Economy 经济Society 社会996ChinachivesCOVID网红disillusionedeconomicseconomy韭菜financeforeign forcesinfluencersinternetlie flatlying flatMinistry of State SecurityMSSoverworkpoliticsridiculesocial mobilityYouth国安境外势力
Lying flat translation on this blog: Wang Qingmin in Yibao | Ministry of State Security’s “Anti-Lying Flat” Propaganda Sparks Online Ridicule: Why Have Chinese People Come to Detest “Struggle” and Turn Toward “Lying Flat”? 王庆民 | 国安部“反躺平”宣传引发群嘲：中国人为何厌恶了“奋斗”转向“躺平”？ May 14, 2026 … Continue reading →
History 历史Politics 政治Science, Technology and Academic 科技学术ChinaChinese灾害damdangerevacuation长江PRCrisksafetyThree GorgesWang Weiluo地质学水库三峡
The Three Gorges Dam spanning the Yangtze River was completed in 2012. The project was highly controversial with some scientists arguing that if the dam should collapse millions of people downstream would be endangered. Criticisms of the dam project were … Continue reading →
The Chinese language X account Teacher Li is Not Your Teacher 李老师不是你的老师 has over one million followers (one million Chinese can’t be wrong) to paraphrase. Teacher Li has been written up in the Western media several times over the past few … Continue reading →
Country profiles and notes on PRC bilateral relations with each country with which the PRC has diplomatic relations are on the website of the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Below is a ChatGPT5 translation of the Brazil country profile updated … Continue reading →
Foreign Relations 外交GovernanceautocracybusinessCCPChinaChina's risechinese communist party王怡dictatorshipeconomyhistoryhuman rightsLiu XiaobomoneypoliticspowerPRCTradetransitionWang Yi有钱能使鬼推磨
This 2006 article by Liu Xiaobo can be compared with others he wrote about the same time that are also translated here: 2007 Liu Xiaobo: The Dictatorial Chinese Communist Party’s Flexible Response to the Free West and 2005 Liu Xiaobo: The … Continue reading →
Literature 文学Science, Technology and Academic 科技学术Taiwanacademic freedomChinaChineseCommunist Party請用文明來說服我龍應台historyhu jintaoletterliteratureLung Ying-taipoliticsPRCxenophobia中国
In 2006 Taiwan writer Lung Yingtai 龍應台 wrote a letter to Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Hu Jintao criticizing the shutdown of the weekly Freezing Point [Bingtai] and the Chinese Communist Party’s suppression of speech, media and academic freedoms. That … Continue reading →
Interesting to compare Liu Xiaobo’s article below with two others he wrote at about the same time 2007 Liu Xiaobo: The Dictatorial Chinese Communist Party’s Flexible Response to the Free West and 2006 Liu Xiaobo: The Civilized World vs. CCP Dictatorship. Liu … Continue reading →
This 2007 essay by Liu Xiaobo appeared on the BBC Chinese website in December 2007. It also appeared in 2008 on the Chinese Independent Pen website. Written about the same time and related are 2006 Liu Xiaobo: The Civilized World … Continue reading →
Media 媒体#SaveVOAappealsbroadcastingCongresscourtfederal-courtsfiringinternational-broadcastinginternetonlinepropagandaRadio Free AsiaRFATrumpVOAVoice of America
Recent federal court decisions have apparently helped the VOA and Radio Free Asia Chinese language websites make a slow, gradual comeback. Albeit not all the way back yet. How far they come back will depend upon US domestic politics. Many valuable … Continue reading →
Law 法律Society 社会BeijingChinaChinesehuang qilawpetitionpetitionerPRCrightsTeacher Li李老师不是你老师中国
Teacher Li through an X/Twitter account channels information from China to the outer world. Harassment of people exercising their right under Chinese law to petition at higher levels for the redress of abuses at the local level continues. Over the … Continue reading →
Now that the CIA Factbook has been interred, perhaps we need to pay more attention to the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) country profiles. Although this apparently not the PRC Ministry of State Security Factbook. Or is MSS just … Continue reading →
The country profiles, notes on bilateral relations, related news for each county China has diplomatic relations with from Monte Negro to The Vatican are fun to explore. Browser translation tools such as Google Translate make this easier. Sometimes there are … Continue reading →
