Zhifan Luo – The Conversation

Online social networks and communities can participate in their own self-censorship. (Shutterstock)

November 6, 2022

Online fan communities in China carry out their own form of self‑censorship

Zhifan Luo, Concordia University and Muyang Li, York University, Canada

Members of fan communities in China participate in online activities under Chinese surveillance, but some group members are able to leverage censorship to their own ends.

A woman with hair dyed bright red wears a mask as she uses her phone in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

March 30, 2022

Online posts may not reflect Chinese opinion when it comes to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Zhifan Luo, McMaster University and Muyang Li, York University, Canada

In China, social media is being censored to reflect pro-Russian sentiment, making it impossible to gauge public opinion of Chinese people on the Russian invasion.

People take part in a rally against hate and confront the rising violence against Asian Americans at Columbus Park in New York, on March 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

April 15, 2021

As Asian Canadian scholars, we must #StopAsianHate by fighting all forms of racism

Cary Wu, York University, Canada; Abidin Kusno, York University, Canada; Ann H. Kim, York University, Canada; Carol Liao; Dennis Kao, Carleton University; Guida Man, York University, Canada; Hae Yeon Choo, University of Toronto; Jing Zhao, University of British Columbia; Min Zhou, University of Victoria; Muyang Li, York University, Canada; S. Harris Ali, York University, Canada; Sibo Chen, Toronto Metropolitan University; Sida Liu, University of Toronto; Weiguo Zhang, University of Toronto, and Zhifan Luo, McMaster University

Fifteen Asian academics discuss the roots of anti-Asian racism and limits of multiculturalism in Canada while charting a path forward.

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