China’s Internet Propaganda Machine Revealed
Blogger “Xiaolan” recently leaked a large archive of email correspondence from the Internet Information Office of Zhanggong District, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi from 2013 and 2014. Described as “evidence of...
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Cartoonist Badiucao Targeted in Twitter Smear Campaign
@badiucao #SOS my twitter account is being attacked #五毛 by Chinese Internet commentators‘ slander and Harassment！ #FreeSpeech #cartoons — 巴丢草 (@badiucao) April 16, 2015 Late last night, CDT resident...
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Words of the Week: Volunteer Fifty Center
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens and encountered in online political discussions. These are the words of China’s online...
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Netizen Voices: Volunteer 50 Cent Standards Slipping
Earlier this month, an avowed member of the volunteer fifty cent party took to China’s Quora-like question-and-answer site Zhihu to seek guidance in carrying out his voluntary ideological service:...
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Drawing the News: “Domestic Logic” Season 1 Part 2
Weibo user MeiyouYangXiansheng (@没有羊先生) posted a collection of web comics poking fun at the backlash against critics of the government in China. The two comics translated below caricature exchanges...
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Drawing the News: “Domestic Logic” Season 1 Part 3
Weibo user MeiyouYangXiansheng (@没有羊先生) posted a collection of web comics poking fun at the backlash against critics of the government in China. The comics caricature exchanges between a disgruntled...
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Drawing the News: “Domestic Logic” Season 1 Part 4
Weibo user MeiyouYangXiansheng (@没有羊先生) posted a collection of web comics poking fun at the backlash against critics of the government in China. The comics caricature exchanges between a disgruntled...
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Pu Zhiqiang: Guilty in the Court of “50 Cent” Opinion
As aggressive security actions unfolded outside the courthouse during the trial of rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang on Monday, police detained several supporters, while others posted observations from the...
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Minitrue: Commentary Tasks for Pu Zhiqiang Verdict
The following Internet commentary 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...
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Translation: Zhao Country and the Bankruptcy of Patriotism
A novella published more than 90 years ago critiquing the social rot of late imperial China has found new meaning for netizens. In Lu Xun’s “True Story of Ah Q,” the titular anti-hero tries to...
View ArticleChina’s Overseas Critics Under Pressure
On the Committee to Protect Journalists’ blog, Yaqiu Wang writes about recent incidents in which critics of the Chinese government based overseas have been subjected to online smear campaigns,...
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A Leaked Glimpse of “Public Sentiment Guidance” Plans [Updated]
A leaked voice message and series of screenshots from WeChat Enterprise appears to reveal a “public sentiment guidance” meeting by members of the so-called “Fifty Cent Party.” Some of the screen names...
View ArticleDecentralization of Internet Control Leaves Cracks
In China, when major events unfold, a combination of government directives, keyword filtering, post deletion, paid pro-government commentary, and other forms of censorship and propaganda guides the...
View ArticleWeibo Comments Provide Chorus For Show Trial
When rights activist and former lawyer Jiang Tianyong stood trial for inciting subversion last week, his U.S.-based wife Jin Bianling described the proceedings as following a "choreographed script."...
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Ultranationalist Bloggers Take Aim at Red Circles, Backlash Ensues
When the management of a shopping mall in Nanjing decided to post some festive New Year’s decorations, little did they expect that the red and white floral and circular designs would make them the...
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