A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50. I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman. #GiftLink wapo.st/49WOdx1

CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for October 2025, Part One "Topics targeted include: sentencing of officials over a detainee's death; environmental issues; Nobel Prizes; the deadly crash of a Xiaomi electric vehicle; the re-sentencing of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan …"

These tomato pickers earn 86 cents per 25 lb bucket. On an average day a worker fills around 170 buckets --or more than 4000 pounds of tomatoes picked by hand. The fruit is picked green so it ripens red by the time it reaches your store. #WeFeedYou

Translations: Mourning the Decline of Investigative Reporting on China's National Journalists' Day "Based on our daily monitoring, there are now only 36 domestic news organizations that still conduct investigative reporting (that is, reporting that supervises official power)."

"Each act of remembrance, each shared fragment of reality, becomes part of a collective memory that no censorship can destroy. It is through memory that a people reclaim their humanity."

From CDT Founder and Editor-in-Chief Xiao Qiang's acceptance speech: "At CDT, our mission is to speak truth to power—not with hatred, but with clarity and courage—and to preserve collective memory as history."

NED – China Digital Times: 2025 Democracy Award Honoree www.ned.org/china-digita...

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This came up in a work context earlier today, and I take it for granted this information is out there, but apparently not everywhere: I don’t work at Freedom House anymore. I was laid off at the end of May along with most other staff at the organization (over 80%) due to the US foreign aid cuts.

“At CDT, our mission is to speak truth to power—not with hatred, but with clarity and courage—and to preserve memory as history...Freedom begins with truth. And truth, when held in collective memory, becomes the seed of a freer future.” - Xiao Qiang @chinadigitaltimes.net

youtu.be/dZ5msDv_X4o?... It’s time 4 a new direction!

Beijing Banner Protester: "Establish a New China That is Free, Humane, and Governed by Rule of Law" "CDT Chinese editors noted censorship of the following combinations: 'Sanlitun + lift ban on political parties', 'Sanlitun + protest', 'Sanlitun + warrior', 'Sitong Bridge + Sanlitun' …"

“If everything’s positive energy, there’s no energy at all.“

Following the tragic death of Middlebury student and trans athlete Lia Smith, social media was flooded with unverified claims about what led to her passing. www.transvitae.com/s... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Spittles

Thank god he didn't mention his "cousin brother."

Netizen Voices: “Stop Complaining, Hu Xijin. You Played a Part in This.” "Hu asking why everyone's so quiet is like the head palace eunuch asking a junior eunuch, 'Hey, how come your equipment is only good for taking a leak?'" chinadigitaltimes.net/2025/10/neti...

Well worth ten minutes of your time. A remarkable speech for an American political candidate www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLD7...

Jedediah Smith Redwoods, October 19, 2025. Sunlight spills through trees older than empires. The air smells like time remembering itself. Nothing digital survives here. Only roots, silence, and the slow patience of forever.

CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for September 2025 "CDT's new monthly series of censored content that has been added to our [free, open, and searchable] '404 Deleted Content Archive.'"

Speaking of favorite covers, I somehow just became aware of this album's existence and haven't been able to stop listening to it since: pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Fascinating thread. I learned about Angel Island from a student who wrote her final project on the poems, not in school, where I should have. If your school missed it, too, you could start here.

Yo-Yo Ma: “Earth Hymn” (Live from Snæfellsnes) littlegreenfootballs.com/article/5498...

RIP Diane Keaton. Always to see her in anything she has ever done. A Ray of sunshine. youtu.be/kADG1WA-4vE?...

Jerome Cohen, the "Evergreen Pine of Rule of Law in China," Remembered

Translations: As CAC Tackles “Malicious” Negativity Online, Popular Influencers Hit With Bans "Hu and Zhang often danced on the red line, but they had a firm grasp of where the boundaries were. Now both have crashed and burned, because the line has begun moving higher. Whose turn will be next?"

I, however, Have such meagre power, Clutching at a Moment, While you control An hour. But your hour is A stone. My moment is A flower. -Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot" #everynightapoem As ever.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has taken money directly from Chinese investors, according to previously sealed testimony, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of the United States’ most important military contractors www.propublica.org/article/elon...

"Here’s where Coates’ clarity comes in handy. You treat people humanely—everyone. People can come in the tent without agreeing on every policy. But you have to make the demand that all people will be treated humanely. That belief guides what you yourself will do."

Strolling along Dongsi 8 Tiao hutong 东四八条 in Beijing this pm I saw this gate, with a little Buddha statue inside. Then I read the plaque. *Everything* happened in this house. (Manchus to Martial arts to Mara Hari).

The Wire China is currently seeking applications for a staff writer. Follow the link below to learn more about the position and how to apply.

Not now, Hayward Fault.

First #UNESCO International Institute for STEM #Education (IISTEM) established in Shanghai...hmm....#China's ambition for setting agendas, getting talents and recognition. No competing initiatives due to lack of money or low prioritization? www.gov.cn/lianbo/bumen...

"The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got outta hand." youtu.be/vETxuL7Ij3Q?...

"Pema Tashi, a Tibetan military instructor stationed at Kindergarten No. 5, said that the soldiers’ emphasis on ‘red’ education was 'taking root in young minds…like seeds sown quietly.'”

This is where we are as a society I guess.

I spoke with @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social and @chinafile.bsky.social's Jessica Batke about their recent Locknet report, which provides a brilliant, concise, detailed but accessible overview of China's online censorship system.

This guy who was found abandoned on the side of the highway at 7 weeks old weighing 4 pounds has now outgrown one chair and needs to sleep on two.

University of Montreal seeks China specialist in political science. No French language skill is needed to be eligible, although you will need to learn with what a colleague who's there calls "their amazing support" once on the job. rh-carriere-dmz.synchro.umontreal.ca/psc/rhprpr9_...

pbs.twimg.com/media/DJdtXt... www.newyorker.com/magazine/200...

Sara Jacobs: "Filler is gender affirming care. Boob jobs is gender affirming care. Botox is gender affirming care. Lots of my colleagues have received gender affirming care and let me be clear, I think everyone should have access to the gender affirming care they need." Nancy Mace: *screams*

This covers well the damage of what’s happening, and I’ll add: people outside this ecosystem underestimate how much information it produces that others rely on for their knowledge of world affairs

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As part of a consortium of researchers and journalists, I spent the better part of a year digging into leaked documents from Chinese security company Geedge, which plays a pivotal role exporting the Great Firewall around the world: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/15c699a...