He has been jailed, tracked and threatened by China’s government. What was it like pay a visit home? As he publishes a polemic about surveillance and state control, the artist relives a momentous trip ...

The detention of two Chinese journalists, Wu Yingjiao and Liu Hu, highlights ongoing repression against independent media.

Launched in 2009, it quickly became the nervous system of China’s civic sphere. Before Weibo, feminist organizers could hand out newsletters or hold a small meeting but never get on state TV; ...

The dissident artist discusses his new book “On Censorship,” the impact of AI on freedom of expression and the growing global ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Surveillance cameras are seen on a post near the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, China, on November 5, 2024. - Wang ...

China has embraced AI to help it censor and surveil its citizens and is exporting its techniques to the world, according to a new report by think tank the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI).

Ai Weiwei, a 68-year-old Chinese dissident known for his activist art, discusses the pervasive censorship he faces in China and similarities observed in the West. He addresses the impact of AI on ...

As 2025 draws to a close, CDT editors are compiling a series of the most notable content (Chinese) from across the Chinese internet over the past year. Topics include this year’s most outstanding ...

New Delhi: China’s handling of the earliest days of the Covid-19 outbreak did more than allow a virus to spread. It reinforced a long-standing reality of governance in the country: when public health ...

CDT presents a new monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we will publish a summary of content blocked or deleted (often yielding the ...