Translator of Chinese film, fiction, non-fiction, poetryhttps://bsky.app/profile/cindycarter.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cindycarter.bsky.social/post/3mkrcj6tbsc2fInsightful interview with rural-welfare activist Zhou Jian: "Legally speaking, farmers don’t actually own their land. They have no say in cases of land expropriation; they can’t borrow a cent using the land as collateral. You’re using a bowl passed to you by others, which can’t be passed on." [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 04:36 +0000at://did:plc:v5rwtpstry7so6dotlnx2lcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrcj6tbsc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cindycarter.bsky.social/post/3mkrd5ryp2k2fWidespread mockery of the MSS broadside against slackerism. Here's one: "I suspect my boss is a 'hostile foreign force,' because we work ourselves to death every day, but we’re still broke. Clearly, our spymaster boss is using this tactic to incite employees to slack off, the diabolical fiend." [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 04:47 +0000at://did:plc:v5rwtpstry7so6dotlnx2lcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrd5ryp2k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cindycarter.bsky.social/post/3mkrcj6tbsc2fInsightful interview with rural-welfare activist Zhou Jian: "Legally speaking, farmers don’t actually own their land. They have no say in cases of land expropriation; they can’t borrow a cent using the land as collateral. You’re using a bowl passed to you by others, which can’t be passed on." [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 04:36 +0000at://did:plc:v5rwtpstry7so6dotlnx2lcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrcj6tbsc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cindycarter.bsky.social/post/3mk7z7n6acs24My colleague @samuelwa.de nailed the scare quotes in this Nat'l Defense Times piece: "Illegal 'wall-scaling' is subject to punishment [...], a black mark that may even exact a toll on your children’s lives, affecting their eligibility to enlist in the army or qualify for the civil service exam." [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 07:34 +0000at://did:plc:v5rwtpstry7so6dotlnx2lcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk7z7n6acs24https://bsky.app/profile/cindycarter.bsky.social/post/3mgt3iy2lec2aAi Daxun on her WeChat account ban: "My concerns weren’t unfounded. Last year just before Women’s Day, I tried to organize an offline book-club meeting in Guangdong, but just two nights before the event, it got canceled. I haven’t tried to organize any offline events since then." [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Mar 2026 23:55 +0000at://did:plc:v5rwtpstry7so6dotlnx2lcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgt3iy2lec2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cindycarter.bsky.social/post/3mbxgnjvgks24This roundup of 2025's most sensitive words (courtesy of CDT Chinese editors and @samuelwa.de) includes some new and increasingly abstruse Xi Jinping nicknames: i in ing, 123, 羽哥, 长生不老, 150岁, 新加坡, and more. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jan 2026 02:19 +0000at://did:plc:v5rwtpstry7so6dotlnx2lcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbxgnjvgks24https://bsky.app/profile/cindycarter.bsky.social/post/3m7bluadzmk2hFrom WeChat account Mulan’s Worldview: “The tourism industry in China is a chamberpot [...], picked up when needed, and cast aside when it is not. When it is needed to burnish political achievements, tourism is treated as a key driver of GDP growth, but at other times, it becomes a disposable tool." https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2025/12/netizen-voices-as-sino-japanese-tensions-rise-tourism-is-treated-like-a-chamberpot-a-disposable-tool/05 Dec 2025 23:03 +0000at://did:plc:v5rwtpstry7so6dotlnx2lcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7bluadzmk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/cindycarter.bsky.social/post/3m6zphm5sqk2x"When major accidents like this have happened in the past, we’ve always heard: 'Now is the time for all-out rescue efforts. Please don’t analyze causes, assign blame, or speculate about the disaster.' Those who did these things were accused of hindering the response, or harboring ulterior motives." [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Dec 2025 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:v5rwtpstry7so6dotlnx2lcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6zphm5sqk2x