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  Translation: Censored Commentary on Beijing’s Drone Storage Ban "The logic behind this new rule is to move the security perimeter from the sky right down to the level of equipment possession." https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/09/translation-censored-commentary-on-beijings-drone-storage-ban/

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  The Irrawaddy – Guangxi’s Deadly Floods and China’s Propaganda Crisis https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/guangxis-deadly-floods-and-chinas-propaganda-crisis.html

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  Photo: Mini fire station, by QuantFoto https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/09/photo-mini-fire-station-by-quantfoto/

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  Translation: “AI Has Determined That My Press Card Is a Fake” "AI hallucinations are nothing new, but this was the first time an AI’s error in judgment had a real, negative impact on my work." https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/08/translation-ai-has-determined-that-my-press-card-is-a-fake/

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  Freedom House – TNR Watch: Cyberattacks as a Tactic of Digital Transnational Repression https://freedomhouse.org/article/tnr-watch-cyberattacks-tactic-digital-transnational-repression

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  CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for June 2026 Tiananmen anniversary; animal torture protests; the growth of "flexible employment"; "siphon-style enforcement"; and the state of Chinese soccer https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/07/cdts-404-deleted-content-archive-summary-for-june-2026/

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  Translation: No Scaling the Great Firewall in the Library "It has so far been verified that the telephone numbers of those involved include: 155XXXX9172; 197XXXX2090; and 155XXXX7044." https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/07/translation-no-scaling-the-great-firewall-in-the-library/

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  CDT Quote of the Week: https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/07/translations-on-foreign-and-domestic-media-and-man-made-problems-lurking-behind-natural-disasters/

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  Translations: "Sometimes Forgetting Is as Terrible as the Disaster." Censored Reflections on the Deadly Zhengzhou Floods, Five Years On "Forgetting often means that an essentially identical man-made disaster occurs again; that an accident investigation report that came close to the truth becomes just a blank piece of paper." https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/07/translations-sometimes-forgetting-is-as-terrible-as-the-disaster-censored-reflections-on-the-deadly-zhengzhou-flo...

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  Translations: On Foreign and Domestic Media and "Man-Made Problems Lurking Behind Natural Disasters" "All of this ought to be common sense by now. But here we are in 2026, and we’re having to reiterate it yet again, which is truly lamentable." https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/07/translations-on-foreign-and-domestic-media-and-man-made-problems-lurking-behind-natural-disasters/

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  Amid Hong Kong Book Fair, Police Raid Two More Independent Bookstores, Arrest Five Booksellers "A woman with her hands cuffed behind her back, wearing a t-shirt declaring 'I am a bookstore clerk,' held her head high as she was escorted into a police car." https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/07/amid-hong-kong-book-fair-police-raid-two-more-independent-bookstores-arrest-five-booksellers/

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  Translation: Euphemism and Censorship Surround Guangxi Flooding, Dam Breach News "'A gap appeared' isn’t my personal phrasing; it’s the term used by every [Chinese] media outlet in all subsequent reporting on the dam breach." https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/07/translation-euphemism-and-censorship-surround-guangxi-flooding-dam-breach-news/

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  CDT Quote of the Week: https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/07/translation-how-do-these-comments-break-the-rules/

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  Minitrue: 718 Leaked Directives from Video Platform LeTV "Selections illustrating key themes, from Xi Jinping to celebrities and foreign affairs to protests at home, are translated below." https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/07/minitrue-718-leaked-directives-from-video-platform-letv/

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  Translation: "How Do These Comments Break the Rules?" "What makes me emo is this sense of powerlessness to know what breaks the rules … Censor all you want; I'll keep writing." https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/07/translation-how-do-these-comments-break-the-rules/

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  Cloudflare – 2026 Cloudflare report on cyberattacks against civil society https://cf-assets.www.cloudflare.com/dzlvafdwdttg/5YmIHaAURvy8ZKjJ1CcQo6/1335a737054c44915ace715348e62697/BDES-9187_Cyberattacks_against_civil_society_Project_Galileo_Anniversary_Report.pdf

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  CDT Quote of the Week: https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/06/translation-religion-and-red-lines-in-chinese-online-literature/

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  Translation: How Tolerant is China's Internet? "Those who teach you to glorify suffering are the very ones who caused it. The powerful never complain that life is unfair, because they created that unfairness." https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/06/translation-how-tolerant-is-chinas-internet/

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  Translation: Religion and Red Lines in Chinese Online Literature "Webnovel moderation keeps getting stricter. Don’t gamble on 'artistic license' allowing you to cross religious red lines." https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/06/translation-religion-and-red-lines-in-chinese-online-literature/

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  Translations: As Evergrande’s Xu Jiayin Pleads Guilty, “Behind the Scenes Are Too Many Uncomfortable Truths That Can Never Be Fully Examined” "The many others who gorged themselves at Evergrande's trough will be let off lightly. After all, they were merely accessories [to Xu’s crimes], and thanks to friends in very high places, they are untouchable." https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/04/translations-as-evergrandes-xu-jiayin-pleads-guilty-behind-the-scenes-are-too-many...

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  Documents Raise Fear of Further Crackdown on Great Firewall Circumvention Tools https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/04/documents-raise-fear-of-further-crackdown-on-great-firewall-circumvention-tools/

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  CDT Quote of the Week: https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/02/translation-after-chinas-spring-festival-gala-the-humans-are-worse-off-than-the-robots/