CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content ...

The exposure of faulty brake-pedal brackets in the Maextro V800, a luxury EV manufactured by Huawei and JAC, has resulted in a wave of online censorship, ...

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

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"Lately, I've grown used to quiet, uneventful days." Several users have reported permanent suspensions from WeChat Moments and QQ after posting this ...

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

This post from WeChat account 百里曾游 Bǎilǐ Céngyóu ("100 Li Once Traveled"), deleted at the source but archived at CDT Chinese, describes the gauntlet of security checks, ID-card scans, pat-downs, ...

Wrapped into the "copying homework" analogy is the idea of China's superiority as a star pupil whose work is worth copying.

Born on September 25, 1975, Ye Haiyan is a social worker and women's and gender rights activist. Also known as Hooligan ...

A reference to the imitation goods, especially counterfeit electronics, which China has become notorious for producing. The ...

Lao Lishi (b. Dec. 12, 1987) is a former Olympic diver. In July 2020, her Weibo account was suspended for one year.

Based on the landlord Mr. Zhao in Lu Xun's novella "The True Story of Ah Q," this term gained currency as a subversive ...