Translation: "The Shawshank Redemption" Hits Chinese Theaters at Last, But "Had to Cut a Slice Off...

Frank Darabont's iconic 1994 film "The Shawshank Redemption" is no newcomer to China. Long established as users' top-rated movie on IMDb, Shawshank

Translation: Are Young Japanese Canceling Meals, or Have Chinese Media Canceled Their Standards?

While "positive energy" prevails in China's domestic news reporting, this is far from true with coverage of foreign countries. To make things at

Translation: Why Isn't it "Foreign Interference" When They Praise China?

The post translated below, from WeChat account 守一手记 (Shǒuyī Shǒujì, “Shouyi’s Notes”), examines conflicting attitudes and selective scrutiny on Chinese social

Twenty Harbin Students Disciplined for Unauthorized VPN Use After Reportedly Being “Informed on” by...

Twenty students at Harbin Engineering University (HEU) were given disciplinary warnings for using unauthorized VPNs to circumvent the Great Firewall in order

Detention of Labor-Rights Advocate Feng Rui Draws Attention to Official Pressure, Censorship of...

Fears are growing for labor-rights advocate and citizen journalist Feng Rui (also known by his pen name 小五, Xiǎo Wǔ), who has reportedly fallen ill due to

New Call for China to Free U.S. Scholar Min Zin, Detained Since June

A statement from the Forum 2000 Foundation and International Coalition for Democratic Renewal (ICDR)—of which CDT founder and editor-in-chief Xiao Qiang is a

With national holidays approaching, Chinese workers demand a proper break

With China set for a week-long holiday at the start of October, many workers are taking to social media to complain about ​the widespread practice of requiring staff to work weekends either side of...

Translation: The Deluge of Blocked Words Online - Why We Feel We "Cannot Speak Openly"

The post translated below, from WeChat account “Summer Flavors,” argues that keyword-based censorship on Chinese online platforms is missing the mark, both

HRIC Digital Rights Report - August 2026

Devastating flash floods along the Nepal–Tibet border in late August exposed the human cost of China’s information controls. While more than 1,000 people were confirmed dead and thousands remained...

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