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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Congress wants to ban TikTok for all the wrong reasons | Editorial

Editors March 19, 2024
There are definitely reasons to delete the TikTok app off your phone or call into question the company’s business practices, but Chinese collection of user data is not one of them.
Yvonne Tang | Senior Graphic Artist

A conversation on ‘One Child Nation’

Rachel Zhong April 13, 2023
"One Child Nation" is a documentary that follows the aftereffects of China's one-child policy that limited a family to have only one child.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Senior Graphic Artist

Unrest in China: Why the world should pay attention | Latest With Lin

Michael Lin December 6, 2022
China, in the past decade, has partnered its rapid economic growth with an equally rapid growing government surveillance apparatus.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Students should be careful of scams, but the administration should too

Editors September 21, 2021
As more students fall victim to scams, the administration should consider how some of these scams may fly under their radar.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Modern Toolbox: The Chinese government banned crypto mining, and that’s a good thing

Jaeyoung Choi September 15, 2021
China’s ban on crypto mining exposes a fatal flaw in Bitcoin and other proof-of-work-based cryptocurrencies.
Alexia Nizhny / DFP Staff

Gaming the System: The bias in reporting on China’s new gaming restrictions

Nick Speranza September 8, 2021
As much as I disagree with the new law, there is overwhelming bias in how Western media discusses China.
Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies hosted a virtual panel Friday in which professors discussed the impact of the U.S. presidential election on other countries. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

IR professors examine international impact of 2020 US presidential election

Rachel Do November 18, 2020
This year's election has fed much of American news coverage, but the race has also garnered attention far beyond U.S. borders.
Worldview: The incarceration of the Uighurs and Beijing’s pursuit of homogeneity

Worldview: The incarceration of the Uighurs and Beijing’s pursuit of homogeneity

David Damiano September 6, 2018

Under conventional thinking, one of the most remarkable aspects of China is its high level of homogeneity in spite of its vast territory and population. Out of China’s nearly 1.4 billion citizens, over...

Ai Weiwei. PHOTO COURTESY TED ALCORN

ICA hosts screening for Chinese political dissident Ai Weiwei

Shaney Sze February 20, 2018

He covered his office wall with the many names of Chinese children who lost their lives in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The 7.9 magnitude earthquake not only destroyed schools but also the people's’...

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