights the challenges faced by journalists in a reporting environment controlled by the state.
As China’s internet disappears, ‘We lose parts of our collective memory’
The number of Chinese websites is shrinking and posts are being removed and censored, stoking fears about what happens when history is erased.
Wang Xiaoshuai’s “Above the Dust”: Another movie destined not to be released in China
China’s acclaimed master of independent cinema risks punishment to screen his latest release at Germany’s Berlinale without approval from Chinese authorities.
“It’s hopeless but you persist”
An interview with Jiang Xue, a leading voice among China’s early-2000s investigative journalists leveraging emerging (though short-lived) digital freedoms to expose systemic social injustices.
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