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What makes China’s shifting strategy on Xinjiang information management unique is that in addition to traditional approach to censorship, there seems to be a shift to fill the censored silence with noise.

Insights from Sarah Cook.

Its networks are resisting takedown efforts and gaining traction among real users.

Starting next week, China’s government will require bloggers to be approved to write on a wide range of topics, including economics, education, health, and foreign affairs.

Thousands of Chinese had flocked to the app, which allowed unfettered discussion with people abroad about democracy, Taiwan, and other sensitive topics.

On the battlefields of social media, conflicts between citizens of China and South Korea are increasingly common.

Chinese social media is abuzz with a debate on whether Trump’s diagnosis should elicit sympathy or satisfaction.

As Chinese social media users probe the conflict with India, the Chinese government keeps a tight lock on information.

Other countries need to take hyper-nationalistic rhetoric seriously, as it is both a top-down and bottom-up phenomenon.  

Hyper-nationalist online attacks, like the campaign against Fang Fang, have disturbing parallels to the Mao era.

From #MilkTeaAlliance to #StopMekongDam, can an internet meme war translate into real-world action?