Kristin Shi-Kupfer

Mainly a tightening ideological/political control in the name of anti-corruption/commercialization... "New regulations in #China target online #religious content" christiandaily.com/news/new-regul…

"(...)#Democracy rarely dies in a single moment. (...) This is the enduring lesson of Weimar: #extremism (...) succeeds because others enable it—because of their ambition, because of their fear, or because they misjudge the dangers of small concessions." foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitler…

A new wave of cost-conscious parents in China is spurning pricey private high schools in favor of public education and newly appealing vocational tracks, leading to layoffs and school closures. caixinglobal.com/2025-08-29/chi…

编者按：“我受够了人间的不公平/厌倦了虚伪的情/我打翻了生活的酸醋瓶/心里是难念的经/身在异乡我孤零零/心事给谁听/我擦干了眼泪摔碎了心/最后还是信了命”，北京青年深夜在地铁唱起一首消极歌曲《我终于信了命》，因表达对经济困境、失业和生活压力的不满，引起车厢里的人共鸣，最终成为合唱。这种事情在中国已经发生多次。这样的丧歌已不知何时开始，有些从来没有流行过，一旦流行便被随即删除。然而在作家慕容雪村看来，这种文化抗争具有一种象征性的反抗意义。 本文原文为英文China in depressing Songs，发表于英国杂志Index On Censorship 2025年夏季刊。 免費訂閱《波士頓書評》及相关事宜发送邮件：boshidunshuping@gmail.com，隨意打賞：Zelle，PayPal：boshidunshuping@gmail.com 用戶名：Boston Review of Books；長期支持請點擊下面訂閱，升級為付費訂閱。 慕容雪村 | “丧歌”中的中国 open.substack.com/pub/bostonrevi…

诺特巴德

What event/topical fields in Q3 does the CCP leadership consider to be "ideologically risky"? Issues related to the beginning of the new school/university semester rather surprising-shows high anxiety level. Thanks to @whyyoutouzhele and CDT chinadigitaltimes.net/chinese/720794… #china #media

#Chinese lens on societal #habits #rules: The old rule "stand right, walk left" on escalators hinders the flow of people and creates more accidents, based on cited stats. Well, how about some more stairs for light travelling people? #society huxiu.com/article/472341…

In Depth: With Chinese authorities tightening the noose around online fraud, scammers are using freight delivery apps to evade detection. These van-for-hire services are loosely regulated, with little authority or responsibility over what they ship. caixinglobal.com/2025-08-15/in-…

Many are staying at home or studying elsewhere in Asia economist.com/china/2025/06/…

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China’s report “New Red Lines: Increasing Obstacles for Foreign Journalists in China” documents an alarming expansion of “off-limit” topics and growing unpredictability in boundaries Chinese authorities deem sensitive fccchina.org/2025/08/18/med…

#阮晓寰 终于在7月底从看守所（待了4年多）转入监狱了。 现在他在上海提篮桥监狱（已从市区的旧址搬迁到了青浦区西庆路709号），11监区2组，番号01913。 8月的家属会见也已通过审批，这周五终于能见到了。 所以来给关心他的朋友们报个信。 现在他睡单人铺，8人间，有空调和风扇，伙食也有改善了。

Detecting "AI rumors" while fighting "rumors" (=politically unwanted info) + facing real rumors "前各网络平台都有“谣言库”，一般通过设置热点关键词屏蔽谣言。但AI模型可通过对抗训练绕过谣言关键词，例如把“山体滑坡”改为“地质活动异常”等，逃脱屏蔽." #china #media web.archive.org/web/2025081804…

Very insightful report. I just starting watching 零天攻擊 where this dimension also is put into play.... "Why Taiwanese fear China could take over from within" ft.com/content/9c2115… via @ft

Hopefully they can continue to do so..."From basketball to history, Chinese podcasts boom in censors’ shadow" ft.com/content/5a8bb4… via @ft #china #society

"Behind the statistics & policy indicators are real people working, breathing, and suffering. For them, the key terms are ‘unemployment,' ‘debt,' ‘rent,' ‘poverty,’ ‘illness,' ‘exhaustion,' ‘loss,' ‘injury,' ‘instability,' and even ‘homicide' and ‘death.’" chuangcn.org/2025/08/keepin…

the bubble burst and ppl still only remember the initial hype ft.com/content/190137…

The Chinese Cyberspace Administration published a long list of licensed national, institutional and subnational media outlets which are officially recognized news (manuscript) sources (稿源单位主体). Display of complex interest-based information ecosystem? archive.is/pAgjt

CCP signals concerns regarding military-related social media content, including posing as an official account and revealing sensitive (geographical) information. #china #media #military web.archive.org/web/2025081502…

Herzliche Einladung zum #China Spektrum Webinar "Von der Werkbank der Welt zum Hub für High-tech? Chinesische Perspektiven auf #Innovation und #KI in der Volksrepublik" Mi, 25.6., 17-18 Uhr via Zoom. Registrierung und weitere Infos hier lnkd.in/e_ir54jW

#China #politics This is quite a list of legislative drafting ... Law on Legal Propaganda and Education (...) Urban Residents' Committee Organizational Law ...Social Assistance Law.. and a "Convention on Establishing an International Mediation Court" ! politics.people.com.cn/n1/2025/0616/c…