Chinese diplomats are now claiming to be fact-checkers
The famous "wolf warriors" — an action-hero term used for Chinese diplomats as they aggressively…
May 27, 2020
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Study shows foreign users are unknowingly complicit in WeChat’s censorship in China
The Chinese social media app WeChat is surveilling international users' messages and using the data…
May 8, 2020
Chinese social media sites blocked medical information about the coronavirus, research indicates
Chinese social media platforms like Weibo, WeChat and YY are always monitored by the government…
March 4, 2020
China arrested 8 for spreading ‘hoaxes’ about what is now known as coronavirus. What happened to them?
Coronavirus, which has killed at least 17 people and landed in the United States this…
January 23, 2020
Dance and sing while spreading a hoax — this is what TikTok looks like now
It's been a year since TikTok became the most downloaded social media app on Earth,…
October 31, 2019
On WeChat, rogue fact-checkers are tackling the app’s fake news problem
Grace Xu doesn’t make any money fact-checking. She’s not a journalist and she has a…
July 3, 2018
China tightens grip on foreign press, but will anyone feel the squeeze?
Foreign news organizations — including those from the United States and the UK — may soon…
February 24, 2016
New York Times visa gridlock in China loosens a bit
The New York Times building. (AP Photo) The New York Times is working with Chinese…
November 9, 2015
News the Chinese won’t report: the growing silencing of bloggers
BBC In this photo taken on July 31, 2012, Isaac Mao, a well-known Chinese blogger…
July 13, 2015
Chinese journalist who worked for a German newspaper freed after 9 month detention
Associated Press Zhang Miao, a news assistant for the German newspaper Die Zeit, will be…
July 9, 2015
Correspondents say working in China isn’t getting easier
Nearly all foreign correspondents reporting from China say that the country's working conditions fail to…
May 26, 2015
Survey: For foreign correspondents in China, getting a press card still ‘a privilege rather than a professional right’
In January of this year, the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China conducted an annual survey…
March 2, 2015
Why NYT journalists are essentially stuck in China
Good morning. Here are 10 media stories. Why New York Times journalists can't leave China…
November 13, 2014
BBC website blocked throughout China
BBC The BBC's website has been subjected to "deliberate censorship" across China in the wake…
October 15, 2014
On eve of Tiananmen anniversary, early optimism pushed aside by press, speech crackdown
Chinese police officers, paramilitary policemen and plainclothes security personnel prepare to clear Tiananmen Square ahead…
June 3, 2014
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