China Digital Times (CDT) has named silenced livestreamer Hu Chenfeng as their 2025 Person of the Year. This selection highlights the challenges faced by independent voices in China. The announcement forms part of CDT's year-end roundup series.
China Digital Times (CDT) published its 2025 year-end roundup series on January 15, 2026, including the selection of silenced livestreamer Hu Chenfeng as Person of the Year. The organization is a non-profit media site focused on providing translations, breaking news, and other content.
The series also features editors' picks and a CDTV video compilation, published on January 15 and January 16, 2026, respectively. These articles reference various topics, such as FP China Brief on a bad week for Washington's China hawks, CNN on China's intensified censorship and surveillance via AI, and NED naming CDT as 2025 Democracy Award honoree.
Other mentions include Beijing's war on 'negative energy' and China Media Project on the Hubei hit-and-run escaping headlines. CDT urges reader support for its work and promotes the Firefly tool for circumvention.
This series summarizes CDT's view of the 2025 Chinese digital landscape, emphasizing censorship and democracy issues.
