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Netizen Voices: Is Xi Jinping on Top of the World, or a Tortoise on a Utility Pole? "Someone else must have placed it there. It can't get down on its own, so all it can do is wait to topple off." "Can we swap it for another?" chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/05/netize…

Translations: Censored Articles Decry Chinese Schoolchildren Being Used as “Props” in Vladivostok Victory Day Celebrations "On some historical questions, our reaction is knee-jerk. When it comes to Russia, there are suddenly all sorts of justifications." chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/05/transl…

CDT Quote of the Week: chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/05/transl…

CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for April 2026 Foreign forces accused of inciting slackerism; property mogul trial; campus media erosion; smoking altercation detention; feminist blog closure; knife attack; Beijing's declining youth population chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/05/cdts-4…

Foreign Press Corps in China Continues to Erode Amid Tension and Suspicion chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/05/foreig…

Translation: “Why Do Urban Chinese Have So Many Misconceptions About the Countryside?” (Part Two) "Rural invisibility isn't because no one else is looking, it's because people who are suffering are not allowed to be seen—that would disrupt ‘harmony.’" chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/05/transl…

Translation: The Decade-long Death of a Campus Media Outlet (Part One) "As physical spaces were sealed off, the boundaries of speech were closing in as well. One after another, the corners in which raising questions had once been possible disappeared." chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/05/transl…

Netizen Voices on MSS Claim That Foreign Forces Are Funding Chinese Slackers: “If Everyone Slacked Off, Who’d Be Left To Exploit?” chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/04/netize… from @CDT

RightsCon 2026 in Zambia Cancelled Under Pressure from China "'At a time when this sector is already under immense financial and political strain, what we and our community forcefully experienced is unprecedented and existential.'" chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/05/rights…

“Last month, a former contributor to the Beijing Normal University student media outlet 京师学人 (Jīngshī Xuérén, "Capital Scholar") noted that its WeChat public account had been deregistered.” chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/05/transl… interesting piece in @CDT

CDT Quote of the Week: chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/04/netize…

Netizen Voices on MSS Claim That Foreign Forces Are Funding Chinese Slackers: “If Everyone Slacked Off, Who’d Be Left To Exploit?” chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/04/netize…