Government censorship in China has increasingly targeted books, bookstores, and publishers. Last fall, over a dozen ...

The recent “4+4” scandal, which started with the public exposure of one doctor’s extramarital affairs and medical malpractice ...

Due to the “present complicated geopolitical situation,” the Hong Kong government has decided the city needs even more ...

In response to reports that India and Pakistan have agreed to a tenuous ceasefire following several days of intense military ...

At Project Sinopsis, Ansel Li examines how many young Chinese are seeking solace in mystical crystals and spirituality-based ...

Reference to Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei (Ài Wèiwei 艾未未). The use of this code lead to the phrase "love the future" being blocked from Weibo search results around June-August 2011.

A viral scandal that started out as the tale of one doctor’s extramarital affairs and medical malpractice has exploded into a ...

Chai Jing is the impassioned journalist known for her viral self-funded documentary on air pollution, "Under the Dome" (Qióngdǐng zhīxià 穹顶之下). Co-released online in February 2015 by ...

Sun Liping is a prominent sociologist who has studied the rural poor, inequality, and the social transformations brought by the transition to a market economy. Sun argues that "social decay," such ...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published its 2025 World Press Freedom Index, which showed a notable drop in the rankings of ...

Murong Xuecun is the pen name of writer and anti-censorship activist Hao Qun (郝群). Originally an internet novelist, he has become one of the most prominent China-based critics of Beijing's ...

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