2024’s Most Notable Censored Articles and Essays (Part 2)
[China Digital Times] - 01/2/2025
As 2024 draws to a close, CDT editors are compiling a series of the most notable content (Chinese) from across the Chinese internet over the past year. Topics include this year’s most outstanding quotes, reports, podcasts and videos, sensitive words, censored articles and essays, “People of the (…)
In Chinese newspapers
Bezos’s Blue Origin poised for first orbital launch in days
The Amazon founder is hoping his new rocket will ignite a fresh challenge to Musk’s SpaceX dominance.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
CES 2025: big names absent as Chinese companies return to Las Vegas amid US tech tension
While Chinese companies comprise over a quarter of registered exhibitors, many tech giants are notably absent.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
US military’s Pacific strategy shifts to survival mode as China gains strength
In the Philippines, Australia and across the Pacific, US defence strategy is pivoting from supremacy to a ‘scatter (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Crimean officials declare emergency as oil spill reaches Sevastopol
Russian-appointed officials in Crimea announced an emergency on Saturday, as oil was detected on the shores of the (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 4/01/2025
‘Degree worship’: China middle school sparks debate with elitist hiring policy
Suzhou Middle School provoked backlash after announcing that 10 of its 13 new hires had graduated from elite (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Hong Kong’s Paul Chan warns against making firms cover HK$2 fare scheme
Finance chief also say authorities are still conducting review of concessionary fare scheme for elderly, disabled (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 4/01/2025
Biden administration notifies Congress of planned US$8 billion weapons sale to Israel
Package would add to at least US$17.9 billion in military aid the US has provided Israel since Hamas attacks in 2023 (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 4/01/2025
Prince William ‘saddened’ at death of former nanny’s stepson in New Orleans truck attack
Edward Pettifer was stepson of Tiggy Legge-Bourke, nanny to William and Harry. Pettifer is final victim to be (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 4/01/2025
Filmmaker Jeff Baena, Aubrey Plaza’s husband, found dead at Los Angeles home
The circumstances of Baena’s death remain unclear, according to investigators.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Shock and gore: why Indian street plays resort to the outrageous and grotesque
Street theatre in India has had to adapt to the digital age and ideological threats to stay relevant amid a changing (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
US approves Idaho antimony mine a month after China blocked exports of vital mineral
Perpetua’s Stibnite project is expected to meet over a third of US demand for the metal, which is vital for making (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025