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The Boomerang Effect of Beijing’s Economic Censorship

The Boomerang Effect of Beijing’s Economic Censorship

By Yaqiu Wang
By suppressing negative content, the regime could blind itself to China’s economic reality and motivate citizens to seek out uncensored information.

Censorship Is No Solution to China’s Public Safety Problem

Censorship Is No Solution to China’s Public Safety Problem

By Yaqiu Wang
Information about a recent spate of knife attacks has been suppressed, leading to anger and speculation.
As US Tech Firms Bow to China’s Censorship, Chinese Users Risk Everything to Defy It

As US Tech Firms Bow to China’s Censorship, Chinese Users Risk Everything to Defy It

By Yaqiu Wang
Apple continues to remove the tools that ordinary citizens rely on for unfettered speech, even as some use any means possible to speak up.

The Danger of China’s Digital Silk Road

The Danger of China’s Digital Silk Road

Michael Caster discusses the link between China's digital investments abroad and digital repression. 

China Targets Overseas Social Media Influencers in Its Latest Transnational Repression Scheme

China Targets Overseas Social Media Influencers in Its Latest Transnational Repression Scheme

By Chauncey Jung
In a break from its past censorship strategies, China is now attempting to expand its circle of influence beyond its own borders. 

What’s Driving Taiwan’s Mass Protests?
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What’s Driving Taiwan’s Mass Protests?

2 Chinese Bloggers in Exile Warn That Police Are Interrogating Their Followers

2 Chinese Bloggers in Exile Warn That Police Are Interrogating Their Followers

By Dake Kang and Huizhong Wu
Wang Zhi’an and Li Ying said in separate posts that Chinese police were interrogating people who followed them on social media, and urged followers to take precautions.

Watching Taiwan’s Free Elections, Chinese Internet Users Lament One-Party Rule

Watching Taiwan’s Free Elections, Chinese Internet Users Lament One-Party Rule

By Yaqiu Wang
Quickly censored comments reveal a bitter rejection of Beijing’s official line on the Taiwanese balloting.
China’s Crackdown on Foreign Firms Is a Symptom of a Much Deeper Problem

China’s Crackdown on Foreign Firms Is a Symptom of a Much Deeper Problem

By Sarah Cook
Investigations in the business sector are just the tip of the iceberg. Politicized prosecutions are a growing blight on Chinese society.

China Commits to Another 5 Years of Xi Jinping’s Information Policies 

China Commits to Another 5 Years of Xi Jinping’s Information Policies 

By Sarah Cook
The annual legislative and consultative sessions indicate that China’s leaders will not waver from their emphasis on control at home and aggressiveness abroad.

China’s Censors Could Shape the Future of AI-Generated Content

China’s Censors Could Shape the Future of AI-Generated Content

By Sarah Cook
When the Chinese regime’s information controls intersect with artificial intelligence, they can distort the global information landscape.

Chinese Protesters and the Global Internet Need One Another

Chinese Protesters and the Global Internet Need One Another

By Kian Vesteinsson and Angeli Datt
Safeguarding a free and open internet will help support China’s brave protesters.
How Zero COVID Protests Broke Through China’s Internet Censorship

How Zero COVID Protests Broke Through China’s Internet Censorship

By Larry Mullin
China’s infamous Great Firewall cracked amid late November’s protests – the exact thing the censorship apparatus was designed to prevent.

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