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Yesterday — 8 October 2025Main stream

China Punishes ‘Excessively Pessimistic’ Social Media Users

By: Lily Kuo
8 October 2025 at 21:25
As China struggles with economic discontent, internet censors are silencing those who voice doubts about work or marriage, or simply sigh too loudly online.

© Qilai Shen for The New York Times

Chinese censors are going after content that “excessively exaggerates negative and pessimistic sentiment” or promotes “defeatist narratives like ‘hard work is useless.’”

China Punishes ‘Excessively Pessimistic’ Social Media Users

By: Lily Kuo
8 October 2025 at 21:12
As China struggles with economic discontent, internet censors are silencing those who voice doubts about work or marriage, or simply sigh too loudly online.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Tess Johnston, Diplomat Who Helped Preserve ‘Old Shanghai,’ Dies at 93

25 September 2025 at 00:57
She worked in American consulates around the world but found a home in China’s “Paris of the East,” where she documented a vanishing colonial architecture.

In Tariff Standoff With Trump, China Boycotts American Soybeans

4 September 2025 at 17:21
U.S. farmers need to sell their incoming crop, and China needs to buy it in case its main alternative, Brazil, has a flood or drought. But their trade war prevents a deal.

China’s Latest Missiles, Drones and Submarines, Up Close

4 September 2025 at 22:45
At its military parade on Wednesday, China showcased hypersonic missiles to sink ships, drones that serve as wingmen and nuclear-capable ballistic missiles that can strike the continental United States.

Why Does Xi Keep Purging Loyalists? Look to Stalin and Mao for the Answer.

By: Li Yuan
20 August 2025 at 12:00
China’s “bedside eavesdroppers,” the online posse parsing rumors for power shifts, have a lot to work with as Xi Jinping pushes aside his own political appointees.

Trump Is Pushing India Back Toward China

18 August 2025 at 12:01
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been moving to align India with the United States and freeze out China. Now, efforts to rebuild ties between the Asian giants are gaining momentum.
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