Weekly Briefing: A million-strong protest in Hong Kong; Twitter and Facebook accuse China of disinformation; bye bye, Baidu
Hello, readers! The SupChina Weekly Briefing details the most important China news from the past…
‘Terrorism’: Beijing issues white paper defending Uyghur internment camps
In July, facing growing international pressure about the internment camps that are imprisoning more than a million Uyghurs, the Chinese government released a
Chinese web censorship works. Unfortunately, it’s never going away
While protests continue in Hong Kong, the government on the Chinese mainland has been increasingly aggressive in its propaganda, painting the demonstrators…
Mandopop Month: AKB48 SH’s wide-eyed trip into stardom
The Friday Song column this month turns its focus to Mandopop, which technically refers to all Mandarin-language pop music, but these days more often…
Hong Kong artist Jackson Wang pulls out of 88Rising festival after expressing support for Beijing
As demonstrations in Hong Kong intensify, the entertainment world is increasingly feeling the heat. Today, news came that Jackson Wang 王嘉尔, a Hong…
Baidu’s free-fall continues: No longer Top 5 among Chinese internet companies
Faking search results, losing public trust, antagonizing critics, etc. — it’s all contributed to…
No foreign black hands, say source: Hong Kong police officers
As Sophia Yan and Roland Oliphant of The Telegraph reports, three senior Hong Kong…
Han Han’s racing film ‘Pegasus’ is the best Chinese movie of 2019 (so far)
For his third outing as a director, Han Han returns to his roots as a former race car driver to sculpt a…
The People’s Daily wants to censor Amazon
Social media outrage in China, stoked by state media, has forced a handful of…
Sinica Podcast: SupChina editor-in-chief Jeremy Goldkorn, live
This week’s Sinica Podcast is now live. This special episode of Sinica starring our very own Jeremy Goldkorn was recorded in New…
11.21.19 NEXTChina Conference
NEXTChina, which will happen on November 21 in New York, is a day of learning, engaging, and connecting with China-focused professionals about the…
Beijing’s likely response to the Hong Kong protests (it doesn’t involve troops)
Will China send in the troops? Anna Fifield of the Washington Post says China is threatening to use force in Hong…
‘What a shame to Hong Kong’: Chinese users flood Instagram
After days of deliberate silence on the turbulent situation in Hong Kong, news outlets in mainland China started this week reporting on the…
Huawei helps African governments spy on opponents
The Wall Street Journal has published an
Education in China: How the gaokao exam shapes Chinese students’ lives and futures
This article is sponsored by Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University For high-school graduates across China, two days in June mark some of the most life-changing moments…
