{"id":696495,"date":"2023-12-28T11:09:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T19:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=696495"},"modified":"2023-12-29T16:25:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T00:25:31","slug":"lexicon-20th-anniversary-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2023\/12\/lexicon-20th-anniversary-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"New eBook: China Digital Times Lexicon, 20th Anniversary Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

On September 12, 2003, John Battelle<\/a> published the first post on chinadigitaltimes.net<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what a Google Search on \u201cchina weblog\u201d<\/a> yields, I\u2019m looking forward to seeing ours at the top soon!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

China\u2019s online population at the start of that year was nearly 60 million<\/a>. Ten years later, it was fast approaching 600 million<\/a>, and now, after 20, it is well over a billion. This new completely revised and hugely expanded update to our ebook series, formerly known as \u201cthe Grass Mud Horse Lexicon,\u201d aims to capture something of the enormous explosion of online speech that accompanied this growth, with a particular focus on efforts by authorities to tame it, and by others to push back. It contains 104 of the terms that have resonated most strongly in this arena, from official slogans and their irreverent appropriations to protest cries and nationalist accusations.<\/p>\n

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The CDT Lexicon is available in PDF format on a \u201cpay what you want\u201d basis, with a US$5 minimum. We are grateful for all donations, which help support our work.<\/p>\n

Download PDF:<\/p>\n

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