Kristin Shi-Kupfer
@gusiting.bsky.social
China: society-digital-media / Christianity & Poetry & Piano / Professor for Contemporary China Studies at Trier University
Senior Associate Fellow at Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
Senior Associate Fellow at Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
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The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee concluded in Beijing on October 23. The session adopted the proposals for the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development, which immediately sparked widespread debate among Chinese netizens. (1/6)
November 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee concluded in Beijing on October 23. The session adopted the proposals for the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development, which immediately sparked widespread debate among Chinese netizens. (1/6)
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As part of its nuclear phase-out, Germany demolished two decommissioned nuclear plant cooling towers on October 25. （https://www.euronews.com/2025/10/25/germany-destroys-two-nuclear-plant-cooling-towers-as-part-of-nuclear-phaseout-plan）The move has garnered attention on Chinese social media. (1/6)
November 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
As part of its nuclear phase-out, Germany demolished two decommissioned nuclear plant cooling towers on October 25. （https://www.euronews.com/2025/10/25/germany-destroys-two-nuclear-plant-cooling-towers-as-part-of-nuclear-phaseout-plan）The move has garnered attention on Chinese social media. (1/6)
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AllAboutMacau (論盡媒體) announced that it will shut down December 20, 2025, after the government revoked its publishing license. Journalists have been barred from the Legislative Assembly since October 2024, with three facing criminal charges.
Independent Outlet Forced to Shut Down - Lingua Sinica
AllAboutMacau is shutting down after the government revoked its license, citing non-compliance with publication laws.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:07 AM
AllAboutMacau (論盡媒體) announced that it will shut down December 20, 2025, after the government revoked its publishing license. Journalists have been barred from the Legislative Assembly since October 2024, with three facing criminal charges.
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As part of his trip to Asia, President #Trump met with President #Xi on Thursday in South Korea. Trump’s visit has become a major topic on #ChineseSocialMedia and the meeting is now one of the most searched topics on #Baidu. 1/6
October 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
As part of his trip to Asia, President #Trump met with President #Xi on Thursday in South Korea. Trump’s visit has become a major topic on #ChineseSocialMedia and the meeting is now one of the most searched topics on #Baidu. 1/6
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Beyond the headlines, why did manufacturing move to East Asia, who are the workers, and what are the social costs? I'm so honored to have Anru Lee and Ya-Wen Lei on Ep.5 of 开门见山 | Gateway to Global China @madeinchinajournal.com to discuss gender, labor, and (de)industrialization in China and Taiwan:
Episode 5 | Labour and (De)Industrialisation in East Asia | Made in China Journal
Over the past few years, industrial policy and manufacturing capacity, especially in the high-tech sector, have been at the centre of great power rivalry between the United States and China. The White...
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October 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Beyond the headlines, why did manufacturing move to East Asia, who are the workers, and what are the social costs? I'm so honored to have Anru Lee and Ya-Wen Lei on Ep.5 of 开门见山 | Gateway to Global China @madeinchinajournal.com to discuss gender, labor, and (de)industrialization in China and Taiwan:
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das ist ja so wahnsinnig, das einmal so umfänglich aufgetischt zu kriegen
Diese Warnung ist unmissverständlich.
@francescabria.bsky.social & @josebautista.bsky.social haben das Vorgehen von US-Big-Tech kartografiert.
Ihre Fazit: Ein autoritäres Netzwerk ist auch hier dabei den Staat zu privatisieren.
Wir müssen #Palantir & Co den Stecker ziehen bevor es zu spät ist.
@francescabria.bsky.social & @josebautista.bsky.social haben das Vorgehen von US-Big-Tech kartografiert.
Ihre Fazit: Ein autoritäres Netzwerk ist auch hier dabei den Staat zu privatisieren.
Wir müssen #Palantir & Co den Stecker ziehen bevor es zu spät ist.
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
das ist ja so wahnsinnig, das einmal so umfänglich aufgetischt zu kriegen
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China Brief – Beijing’s War on 'Negative Energy’
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Beijing’s War on ‘Negative Energy’
Executive Summary: The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has launched a new “clean and bright” campaign that redefines online frustration over youth unemployment, gender conflict, and social an...
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November 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
China Brief – Beijing’s War on 'Negative Energy’
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More on the recent CAC campaign against "negative energy" online:
Translations: As CAC Tackles “Malicious” Negativity Online, Popular Influencers Zhang Xuefeng, Hu Chenfeng, Lan Zhanfei Hit With Bans
Amid a new two-month “Clear and Bright” campaign by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) to clean up internet content that “maliciously incites” polarization, pessimism, anxiety, and other neg...
chinadigitaltimes.net
November 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
More on the recent CAC campaign against "negative energy" online:
Very sober #Chinese readout of call between Wang Yi and #JohannWadephul. "Mutal respect" (相互尊重) as a description of the status quo. Interesting narratical linkage: CN has supported GER reunification->GER should support (and understand) CN's quest regarding #Taiwan
www.news.cn/politics/lea...
www.news.cn/politics/lea...
王毅应约同德国外长瓦德富尔通电话-新华网
王毅应约同德国外长瓦德富尔通电话-
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November 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Very sober #Chinese readout of call between Wang Yi and #JohannWadephul. "Mutal respect" (相互尊重) as a description of the status quo. Interesting narratical linkage: CN has supported GER reunification->GER should support (and understand) CN's quest regarding #Taiwan
www.news.cn/politics/lea...
www.news.cn/politics/lea...
Wow! "(...) Elhanan: Für uns ist Hoffnung eine moralische Verpflichtung. Wir zeigen, dass es selbst Menschen, die den höchsten vorstellbaren Preis gezahlt haben, möglich ist, eine neue Position zu beziehen." Das geht nah und macht Mut, danke @zeitonline.bsky.social www.zeit.de/familie/2025...
Rami Elhanan und Bassam Aramin: "Ich kann mir mein Leben nicht mehr ohne diesen Feind vorstellen"
Beide verloren ihre Tochter im Nahostkonflikt, der eine ist Israeli, der andere Palästinenser. Ihre unwahrscheinliche Freundschaft entstand aus überwältigendem Schmerz.
www.zeit.de
October 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Wow! "(...) Elhanan: Für uns ist Hoffnung eine moralische Verpflichtung. Wir zeigen, dass es selbst Menschen, die den höchsten vorstellbaren Preis gezahlt haben, möglich ist, eine neue Position zu beziehen." Das geht nah und macht Mut, danke @zeitonline.bsky.social www.zeit.de/familie/2025...
To my knowledge #religion is not often a topic of a CCP Politbureau study session. The official readout reinforces the necessity for religious circles to submit e.g. by having a - #CCP-defined -"#Chinese civilization-based identity 中华文化认同感" through "self-transformation". www.news.cn/politics/lea...
习近平在中共中央政治局第二十二次集体学习时强调 系统推进我国宗教中国化 积极引导宗教与社会主义社会相适应-新华网
习近平在中共中央政治局第二十二次集体学习时强调 系统推进我国宗教中国化 积极引导宗教与社会主义社会相适应-习近平强调，激发宗教界主动作为、自我变革，对推进我国宗教中国化至关重要。
www.news.cn
September 30, 2025 at 4:56 AM
To my knowledge #religion is not often a topic of a CCP Politbureau study session. The official readout reinforces the necessity for religious circles to submit e.g. by having a - #CCP-defined -"#Chinese civilization-based identity 中华文化认同感" through "self-transformation". www.news.cn/politics/lea...
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Made In Ethiopia is a film that lifts the curtain on China’s historic but misunderstood impact on Africa, and explores contemporary Ethiopia at a moment of profound crisis. Join us and @chinafile.bsky.social for a screening on October 6, followed by a Q&A with co-directors Xinyan Yu and Max Duncan.
September 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Made In Ethiopia is a film that lifts the curtain on China’s historic but misunderstood impact on Africa, and explores contemporary Ethiopia at a moment of profound crisis. Join us and @chinafile.bsky.social for a screening on October 6, followed by a Q&A with co-directors Xinyan Yu and Max Duncan.
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New review essay out in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social by @masonlwong.bsky.social on three books, one of them Honghong Tinn's Island Tinkerers: Innovation and Transformation in the Making of Taiwan’s Computing Industry lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
The Microchip Titans | Los Angeles Review of Books
Mason Wong reviews three books related to US-China tech industries and global competition.
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September 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
New review essay out in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social by @masonlwong.bsky.social on three books, one of them Honghong Tinn's Island Tinkerers: Innovation and Transformation in the Making of Taiwan’s Computing Industry lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
Wow. @chinaspektrum.bsky.social !
it's crazy. there's a wave of backlash against China's new K visa meant to attract STEM graduates on social media. why? the same thing everywhere, fear of immigration, more specifically racism against Indians. influencers push conspiracist misinfo that claims Indians are studying the visa and that
September 30, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Wow. @chinaspektrum.bsky.social !
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The latest decision by major Western countries to recognize #Palestine has attracted significant attention on the Chinese social media platform #Zhihu and in the online magazine #ThePaper 澎湃. 1/6
September 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The latest decision by major Western countries to recognize #Palestine has attracted significant attention on the Chinese social media platform #Zhihu and in the online magazine #ThePaper 澎湃. 1/6
Informative, komplexe und teils widersprüchliche Befunde - Ambivalenzen, die Menschen wohl ein Stück weit ausmachen - die aber auch signalisieren, dass man uns was zu-muten darf.
www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesel...
www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesel...
Worin sich die Deutschen einig sind
Ist Deutschland ein gespaltenes Land? Die Frage nach der Polarisierung sorgt regelmäßig für Debatten. Doch aktuelle Erhebungen zeigen: Bei vielen großen Themen sind sich die Deutschen erstaunlich eini...
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September 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Informative, komplexe und teils widersprüchliche Befunde - Ambivalenzen, die Menschen wohl ein Stück weit ausmachen - die aber auch signalisieren, dass man uns was zu-muten darf.
www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesel...
www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesel...
First #UNESCO International Institute for STEM #Education (IISTEM) established in Shanghai...hmm....#China's ambition for setting agendas, getting talents and recognition. No competing initiatives due to lack of money or low prioritization?
www.gov.cn/lianbo/bumen...
www.gov.cn/lianbo/bumen...
联合国教科文组织国际STEM教育研究所在上海成立_部门动态_中国政府网
教育部部长怀进鹏代表中国政府与联合国教科文组织总干事阿祖莱签署国际STEM教育研究所《所址协定》和《运行协定》。
www.gov.cn
September 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
First #UNESCO International Institute for STEM #Education (IISTEM) established in Shanghai...hmm....#China's ambition for setting agendas, getting talents and recognition. No competing initiatives due to lack of money or low prioritization?
www.gov.cn/lianbo/bumen...
www.gov.cn/lianbo/bumen...
Mainly tightening ideological/political control in the name of anti-corruption/commercialization...
"New regulations in #China target online #religious content"
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"New regulations in #China target online #religious content"
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New regulations in China target online religious content
China on Monday (Sept. 15) published regulations that forbid online religious content on unapproved platforms and use of the internet to instruct children or form youth groups, among other restriction...
www.christiandaily.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Mainly tightening ideological/political control in the name of anti-corruption/commercialization...
"New regulations in #China target online #religious content"
www.christiandaily.com/news/new-reg...
"New regulations in #China target online #religious content"
www.christiandaily.com/news/new-reg...
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On September 17, the #European Commission announced a proposal to suspend trade preferences with #Israel and sanction extremist ministers and violent settlers. The proposal is still pending approval by the Council. Chinese netizens have shared their comments on this matter. (1/6)
September 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Sehr hilfreich (für mich), danke @derlampenputzer.bsky.social . Auch ein weiterer Beleg dafür, dass online/offline "hybrid" ist und u.a. Abgrenzung und Ego-Stärkung ("Wir/Bewegungs"-Gefühl), Abstumpfung (virtueller /realer Schuss und Tod) schafft. Gerne mehr darüber-mir so unklar und umheimlich.
September 15, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Sehr hilfreich (für mich), danke @derlampenputzer.bsky.social . Auch ein weiterer Beleg dafür, dass online/offline "hybrid" ist und u.a. Abgrenzung und Ego-Stärkung ("Wir/Bewegungs"-Gefühl), Abstumpfung (virtueller /realer Schuss und Tod) schafft. Gerne mehr darüber-mir so unklar und umheimlich.
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“… people who organize strikes at the production plant so that tanks are never built, and people who convert weapons factories into spaces that nurture and sustain life.”
"Flesh and blood alone cannot halt the advance of iron and steel. To stop the tanks, we need people to place blocks on the road and throw sand into the gears." At @dissentmag.bsky.social, @yangyangcheng.bsky.social writes on authoritarianism and resistance.
To Outlive Tyranny - Dissent Magazine
Flesh and blood alone cannot halt the advance of iron and steel. To stop the tanks, we need people to place blocks on the road and throw sand into the gears.
www.dissentmagazine.org
September 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“… people who organize strikes at the production plant so that tanks are never built, and people who convert weapons factories into spaces that nurture and sustain life.”
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I spoke with @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social and @chinafile.bsky.social's Jessica Batke about their recent Locknet report, which provides a brilliant, concise, detailed but accessible overview of China's online censorship system.
Interview: Jessica Batke and Laura Edelson on China’s “Locknet”
"Just because there are gaps, that doesn't mean the system as a whole is not effective. The human psychological component to this is that for most people, most of the time, as long as it's inconvenient, that's enough."
"Just because there are gaps, that doesn't mean the system as a whole is not effective. The human psychological component to this is that for most people, most of the time, as long as it's inconvenient, that's enough."
Interview: Jessica Batke and Laura Edelson on China’s “Locknet”
In June, ChinaFile published a new report, "The Locknet: How China Controls Its Internet and Why It Matters"—the product of 18 months’ work by Jessica Batke, ChinaFile’s senior editor for investigatio...
chinadigitaltimes.net
September 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I spoke with @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social and @chinafile.bsky.social's Jessica Batke about their recent Locknet report, which provides a brilliant, concise, detailed but accessible overview of China's online censorship system.
#quantification #china #security Quantifiers for a “especially important online security issue” are interesting, e.g. (quick population stats needed...)
“(..) 3.影响一个或多个省级行政区50%以上人口，(...) 6.省级以上党政机关门户网站、中央重点新闻网站、，导致违法有害信息特大范围传播 (…)（2）通过社交平台转发10万次以上；（3）浏览或点击次数100万以上 (…)”
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“(..) 3.影响一个或多个省级行政区50%以上人口，(...) 6.省级以上党政机关门户网站、中央重点新闻网站、，导致违法有害信息特大范围传播 (…)（2）通过社交平台转发10万次以上；（3）浏览或点击次数100万以上 (…)”
www.news.cn/politics/202...
国家网络安全事件报告管理办法-新华网
国家网络安全事件报告管理办法-"3.其他对国家安全、社会秩序、经济建设和公众利益构成严重威胁、造成严重影响的网络安全事件。"
www.news.cn
September 15, 2025 at 3:34 AM
#quantification #china #security Quantifiers for a “especially important online security issue” are interesting, e.g. (quick population stats needed...)
“(..) 3.影响一个或多个省级行政区50%以上人口，(...) 6.省级以上党政机关门户网站、中央重点新闻网站、，导致违法有害信息特大范围传播 (…)（2）通过社交平台转发10万次以上；（3）浏览或点击次数100万以上 (…)”
www.news.cn/politics/202...
“(..) 3.影响一个或多个省级行政区50%以上人口，(...) 6.省级以上党政机关门户网站、中央重点新闻网站、，导致违法有害信息特大范围传播 (…)（2）通过社交平台转发10万次以上；（3）浏览或点击次数100万以上 (…)”
www.news.cn/politics/202...
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CDT Chinese "404 Censored Content Archive" (404文库):
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404文库
“中国数字时代404文库”是中国数字时代营运的一个被互联网审查屏蔽或删除（404 not found）的文章存档项目。
chinadigitaltimes.net
September 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
CDT Chinese "404 Censored Content Archive" (404文库):
chinadigitaltimes.net/chinese/cate...
chinadigitaltimes.net/chinese/cate...
Great piece describing the multi-faceted motives of the 润日 ("running to Japan") Chinese people. #china #japan #society
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How Tokyo became an unexpected haven for China’s middle class
An aspirational generation of Chinese arrivals is beginning to shape Japan’s demographic, social and perhaps even political destiny
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September 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Great piece describing the multi-faceted motives of the 润日 ("running to Japan") Chinese people. #china #japan #society
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on.ft.com/4moKkUp