Popular Chinese science channel, praised for COVID-19 video, falls victim to nationalists
With COVID-19 at its peak in February, authorities in China found themselves fighting on two fronts: the disease itself, and also…
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How coronavirus, nationalism shaped the Zhang Weili vs. Jedrzejczyk epic
In the professional fight world, where hype is important and drama sells, it can sometimes be hard to tell when…
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Still sorry for hurting Chinese feelings, Dior plays patriotic song at Shanghai show
A string of international brands have recently offended China by publishing improper maps or making statements considered disrespectful to the country’s…
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Chinese commentary: ‘The NBA incident has the entire nation acting crazy’
In China this past week, discussions about the NBA have run rampant. At first, the state was happy to allow…
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Basketball goes on between Lakers and Nets in Shanghai, tension and all
Adam Silver’s introduction to Chinese politics SHANGHAI — The Brooklyn Nets edged out the Los Angeles Lakers 114-111 in Shanghai…
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China has played itself
By attacking the NBA, China exposed the more unsavory aspects of its authoritarian ways to a wider segment of the…
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NBA stands firm as CCTV cuts preseason broadcasts and brands flee
Two days after the NBA groveled to Chinese fans over a tweet by Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey that supported Hong…
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Mainland college student in Hong Kong claims on-campus harassment over Chinese national flag in dorm room
This year’s October 1, or Chinese National Day, is a day that will be forever remembered in history. To mark…
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MUJI is latest foreign company to apologize to China, for ‘French Concession’
Japanese lifestyle brand MUJI has apologized (in Chinese) for describing the location of a recent sponsored event in Shanghai as “in…
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Sinica Podcast: What does Beijing want?
This week’s Sinica Podcast is now live. Jessica Chen Weiss is Associate Professor of Government at Cornell University and a…
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College professor suspended for diminishing China’s ‘four great inventions’
A university professor in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, has been stripped of teaching duties for two years after students filed a…
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From Versace to Calvin Klein: Major brands apologize for undermining China’s territorial sovereignty
Several international retailers and fashion houses have recently found themselves in apology mode after being slammed for disrespecting China’s national…
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The impossible politics of doing business in ‘China’
The Taiwanese fruit tea chain Yifang recently found itself battered by — successively — mainland Chinese internet users, Hong Kongers,…
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Woman arrested after video shows her disrespecting Chinese communist symbol, the red scarf
The Public Security Bureau of Rong County, Sichuan Province, arrested (in Chinese) a woman on April 8 on the charge of “disorderly…
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Vogue and Zara, Frecklegate and ‘beauty’ in China, explained
Last month, after Zara posted photos of model Li Jingwen 李静雯 (who models under the name Jing Wen) to its Sina Weibo…
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