China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 02/10/2026Photo: Small shops, by Francisco Anzola chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/10/phot... 020
China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 02/10/2026CDT Quote of the Week: chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/10/cdts... 000
China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 02/10/2026CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for August 2026 Topics: Comedian Guo Degang, sexual assault at banquets, Huawei vs. the "bamboo cicada", security checks around Tiananmen, box-office surprise "Niu Lai", Gyirong flooding, more.chinadigitaltimes.netCDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for August 2026CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content 011
China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 30/09/2026HRIC – HRIC Digital Rights Report - August 2026 news.hrichina.org/p/hric-digit...news.hrichina.orgHRIC Digital Rights Report - August 2026Devastating flash floods along the Nepal–Tibet border in late August exposed the human cost of China’s information controls. While more than 1,000 people were confirmed dead and thousands remained mis... 110
China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 30/09/2026Safeguard Defenders – CGTN: See the Difference. China's Party-State Media in Focus safeguarddefenders.com/en/publicati...safeguarddefenders.comCGTN: See the Difference. China's Party-State Media in FocusCGTN: See the Difference. 130
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 28/09/2026Translation: Censored Commentary on Beijing’s Drone Storage Ban "The logic behind this new rule is to move the security perimeter from the sky right down to the level of equipment possession."chinadigitaltimes.netTranslation: Censored Commentary on Beijing’s Drone Storage BanThe post below, from WeChat account 白桦视界 Báihuà Shìjiè, or “White Birch Vision,” is a censored response to new restrictions on drone ownership and storage 014
China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 28/09/2026Translation: Censored Commentary on Beijing’s Drone Storage Ban "The logic behind this new rule is to move the security perimeter from the sky right down to the level of equipment possession."chinadigitaltimes.netTranslation: Censored Commentary on Beijing’s Drone Storage BanThe post below, from WeChat account 白桦视界 Báihuà Shìjiè, or “White Birch Vision,” is a censored response to new restrictions on drone ownership and storage 014
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 23/09/2026Translation: “Eventually, We All Learned to Keep Quiet” "When someone is unhappy with something they think is unreasonable or unfair, they ought to be allowed to ask, 'Why?' What’s scary is if society reaches the point where no one dares to ask why."chinadigitaltimes.netTranslation: “Eventually, We All Learned to Keep Quiet”In mid-September, a man was arrested for stabbing and wounding an unknown number of women outside a hotpot restaurant in the GOGO Xintiandi shopping plaza in 056
China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 23/09/2026Translation: “Eventually, We All Learned to Keep Quiet” "When someone is unhappy with something they think is unreasonable or unfair, they ought to be allowed to ask, 'Why?' What’s scary is if society reaches the point where no one dares to ask why."chinadigitaltimes.netTranslation: “Eventually, We All Learned to Keep Quiet”In mid-September, a man was arrested for stabbing and wounding an unknown number of women outside a hotpot restaurant in the GOGO Xintiandi shopping plaza in 056
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 21/09/2026Journalist and #MeToo Activist Sophia Huang Xueqin Released From Prison After Five Yearschinadigitaltimes.netJournalist and #MeToo Activist Sophia Huang Xueqin Released From Prison After Five YearsSophia Huang Xueqin, a journalist whose reporting on human rights and sexual abuse helped to galvanize China’s #MeToo movement, was scheduled to be released 01410
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 20/09/2026chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/04/neti...chinadigitaltimes.netNetizen Voices on MSS Claim That Foreign Forces Are Funding Chinese Slackers: “If Everyone Slacked Off, Who’d Be Left To Exploit?”In an article published to its official WeChat account on Tuesday, the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) accused unnamed “foreign organizations” of 012
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 20/09/2026"A popular vlogger sarcastically complained that he wanted to 'report' foreign forces for failing to pay him despite his tireless efforts to lie flat. These responses have all since been censored." 121
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 20/09/2026"The official media attributing the trend of lying flat to foreign interference was promptly pilloried by Chinese netizens who filled online comment sections with criticism and satire." 131
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 20/09/2026Freedom House – The CCP is Trying—and Failing—to Extinguish Defiance among Chinese Citizens freedomhouse.org/article/ccp-...freedomhouse.orgThe CCP is Trying—and Failing—to Extinguish Defiance among Chinese CitizensPeople across China persistently express discontent through “lying flat” and public protest. 123
China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 21/09/2026Journalist and #MeToo Activist Sophia Huang Xueqin Released From Prison After Five Yearschinadigitaltimes.netJournalist and #MeToo Activist Sophia Huang Xueqin Released From Prison After Five YearsSophia Huang Xueqin, a journalist whose reporting on human rights and sexual abuse helped to galvanize China’s #MeToo movement, was scheduled to be released 01410
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 20/09/2026"This leaked trove reveals ByteDance's internal content-review mechanisms as they stood around 2020: regulatory requirements from higher-level authorities [serve as] the basis for a detailed lexicon of sensitive terms, an 'operating manual' used on a daily basis by frontline content moderators." 013
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 20/09/2026MiniTrue: ByteDance Censors’ List of 5,241 Sensitive Terms Includes references to political figures and their family members, historical and political events, guns and other banned weapons, scandals and controversies, and more.chinadigitaltimes.netMiniTrue: ByteDance Censors’ List of 5,241 Sensitive TermsThe following is an introduction to and contextualization of some of the specific entries and broader categories included in CDT’s archived “ByteDance Lexicon 124
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 19/09/2026Translation: Euphemism and Censorship Surround Guangxi Flooding, Dam Breach News chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/07/tran...chinadigitaltimes.netTranslation: Euphemism and Censorship Surround Guangxi Flooding, Dam Breach NewsBack-to-back typhoons have brought torrential rain, flooding, and other extreme weather events to parts of southern and central China, and prompted mass 011
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 19/09/2026"China Digital Times reported that viral videos of roiling floodwaters pouring through the Liulan breach were widely shared and then deleted, while official coverage adopted euphemistic language and softened questions about reservoir management." 101
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 19/09/2026The Irrawaddy – Guangxi’s Deadly Floods and China’s Propaganda Crisis www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/gues...irrawaddy.comGuest Column | Guangxi’s Deadly Floods and China’s Propaganda CrisisThe Chinese regime’s assiduous information management efforts are making natural disasters worse, says Chandu Doddi. 132
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 18/09/2026CDT Quote of the Week: chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/09/tran... 002
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 18/09/2026Translation: Article on Media’s Survival Fails to Survive "The media certainly need funding, technology, and talent, but they also need room to speak."chinadigitaltimes.netTranslation: Article on Media's Survival Fails to SurviveLike their counterparts elsewhere, Chinese news media face mounting challenges such as commercial headwinds and pressure to adapt to new technologies like 044
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 18/09/2026Photo: Mini fire station, by QuantFoto chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/09/phot... 023
China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 20/09/2026MiniTrue: ByteDance Censors’ List of 5,241 Sensitive Terms Includes references to political figures and their family members, historical and political events, guns and other banned weapons, scandals and controversies, and more.chinadigitaltimes.netMiniTrue: ByteDance Censors’ List of 5,241 Sensitive TermsThe following is an introduction to and contextualization of some of the specific entries and broader categories included in CDT’s archived “ByteDance Lexicon 124
China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 20/09/2026Freedom House – The CCP is Trying—and Failing—to Extinguish Defiance among Chinese Citizens freedomhouse.org/article/ccp-...freedomhouse.orgThe CCP is Trying—and Failing—to Extinguish Defiance among Chinese CitizensPeople across China persistently express discontent through “lying flat” and public protest. 123
China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 19/09/2026The Irrawaddy – Guangxi’s Deadly Floods and China’s Propaganda Crisis www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/gues...irrawaddy.comGuest Column | Guangxi’s Deadly Floods and China’s Propaganda CrisisThe Chinese regime’s assiduous information management efforts are making natural disasters worse, says Chandu Doddi. 132
China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 18/09/2026CDT Quote of the Week: chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/09/tran... 002
China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 18/09/2026Photo: Mini fire station, by QuantFoto chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/09/phot... 023
China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 18/09/2026Translation: Article on Media’s Survival Fails to Survive "The media certainly need funding, technology, and talent, but they also need room to speak."chinadigitaltimes.netTranslation: Article on Media's Survival Fails to SurviveLike their counterparts elsewhere, Chinese news media face mounting challenges such as commercial headwinds and pressure to adapt to new technologies like 044
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 14/09/2026CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for July 2026chinadigitaltimes.netCDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for July 2026CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content 003
China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 14/09/2026CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for July 2026chinadigitaltimes.netCDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for July 2026CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content 003
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 10/09/2026Wuhan Authorities Punish Theatre and Event Organizers After Comedian Guo Degang Riffs on “Red Tune” Without Prior Approval "Whether Guo Degang can still take the stage and perform crosstalk or Peking Opera remains unanswered. Not providing an answer is itself an answer."chinadigitaltimes.net 103
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 11/09/2026CDT Quote of the Week: chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/09/gyir... 034
China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 11/09/2026CDT Quote of the Week: chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/09/gyir... 034
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 10/09/2026China’s Online Environment Gets Colder and Darker "Prolonged economic distress is making it harder for the party to maintain its preferred account of how the country is doing." chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/09/chin...chinadigitaltimes.netChina's Online Environment Gets Colder and DarkerAt The New York Times, Li Yuan writes that Beijing's efforts to cultivate an air of uniform "positive energy" online have been looking increasingly 013
China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 10/09/2026Wuhan Authorities Punish Theatre and Event Organizers After Comedian Guo Degang Riffs on “Red Tune” Without Prior Approval "Whether Guo Degang can still take the stage and perform crosstalk or Peking Opera remains unanswered. Not providing an answer is itself an answer."chinadigitaltimes.net 103
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 09/09/2026"'History won't remember its view count, but this was the first time someone connected domestic labour grievances directly to foreign law enforcement mechanisms,' he said." 021
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 09/09/2026"[CDT founder and editor-in-chief Xiao Qiang] said the topic's emergence in spite of that shows many Chinese people do not view exporters' interests as synonymous with national interest." 111
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 09/09/2026Reuters – Some Chinese workers see an ally in Brussels as EU trade tensions mount www.reuters.com/world/china/...reuters.comSome Chinese workers see an ally in Brussels as EU trade tensions mountThe European Union is finding support on an opponent's turf ahead of trade talks with Beijing, as Chinese workers vent on social media about excessive overtime that critics say gives exporters an unf... 133
China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 10/09/2026China’s Online Environment Gets Colder and Darker "Prolonged economic distress is making it harder for the party to maintain its preferred account of how the country is doing." chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/09/chin...chinadigitaltimes.netChina's Online Environment Gets Colder and DarkerAt The New York Times, Li Yuan writes that Beijing's efforts to cultivate an air of uniform "positive energy" online have been looking increasingly 013
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 09/09/2026"[AI] has given censors great power to survey the digital landscape [...] and to speedily delete undesirable content. The party used to be a big step behind China’s once-rumbustious online chats; now it undoubtedly has the upper hand, says Xiao Qiang of China Digital Times." 042
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 09/09/2026The Economist – Speech in China is in the deep freeze www.economist.com/china/2026/0...economist.comSpeech in China is in the deep freezeA natural disaster and a comedy mishap testify to the party’s power 1109
China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 09/09/2026The Economist – Speech in China is in the deep freeze www.economist.com/china/2026/0...economist.comSpeech in China is in the deep freezeA natural disaster and a comedy mishap testify to the party’s power 1109
China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 09/09/2026Reuters – Some Chinese workers see an ally in Brussels as EU trade tensions mount www.reuters.com/world/china/...reuters.comSome Chinese workers see an ally in Brussels as EU trade tensions mountThe European Union is finding support on an opponent's turf ahead of trade talks with Beijing, as Chinese workers vent on social media about excessive overtime that critics say gives exporters an unf... 133
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 07/09/2026Netizen Voices, on Gyirong Floods: “Controlling Speech is One Area Where 'China Speed' is Actually Real.”chinadigitaltimes.netNetizen Voices, on Gyirong Floods: “Controlling Speech is One Area Where 'China Speed' is Actually Real.”Chinese cyberspace authorities announced that ten people from Tibet and several other provinces have been hit with unspecified administrative punishments 077
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 04/09/2026"Digital analysts note that this censorship highlights a significant upgrade in China's internet policing tools. Instead of merely filtering text-based keywords, platforms now rely heavily on video fingerprinting, image hashing and machine-learning models to recognize specific visual scenes." 023
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 04/09/2026"According to China Digital Times (CDT), an independent watchdog that tracks Chinese internet censorship, the video of the collapsing border gate was systematically blocked from being shared on WeChat, even in private messages." 133
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 04/09/2026DW – How China buried Tibet flood images after Nepal disaster www.dw.com/en/how-china...dw.comHow China buried Tibet flood images after Nepal disasterIn Tibet, a digital crackdown followed the deadly flood that has devastated communities along the China-Nepal border. Censors erased viral footage while Chinese state media flooded platforms with offi... 146
China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 07/09/2026Netizen Voices, on Gyirong Floods: “Controlling Speech is One Area Where 'China Speed' is Actually Real.”chinadigitaltimes.netNetizen Voices, on Gyirong Floods: “Controlling Speech is One Area Where 'China Speed' is Actually Real.”Chinese cyberspace authorities announced that ten people from Tibet and several other provinces have been hit with unspecified administrative punishments 077
Reposted by China Digital TimesChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 04/09/2026“'With this one, even if the Chinese side has information control, on the Nepal side there is a lot of information coming out,' said [CDT's] Xiao Qiang. 'It makes the Chinese government feel that controlling information around this event is harder.'" 002