Target location: China

2021: An investigative report exposes the deeply entrenched corruption structure among local officials in China.

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In China, the scandal of Gucheng Coalfield mining rights sets a new record for the official and coal corruption, involving multiple officials at departmental level and above. A shell company that was known to no one acquired a coalfield’s exploration rights valued over RMB 100 billion with forged materials, which then were taken over by … 2021: An investigative report exposes the deeply entrenched corruption structure among local officials in China.

China Unofficial Archives

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China Unofficial Archives is a bilingual (English and Simplified Chinese) website dedicated to making accessible the key documents, films, blogs, and publications of a movement of Chinese people seeking to reclaim their country’s history. Unlike official government or university archives, the China Unofficial Archives is open, free, and accessible to anyone from any walk of … China Unofficial Archives

Jia Mei Finance

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Jia Mei Finance is a Chinese-language political, economic, and business media platform, launched in 2020. It focuses on wealth, technology, entrepreneurship, culture, and science, and provides global Chinese audiences with news coverage and analysis sourced from domestic and international mainstream media. Here is their BlueSky page.

Banned Books

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Banned Books is an independent, U.S.-based Chinese-language digital media outlet launched in 2011, which focuses on political news, human rights issues, cultural commentary, and content censored in mainland China. Here is their Facebook page.

Tian Jian

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Tian Jian is the Chinese-language sister publication of the China Media Project, focusing on global Sinophone media and journalism issues. Published weekly on Tuesdays and free to access, it features interviews, special reports, and newsletters that explore challenges facing the media industry, fostering dialogue and collaboration to strengthen media development.

Border Eyes

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Border Eyes is a Chinese-language platform launched in 2024 by Taiwanese journalist Will Yang and a group of exiled Burmese reporters, who saw a gap in Mandarin-language coverage of Myanmar. The platform publishes in-depth reports on Myanmar-related issues that are often ignored by mainstream Chinese-language media. Here is their Facebook page.

RFA Asia Fact-Check Lab

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Radio Free Asia (RFA)’s Asia Fact Check Lab is an initiative launched by RFA in 2022 that aims at countering misinformation and disinformation related to China and picking apart false narratives seeded by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It features daily fact‑check reports, media‑watch articles, and in‑depth investigations. Due to cuts in its funding by … RFA Asia Fact-Check Lab

Vision Times

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Vision Times is an independent U.S.-based Chinese-language weekly launched in 2001 that provides in-depth news and analysis on mainland China, Hong Kong, the United States and Taiwan, with a strong focus on Chinese society, politics, culture and history. Available in Chinese, English, Spanish, Japanese, French, and Vietnamese, it aims to inform the world about China’s … Vision Times

The Wire China

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The Wire China is an independent U.S.-based, English-language digital magazine launched in 2020, which focuses on China’s economic rise and its global impact—covering business, finance, technology, and geopolitics. It features weekly in-depth reports, data-driven investigations, and detailed interviews with experts and policymakers. Here is their Youtube channel.

Zhong Xun

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Zhongxun is a Chinese-language blog platform that provides commentary and analysis on political, cultural, human rights and social issues within China. It aims to offer insights and perspectives that may not be widely reported in mainstream media.

Yesterday

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This Youtube channel is ran by Chinese citizen-journalist Lu Yuyu, who posts recordings and updates of protests in China.

Women 我們

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This Substack channel, mostly in (simplified) Chinese, features articles and stories about contemporary history, political and social issues in China, and discusses topics such as feminism, environmental issues and human rights. It promotes a censor-free China.

Unknown Little Thunder

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This YouTube channel in Chinese is from an American woman discussing current affairs on China, US-China relations and American culture. They support “the liberation of Hong Kong and Taiwan, Xinjiang and Tibet.”

Southern Weekly

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Southern Weekly, founded in 1984, is also part of the Nanfang Media Group and was before Xi’s era one of China’s most liberal and outspoken media outlets, known for publishing investigations exposing government wrongdoing and annual editorials advocating for constitutional reform despite censorship and government pressure.

Southern Metropolis Daily

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Southern Metropolis Daily, created in 1997, is part of the Nanfang Media Group and is known as one of the few independent, critical newspapers remaining in operation in China. Thanks to its many investigative reports on political and social issues, it has won multiple awards such as the World Press Freedom Prize in 2005.