@CDT

China Digital Times brings uncensored news and online voices from China to the world. 中文: @CDTChinese

chinadigitaltimes.net
Joined March 2007
  • Tweets55.9K
  • Following18.4K
  • Followers22K
Replying to @CDT
Help us keep providing high-quality and timely translations so we can introduce more Chinese voices to the world. This is the most important way we help the world better understand China. Thank you! (2/2) giving.chinadigitaltimes.net…

Keep CDT Online: We are extending our campaign!

China Digital Times (CDT) is a non-profit organization that relies on institutional and individual donations to sustain our operations. In recent months, we have lost a significant portion of our...

giving.chinadigitaltimes.net
8
5
9
18,821
China Digital Times retweeted
China Digital Times@CDT
Oct 2
CDT Quote of the Week: chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/1…
"Long after the Gang of Four was toppled and the Cultural Revolution was recast as an historical setback, concepts like 'better to have socialist weeds than capitalist seedlings' remain stubbornly persistent in many realms of social governance." - From a deleted essay by Xiang Dongliang about the surprise summer box-office success of subpar animated film "Niu Lai" in a Chinese film ecosystem where political censorship remains paramount

ALT "Long after the Gang of Four was toppled and the Cultural Revolution was recast as an historical setback, concepts like 'better to have socialist weeds than capitalist seedlings' remain stubbornly persistent in many realms of social governance." - From a deleted essay by Xiang Dongliang about the surprise summer box-office success of subpar animated film "Niu Lai" in a Chinese film ecosystem where political censorship remains paramount

2
1,077
China Digital Times retweeted
China Digital Times@CDT
Oct 2
CDT’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.net/2026/1…

CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for August 2026

CDT 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

chinadigitaltimes.net
1
1,107
China Digital Times retweeted
China Digital Times@CDT
Oct 2
Photo: Small shops, by Francisco Anzola chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/1…
In the Shangcheng district of Hangzhou, two charming small shops selling various items such as snacks, tea, and souvenirs sit side by side. The shop at left has a pleasing outdoor display of handicrafts and souvenir-type items underneath a thatched, umbrella-shaped canopy. The shops occupy the ground floor of the same building; the rooms on the second floor appear to be apartments. Laundry hanging on a line is visible through one of the upstairs windows.

ALT In the Shangcheng district of Hangzhou, two charming small shops selling various items such as snacks, tea, and souvenirs sit side by side. The shop at left has a pleasing outdoor display of handicrafts and souvenir-type items underneath a thatched, umbrella-shaped canopy. The shops occupy the ground floor of the same building; the rooms on the second floor appear to be apartments. Laundry hanging on a line is visible through one of the upstairs windows.

2
1
1,394
Photo: Small shops, by Francisco Anzola chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/1…
In the Shangcheng district of Hangzhou, two charming small shops selling various items such as snacks, tea, and souvenirs sit side by side. The shop at left has a pleasing outdoor display of handicrafts and souvenir-type items underneath a thatched, umbrella-shaped canopy. The shops occupy the ground floor of the same building; the rooms on the second floor appear to be apartments. Laundry hanging on a line is visible through one of the upstairs windows.

ALT In the Shangcheng district of Hangzhou, two charming small shops selling various items such as snacks, tea, and souvenirs sit side by side. The shop at left has a pleasing outdoor display of handicrafts and souvenir-type items underneath a thatched, umbrella-shaped canopy. The shops occupy the ground floor of the same building; the rooms on the second floor appear to be apartments. Laundry hanging on a line is visible through one of the upstairs windows.

2
1
1,394
CDT Quote of the Week: chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/1…
"Long after the Gang of Four was toppled and the Cultural Revolution was recast as an historical setback, concepts like 'better to have socialist weeds than capitalist seedlings' remain stubbornly persistent in many realms of social governance." - From a deleted essay by Xiang Dongliang about the surprise summer box-office success of subpar animated film "Niu Lai" in a Chinese film ecosystem where political censorship remains paramount

ALT "Long after the Gang of Four was toppled and the Cultural Revolution was recast as an historical setback, concepts like 'better to have socialist weeds than capitalist seedlings' remain stubbornly persistent in many realms of social governance." - From a deleted essay by Xiang Dongliang about the surprise summer box-office success of subpar animated film "Niu Lai" in a Chinese film ecosystem where political censorship remains paramount

2
1,077
CDT’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.net/2026/1…

CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for August 2026

CDT 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

chinadigitaltimes.net
1
1,107
chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/0…

Translation: The Deluge of Blocked Words Online - Why We Feel We "Cannot Speak Openly"

The post translated below, from WeChat account “Summer Flavors,” argues that keyword-based censorship on Chinese online platforms is missing the mark, both

chinadigitaltimes.net
141
"A WeChat essay translated by China Digital Times [...] described China’s keyword-based censorship as blunt and counterproductive [...,] interfering with ordinary communication, even when users are not criticizing the government or discussing politically sensitive issues."
1
220
HRIC – HRIC Digital Rights Report - August 2026 news.hrichina.org/p/hric-dig…

HRIC Digital Rights Report - August 2026

Devastating 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...

news.hrichina.org
1
1
1
2,142
CDT’s Minstry of Truth Directives are published here: chinadigitaltimes.net/china/…

Directives from the Ministry of Truth Archives – China Digital Times (CDT)

chinadigitaltimes.net
90
"China Digital Times [...] has long published official leaked censorship orders under its Ministry of Truth column, exposing the wide and changing range of issues that are off limits."
1
147
"External censorship takes the form of directives from senior levels (ultimately the CCP’s Propaganda Department) that give continuous instructions on what issues to stay clear of or what aspects of a current developing news story to avoid."
1
106
Safeguard Defenders – CGTN: See the Difference. China's Party-State Media in Focus safeguarddefenders.com/en/pu…

CGTN: See the Difference. China's Party-State Media in Focus

CGTN: See the Difference.

safeguarddefenders.com
1
1,290
China Digital Times retweeted
China Digital Times@CDT
Sep 28
Translation: 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.net/2026/0…

Translation: Censored Commentary on Beijing’s Drone Storage Ban

The 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

chinadigitaltimes.net
1
2
1
1,515
Translation: 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.net/2026/0…

Translation: Censored Commentary on Beijing’s Drone Storage Ban

The 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

chinadigitaltimes.net
1
2
1
1,515
China Digital Times retweeted
China Digital Times@CDT
Sep 23
Translation: “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.net/2026/0…

Translation: “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

chinadigitaltimes.net
1
2
1
2,073
Translation: “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.net/2026/0…

Translation: “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

chinadigitaltimes.net
1
2
1
2,073
China Digital Times retweeted
China Digital Times@CDT
Sep 21
Journalist and #MeToo Activist Sophia Huang Xueqin Released From Prison After Five Years chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/0…

Journalist and #MeToo Activist Sophia Huang Xueqin Released From Prison After Five Years

Sophia Huang Xueqin, a journalist whose reporting on human rights and sexual abuse helped to galvanize China’s #MeToo movement, was scheduled to be released

chinadigitaltimes.net
4
1
1,824
China Digital Times retweeted
China Digital Times@CDT
Sep 20
chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/0…

Netizen Voices on MSS Claim That Foreign Forces Are Funding Chinese Slackers: “If Everyone Slacked...

In an article published to its official WeChat account on Tuesday, the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) accused unnamed “foreign organizations” of

chinadigitaltimes.net
1
391
China Digital Times retweeted
China Digital Times@CDT
Sep 20
"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."
1
1
2
504

No more items