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Minitrue: Adopt Unified Approach on Taiwan Inauguration
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. Coverage of Tsai Ing-wen’s inauguration must, without exception, adopt a unified approach with authoritative media. Do not use unauthorized sources. All related harmful political information must be immediately deleted. [Chinese] Taiwan inaugurated its first female
Is China’s Public the World’s Warmest Toward Refugees?...
This week, Amnesty International released its first Refugees Welcome Index, based on a global survey of more than 27,000 people across 27 countries. China’s public was ranked...
I’ll Copy the Constitution, Then Sleep With You...
At the South China Morning Post, Li Jing reports on a couple who attracted negative attention to a campaign encouraging Party members to show their loyalty by hand-copying the Communist...
Translation: Why One Doctor Put Down the Scalpel
Three doctors in three different cities in China have been assaulted by their patients this month, two of them fatally. Wang Jun was struck in the head at a hospital in Hunan Province...
China Burdened by Untreated Mental Illness
A series of three papers published in The Lancet by the China-India Mental Health Alliance argue that due to a combination of demographics, stigma, and limited resources, China and...
Minitrue: Delete Story on Earthquake Donations
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect...
What’s on Weibo: China and the End of Down Syndrome...
Medical science’s recent development of the prenatal detection of Down syndrome has sparked a worldwide ethical debate, as the technology coincides with advances...
Politics
Minitrue: Taiwan’s Presidential Inauguration
Tweeter @beidaijin has shared the following propaganda directive, also posted
Economy
Beijing Hits Speed Bumps Along the New Silk Road
Three years ago, Xi Jinping began touting China’s plans for a “New
Culture & the Arts
Mogao Buddhist Caves Face a New Threat: Tourists
The Mogao Caves in Gansu’s historic city of Dunhuang are a trove of Buddhist
Sci-Tech
U.S., China Cyber Group Holds First Talks
Xinhua reports that top officials from the United States and China held their
Environment
Officials Dispute Severity of School Scandal Illnesses
China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported on Sunday that nearly 500 students
Human Rights
Beijing Restricting Hui Islam While Courting Tourists
As members of the predominately Muslim Uighur ethnic minority have found increased
Information Revolution
Global Times Criticized for Taiwan, Trump Reporting
The Cyberspace Administration of China recently criticized the Global Times
The Great Divide
Activist’s Mother Sues Xinhua for Defamation
Chen Wenying, the mother of jailed labor activist Zeng Feiyang, is taking the
Hong Kong
Blank Columns Protest Ming Pao Editor’s Sacking
The firing last week of a former top editor at Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper
Taiwan
China Heads for a Showdown with Taiwan
Beijing is ramping up pressure on Taiwan ahead of the May 20th inauguration of
Translation
Tang Yinghong: The Social Psychology of 56 Flowers
Columnist and psychologist Tang Yinghong (唐映红) has used his disciplinary
China & the World
Word of the Week: Lead the Way Party
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary
