Staff at Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper stick protest slogans to the walls after the sacking of a senior editor, April 20, 2016. Photo courtesy of the Ming Pao staff association.
The sudden sacking of a senior editor at Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper after the paper ran a front-page expose of local figures based on the Panama Papers sent shockwaves through the city’s media industry on Wednesday. Continue reading
Firing of Top Hong Kong Editor After Panama Report Rattles City’s Media已关闭评论
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Tagged dismissal, editor, Henry Tang, Hong Kong, Keung Kwok-yuen, Li Ka-shing, Ming Pao, Panama Papers
Guangzhou human rights lawyer Ge Yongxi is shown in an undated file photo. Photo courtesy of fellow rights lawyers
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong detained and questioned a prominent rights lawyer for several hours on Friday after he reposted a satirical image of China’s president, linking him to the Panama Papers. Continue reading
China Questions Rights Lawyer Who Retweeted Panama Papers Joke已关闭评论
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Tagged censorship, Ge Yongxi, Guangdong, Panama Papers
By Tom Phillips
Friday 15 April 2016 07.39 BST
Ge Yongxi, a known defender of activists and church leaders, taken into custody after posting messages on WeChat account
Ge Yongxi was taken from his home by five plain-clothes police officers, according to his lawyer and activists. Photograph: Facebook
A well-known Chinese civil rights lawyer has been taken into police custody after sharing information about the Panama Papers on social media, human rights groups have said. Continue reading
Panama Papers: China detains lawyer after he shares details of leaders online已关闭评论
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Tagged censorship, Ge Yongxi, Lawyer, Panama Papers, WeChat
Identity documents from the Panama Papers. Clockwise from top left: Patrick Henri Devillers, Jia Liqing, Hu Dehua, Deng Jiagui and Li Xiaolin.
China’s Internet censors deleted a favorable blog post analyzing the links between relatives of the country’s president, Xi Jinping, and papers leaked from the Panama-based Mossack Fonseca law firm. Continue reading
China Issues, Deletes Article Defending President Over Panama Papers已关闭评论
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Tagged 12th-Century, censorship, Mossack Fonseca, offshore shell companies, Panama Papers, Xi Jinping
Identity documents from the Panama Papers. Clockwise from top left: Patrick Henri Devillers, Jia Liqing, Hu Dehua, Deng Jiagui and Li Xiaolin. ICIJ
As more details emerge from the Panama Papers, Chinese censors are fighting to ensure the top-down deletion of information that details how Chinese high-ranking political and financial elites managed and hid their wealth offshore. Continue reading
Censors Shift into Overdrive in an Attempt to Erase the Panama Papers in China已关闭评论
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Tagged censorship, Panama Papers
China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei gestures during a daily briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing, April 5, 2016.
BEIJING—China has moved quickly to silence any discussion about the Panama Papers and information about the use of tax havens by the families of at least eight current and former top leaders, including the brother-in-law of President Xi Jinping. Continue reading
Panama Papers Hit Great Firewall of China已关闭评论
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Tagged censorship, Panama Papers, Xi Jinping
