Two women have dominated Chinese social media during the Beijing Winter Olympics.One is Eileen Gu, the 18-year-old skier born and raised in California who won a gold medal for China. […]
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Back to news homeChina Evergrande Gets Soft Treatment in Chinese Media
As China Evergrande Group teeters on the edge of collapse, videos of protesting home buyers have flooded social media. Online government message boards teem with complaints and pleas for intervention […]
‘Reversing Gears’: China Increasingly Rejects English, and the World
As a student at Peking University law school in 1978, Li Keqiang kept both pockets of his jacket stuffed with handwritten paper slips. An English word was written on one […]
Li Guangman’s Essay Ignites Guessing Over Xi’s Plans for China
For years, Li Guangman, a retired Chinese newspaper editor, wrote in obscurity, firing off attack after attack at chic celebrities and celebrated tycoons whom he accused of betraying the sturdy […]
After the Floods, China Found a Target for Its Pain: Foreign Media
After extreme flooding in central China last week destroyed homes, engulfed subways and killed at least 73, the ruling Communist Party found a convenient outlet for the public’s pent-up emotions: […]
‘Red Tourism’ Flourishes in China Ahead of Party Centennial
The group of tourists, dressed in replica Red Army costumes, stood in front of a red hammer-and-sickle billboard. With their right fists raised, they pledged their allegiance to the Chinese […]
How China’s Outrage Machine Kicked Up a Storm Over H&M
When the Swedish fast-fashion giant H&M said in September that it was ending its relationship with a Chinese supplier accused of using forced labor, a few Chinese social media accounts […]
How Beijing Turned China’s Covid-19 Tragedy to Its Advantage
No publisher is willing or able to publish her works in China. The social media posts and articles that support her are often censored. A few people who spoke up […]
A Year After Wuhan, China Tells a Tale of Triumph (and No Mistakes)
At a museum in Wuhan, China, a sprawling exhibition paints a stirring tale of how the city’s sacrifices in a brutal 76-day lockdown led to triumph over the coronavirus and, […]
25 Days That Changed the World: How Covid-19 Slipped China’s Grasp
Politically, it was a perilous situation for both men.As its trade war with China escalated, the Trump administration had all but eliminated a public health partnership with Beijing that had […]