New Detail Emerges About Bo Xilai’s Downfall
Sanlian Life said Australian reporter, John Garnaut, was involved in the Bo Xilai case.
How to Say ‘Truthiness’ in Chinese
In the face of recent policies assaulting their right to speak out on the internet, grassroots Chinese are trying to turn the mirror back on officialdom by calling out instances where officials or state-owned media made statements that...
China Holds Two Bloggers As It Expands Crackdown on Rumors
Police in China have arrested an influential blogger and are holding a cartoonist in a widening crackdown on online “rumor-mongering”, friends and a lawyer for one of them said on Thursday October 17.
A Chill, Ill Wind Blows Across China
Beijing’s anti-corruption campaign against public intellectuals and corrupt officials—while widely heralded by the official Chinese media—seems like one destined for short-term gain but long-term pain.
Crackdown on Bloggers Is Mounted by China
Worried about its hold on public opinion, the Chinese government has pursued a propaganda and police offensive against what it calls malicious rumor-mongering online.
Tweeting Rumors in China Can Now Land You 3 Years in Jail
The latest barrage from the government in China’s ongoing war on rumors is a Supreme Court document that announces any post “clicked and viewed more than 5000 times, or reposted more than 500 times” will be considered serious defamation. ...
Where’s Xi? Using New Code Words, China’s Netizens Speculate by the Thousands
It’s a cat and mouse game for netizens who are interested in Mr. Xi’s coming and goings. Certain code words for Mr. Xi, such as “Crown Prince (太子)” or XJP, are blocked search terms on Sina Weibo. However, netizens have invented others, such as...
China’s Presumptive New Leader Is Mysteriously Absent
Speculation intensified on Monday over the whereabouts of ...
Should the Chinese Government "Fight Back" Against Rumors on Social Media?
Tea Leaf Nation wonders if there is any truth in a piece entitled "We Must Do Our Best to Keep Fake News From Fermenting For Too Long" that appeared on August 17 in Beijing Daily, a Party-controlled paper known to take a hard-line stance on...
Debunking the Zhang Ziyi Rumor
A combination of happenstance and a quick finger with my camera phone recently landed me at the surreal nexus of celebrity tabloid and political crisis in China. The incident also gave me a front-row seat to Chinese social media's rumor-mongering...