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

Murong Xuecun is the pen name of writer and anti-censorship activist Hao Qun (郝群). Originally an internet novelist, he has ...

Dr. Li Wenliang (October 12, 1986 - February 7, 2020) was one of the first physicians to sound the alarm about the novel coronavirus that is now known as COVID-19.

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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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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