Yi-Ling Liu

Yi-Ling Liu, author and researcher of the Chinese internet, explores how users navigate freedom and censorship behind the Great Firewall. She discusses the origins of internet utopianism, grassroots communities and coded evasion tactics. Conversations cover moderation labor, online nationalism, cross-border social media exchanges, and why technological centralization pushed both US and Chinese internets toward similar tribal outcomes.

Yi-Ling Liu, journalist and author of The Wall Dancers, maps Chinese online life through vivid personal stories. She explores the metaphor of “dancing in shackles,” early netizen optimism, hip hop and sci‑fi’s rise and co‑optation, feminist activism and crackdowns, and how censorship and moderation became human and industrial. Short scenes show creativity and constraint colliding in China’s digital sphere.

Yi-Ling Liu, writer on tech and censorship in China and author of The Wall Dancers, explains how China’s Great Firewall shapes everyday online life. She recounts creative workarounds by Chinese internet users, the rise and fall of queer platforms like Blued, and what American netizens should learn from another internet ecosystem. Short, surprising, and sharply observed.

Yi-Ling Liu, author and journalist who covers technology and the Chinese internet, discusses creators and platforms that shaped early online life in China. Short scenes cover queer apps like Blued, hip hop and artistic communities, the shift from porous openness to tightened controls, and the ramifications of AI and regulation. The conversation traces hopes, constraints, and why the internet alone did not guarantee freedom.

Yi-Ling Liu, author and journalist who writes on technology and Chinese society, traces the rise and tightening of China’s internet. Short scenes profile creators, censorship workers, and subcultures. She maps key turning points, the dance between entrepreneurs and regulators, and how AI and policy shape what comes next.