A series of state-media reports on the theme of the May 1 International Workers Day provide a window into the CCP’s ...

In the early hours of the morning of April 15, 2025, a lone protester lashed three long white banners with red, hand-painted ...

The ever-growing list of government pro-natalist initiatives at local and national levels has so far failed to slow China’s ...

Amid signs that U.S. tariffs are starting to bite into China’s exports, the country’s foreign ministry issued a defiant vow ...

This week, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published “China Targets,” a 10-month, ...

Virtual idol created by the Communist Youth League. The anime-style idols Jiang Shanjiao (江山娇, "Lovable Country") and her "younger brother" Hong Qiman (红旗漫 "Fluttering Red Flag ...

Global tributes poured in following the death of Pope Francis on Monday, as world leaders and admirers of all faiths mourn a ...

Beijing hosted the world’s first half-marathon in which humans competed alongside humanoid robots. Among the 21 robots to compete, six completed the race, and the winning robot required several ...

In December 2023, we published a revised edition of the Lexicon as an eBook, which includes updated entries for 104 of the most salient terms we have collected over the past 20 years. Please ...

Reference to Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei (Ài Wèiwei 艾未未). The use of this code lead to the phrase "love the future" being blocked from Weibo search results around June-August 2011.

Zhong Nanshan (b. 1936) is a pulmonologist who gained international fame during the SARS outbreak in 2003. Zhong is one of the leading advisors in managing the COVID-19 pandemic. In September 2020 ...

Born on September 25, 1975, Ye Haiyan is a social worker and women's and gender rights activist. Also known as Hooligan Sparrow (流氓燕), Ye has since 2005 worked to raise awareness of the ...