Increasing Calls to Release Detained “A4” Protesters
Two months after the spontaneous nationwide protests that broke out in response to a deadly fire in Urumqi and draconian pandemic controls, an unknown number of peaceful protesters remain in detention...
View ArticleHonorary Professorship for Iran’s President Criticized as “An Embarrassment...
Peking University bestowed an honorary professorship on the President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, during his state visit to Beijing this week. The prevailing reaction on Weibo was outrage, until censors...
View ArticleEssays on the True Meaning of March 8, International Women’s Day
March 8 is International Women’s Day (IWD), a global holiday focusing on gender equality, the rights of working women, reproductive rights, and the reduction of violence against women, among other...
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International Women’s Day: An Inspirational Pop-up Store, a Feminist Taobao...
This year’s United Nations theme for March 8 International Women’s Day (IWD) is “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality,” highlighting gender gaps in STEM education and careers, as...
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Translation: The Women of “Salt Town”
This year, the United Nations’ theme for March 8 International Women’s Day was “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.” In China, people marked the holiday with a variety of...
View ArticleLandmark LGBTQ+ Center Closes Amid State Push For Straight Marriage
The shuttering of the Beijing LGBT Center marks the latest setback for China’s queer community. In a terse statement published to WeChat, the Center offered no explanation for its sudden closure...
View ArticleU.N. Committee Calls Out Chinese State’s Discrimination Against Women
This week, the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) released its findings on eight countries, including China. The findings assess each country’s progress in...
View ArticleAge Discrimination Hits China’s “Post-1990s” Generation of Women
The censorship of a WeChat article about gender- and age-based employment discrimination against China’s post-1990s generation of women is but the latest indicator of the Party-state’s crackdown on...
View ArticleInterview: Leta Hong Fincher on Advances and Setbacks in Women’s Rights Over...
In 2014, Leta Hong Fincher published her first book, Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China, which used the lens of home ownership and marital property rights to examine women’s...
View ArticleCDT Chinese Editors’ Choices for the “Most Notable Reports of 2023”
At the close of 2023, CDT Chinese has compiled a series of year-end articles on a number of special topics, including sensitive words (part one and part two), censored articles, “rollover scenes,” and...
View ArticleCDT Chinese Editors’ “People of the Year, 2023”: Comedians
To round out 2023, CDT Chinese compiled a series of year-end articles on a number of special topics, including sensitive words (part one and part two), censored articles, “rollover scenes,” and...
View ArticleGovernment Statistics Show Another Year of China’s Population Decline
China’s demographic changes have made headlines again this week, as the government released statistics showing that the country’s population has declined for a second year in a row. Pronatalist...
View ArticleCDT Editors’ Picks: The Best of 2023
These are CDT editors’ selections of their favorite posts from CDT and elsewhere around the web over the course of 2023: Sophie Beach CDT Pick: Translation: The Women of “Salt Town,” by Cindy Carter I...
View ArticleCost of Raising Children in China is World’s Second Highest
China’s population decline looks set to continue despite the possibility of a traditional Dragon-Year “baby bump” and signs of a post-pandemic uptick in marriage rates after nine successive years of...
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Street Slogans, Reading Lists, and WeChat Moments: March 8, 2024...
This year’s March 8 U.N. International Women’s Day slogan “Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress” draws attention to the $360 billion annual deficit in gender-equality measures by 2030. According to the...
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