Decoding CCP

An online guide to unpacking Chinese Communist Party propaganda. Beta-version now available.

[Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy @tchrd_]

TCHRD's statement on the 28th anniversary of the arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance of the 11th #PanchenLama sheds light on the lack of legitimacy for #China's repressive policies and campaigns in #Tibet https://t.co/Ufn7rvitbA

[Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy @tchrd_]

Empower yourself against fake news with 'The #fakenews cooking show' by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy. Join us as we uncover the five everyday ingredients behind disinformation, scams, and unverified Whatsapp forwards.

https://t.co/kI54Jz0DFk

[Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy @tchrd_]

The China Digital Times reported that a new term “humineral” (人矿 rén kuàng) went viral on the Chinese internet and is now subjected to censorship. It is a person who is “exploited by society until they are eventually discarded on the refuse pile.”

https://t.co/ehKjYet16Z

[Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy @tchrd_]

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[Decoding CCP @decodingccp]

རྒྱ་ནག་དམར་ཤོག་ཚོགས་པའི་བརྡ་དོན་གནད་འགྲེལ་བྱས་པའི་དྲ་ཚིགས་སྐོར་བཅར་འདྲིhttps://t.co/CLMSpI4PGr

[Decoding CCP @decodingccp]

Soviet Jokes on Epidemic Prevention with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era https://t.co/qJP9mbSrp3

[Decoding CCP @decodingccp]

"Please line up,, be patient and keep smiling"

[Decoding CCP @decodingccp]

Some slogans have been blaring nonstop for 24 hours from loudspeakers in Chinese cities under the pandemic lockdown.
To find out what the slogans are and what they mean, click on the link

https://t.co/FC2eX9K1UN https://t.co/qY84mnyHP4

[Decoding CCP @decodingccp]

How To Become "A New Man of Our Generation":
时代新人 shídài xīnrén

The CCP urges young men to undergo a "self-revolution" and align themselves ever more precisely with the self of Xi Jinping.

Mould yourself anew:
https://t.co/bJx80KxtWP

#decodingccp #ANewManofOurGeneration

[Decoding CCP @decodingccp]

In its quest to appeal to universal audiences, China generated a new slogan in 2022: Global Security Initiative...Because who in their right mind opposes security?

But what does this vague formulation mean?
Read on.
https://t.co/QE5n7p3yVO
#decodingccp #globalsecurityintiative

[Decoding CCP @decodingccp]

Spiritual Americans:
A term of abuse directed at Chinese who persist in liking America.

Read up on our latest decoded #CCP term here: https://t.co/XTJSvFYSx1

#decodingccp

[Decoding CCP @decodingccp]

How does the CCP define the US's strategy?

Through the lens of the Long March, from nearly 100 years ago.

Read our latest propaganda decoding on The Great Encirclement Campaign (大围剿 dà wéijiǎo):
https://t.co/LhmlkZYwkY

[Decoding CCP @decodingccp]

#Beijing2022 has welcomed athletes from 80+ countries to compete, so long as they play nice.
Yang Shu – DEPDIR of int. relations for the Beijing organizing committee – said speech against the #Olympic spirit or Chinese laws would be "subject to certain punishment".

[The Olympic Games™ @Olympics]

We are always #StrongerTogether.

The 91 placards of the different nations come together to form a beautiful snowflake. ❄️

#OpeningCeremony | #Beijing2022

[Decoding CCP @decodingccp]

In case it wasn't already obvious, sports diplomacy is at the forefront of China’s quest for comprehensive national power. #Beijing2022 #DecodeCCP

[Exploring Tianjin @ExploringTJ]

#ExploringTianjin #ExploringWinterOlympics The volunteers of "Snow Ruyi" National Ski Jumping Center performed the gesture dance ‘Together to the Future’. Check it out and feel the breath of youth.

[Decoding CCP @decodingccp]

Wondering why #China spent millions on a sceptre-shaped ski jump (the #SnowRuyi)?

Leap into #decodingccp 's deep analysis of #Beijing2022 and the #PRC's explicit use of symbols during the games.
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https://t.co/uvY8rSxnPI
@Reuters @washingtonpost

[Beijing 2022 @Beijing2022]

⛷️✨#SkiJumping is a key fixture of the Winter #Olympics. 5️⃣ Ski Jumping events will be held at the National Ski Jumping Centre (Snow Ruyi) in #Zhangjiakou during #Beijing2022. Let's get ready to cheer for all of the athletes! 🎉❄

[Mandie McKeown @MandieTibetNet]

Nothing suspicious here at all..... just hours before our #Beijing2022 Alternative Opening Ceremony streams.....!

#Resistance #NoBeijing2022 #Olympics2022 #Olympics #WeRise

[Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy @tchrd_]

Sports diplomacy is the forefront of China’s quest for “comprehensive national power.”
https://t.co/zQxEJccfVi @decodingccp

[Teng Biao @tengbiao]

Congrats! @SafeguardDefend 's Peter Dahlin @Peterinexile wins 2021 #MagntiskyAward for his amazing campaign and research to expose, counter #China's use of forced TV confessions, as well as torture, enforced disappearance, and arbitrary detentions.
Happily working with SD.

[Decoding CCP @decodingccp]

"Therefore, the only correct path is turning to top-level initiative, as well as legal and institutional guarantees"

A favorite term among central planners, China is now using "top-level design" in conversations about feminism.
https://t.co/yThGdVPEwQ

@globaltimesnews @hrichina

[Decoding CCP @decodingccp]

帝国 di guo, Empire:

A term China dismisses as irrelevant to contemporary reality and even its past dynasties.

https://t.co/ge4WTdR9hv
@ipacglobal @hk_watch @hkdc_us @hkfp

[Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) @ipacglobal]

Today's Hong Kong #LegCo elections mark a sobering milestone in the dismantling of Hong Kong's democracy.

These sham elections show the fear and contempt with which the CCP views its critics.

Our governments must hold the PRC accountable for its violations of international law.