Tuesday, 29 December 2020

New Factories Next To Detention Centers Fuel Concerns Over Forced Labor In Xinjiang

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A new Buzzfeed News investigation shows that Xinjiang authorities have constructed massive factory facilities alongside internment camps wh...

Alibaba Faces Antitrust Probe While New Regulations Challenge Ant Group’s Core Business

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New announcements from China’s regulatory authorities have revealed broad plans to rein in Alibaba and Ant Group, as part of a concerted eff...

Photo: Wugongshan, China, by cattan2011

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Wugongshan, China, by cattan2011 (CC BY 2.0) source https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2020/12/photo-wugongshan-china-by-cattan2011/
Monday, 28 December 2020

Translation: Wei Zhou on National Optimism vs Personal Pessimism

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An essay by writer Wei Zhou ( @维舟 ) published to WeChat last week describes a dissonant way of thinking increasingly common in China, in whi...

Photo: Yulin Bridge, Shaxi (Yunnan), by Rod Waddington

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Yulin Bridge, Shaxi , by Rod Waddington (CC BY-SA 2.0) source https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2020/12/photo-yulin-bridge-shaxi-yunnan-by...

Citizen Journalist Zhang Zhan Is Jailed for COVID Reporting

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Zhang Zhan, lawyer-turned-citizen journalist who documented the lockdown of Wuhan at the start of the COVID-19 epidemic , has been jailed fo...

CDT Editors’ Picks 2020: The Best from CDT and Around the Internet

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The year just past has been one unlike any other in recent memory, in China and around the globe. As the year began, residents of Wuhan were...