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"For the sixth consecutive year, not one digital platform earned a passing grade in our ranking," Ranking Digital Rights said in their 2022 #BigTech Scorecard. If we're to face the rise of authoritarianism around the globe, substantial change is needed. Read more: rankingdigitalrights.org/index2022

Analysis: Record numbers of Chinese graduates enter worst job market in decades reuters.com/world/china/re…

Putin's war is a war against Ukrainian culture. This is a brilliant description of the damage that has been done, and of how the country fights back nytimes.com/2022/07/15/art…

How the Russian Media Spread False Claims About Ukrainian Nazis nytimes.com/interactive/20…

How China Divides the Left: Competing Transnational Left-Wing Alternative Media on Twitter | Article | Media and Communication cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommun…

Summer readings on China and Russia, recommended: Mirrorlands global.oup.com/academic/produ…

"In the shadows, resentment among CCP elites is rising." A must-read from someone who knows China's system from the inside like few others. foreignaffairs.com/china/xi-jinpi…

Happy Monday! If you haven’t taken a look yet, make sure to check out our new report - Beijing’s Global Media Influence Report: Authoritarian Expansion and the Power of Democratic Resilience. Includes key global trends and 30 country case studies. freedomhouse.org/report/beijing…

We are really excited to announce that we are recruiting a tenure track position in Contemporary Korean Society here at @AsianStudiesLund. Please help spread the word! ace.lu.se/article/tenure…

Love this, if true: “Indeed, a story making the rounds in Beijing is that many Chinese have begun using ChatGPT to do their ideology homework for the local Communist Party cell, so they don’t have to waste time on it.” nytimes.com/2023/04/14/opi…

More to read: Ian Johnson ian-johnson.com/coming-sept-20…

A new development to follow-up on in the area of ideological and political education. Legislating Love for the Ruling Party - China Media Project chinamediaproject.org/2023/06/30/leg…

A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogul nytimes.com/2023/08/05/wor…

The Art of Telling Forbidden Stories in China nytimes.com/2023/08/03/mag…