Farewell Letters: A Tribute to the Civil Society Groups, Bloggers, and Media Outlets We Lost in 2021
CDT Editor's Note: As we enter 2022, CDT has compiled a special series of features for our readers, offering a look back at the people, events, controversies, memes and sensitive words that defined the past year. Some of this...
Is Getting Rich Still Glorious? Xi Targets Wealth Inequality
A recent high-level Party meeting in Beijing has called for the more equitable distribution of wealth in Chinese society, possibly portending significant changes to the country's economic and social systems. According to most...
Minitrue Diary, January 10 2020: GDP Revisions, Girls' Education Charity Scandal, Trade Deal, Economic Census
CDT has recently acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of this year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020,...
A Decade Later, Wenchuan Parents Still Seek Answers
On May 12, 2008, a devastating 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit Wenchuan, Sichuan and the surrounding...
"Low-end Population": The Building Blocks of Society
A crackdown on unsafe dwellings following a fire that killed 19 in a textile manufacturing...
Police Calls Rally for Self-Proclaimed Charity 'Illegal'
Hundreds of investors gathered in Beijing on Monday to protest the government's...
Ministry of Public Security on Foreign NGO Law
In April, the National People's Congress passed the Foreign NGO Management Law, which aims...
Peter Dahlin's Detention and the Future of NGOs in China
On Sunday, The New York Times published an interview with Peter Dahlin, the Swedish legal NGO head...
Navigating China's New Era of Civil Society Regulation
This year has already seen the passage of new laws governing domestic charities and foreign NGOs....
Minitrue: Delete Story on Earthquake Donations
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
The Good and Bad of China's New Charity Law
Lawmakers approved a new charity law on March 16, the closing day of China's top national...
Charity Law to Ban Activity That "Endangers Security"
Reuter's Megha Rajagopalan reports that China's top legislative body is in the process of...
Report: 90% of Charities Fail Transparency Test
Charity donations have lagged behind the overall accumulation of wealth in China, in no small part...
Saying of the Week: Donate My A**
捐你妹 (juān nǐ mèi): donate my ass Literally "donate your sister." After record rains hit Beijing in...
Minitrue: Cool Down on Guo Meimei
Foreign NGO For Migrant Children Thrives in China
Following a pair of recent articles on China's cautious accommodation of independent...
Jack Ma Tries to Spark New Era of Charity
Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, is creating "one of Asia's largest philanthropic...
Bill Gates To Wealthy Chinese: Donate More
At the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) in Hainan on Sunday, Microsoft founder Bill Gates argued that...