By George Chen
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An average of 70 out of every 10,000 Weibo posts made on July 1 were quickly deleted, according to researchers at the University of Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong is apparently becoming the next Tibet or Xinjiang Continue reading
Beijing’s Weibo ban hits close to home-Suspension of accounts after the July 1 protest a worrying sign of threat to innovation, freedom已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, Democracy, Hong Kong, Internet Freedom, Occupy Central movement
BY EDITORIAL BOARD July 5
THE EFFORT to rename part of the Northwest Washington street in front of the Chinese Embassy in honor of an imprisoned Chinese dissident is, as some have noted, purely symbolic. But that should be celebrated, not derided. Speaking out against an egregious injustice is the right thing to do and, as history has shown, can eventually make a difference. Continue reading
Washington Post：Renaming a street after Liu Xiaobo is the right thing to do已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Support Liu Xiaobo
Tagged Chinese Embassy, Liu Xiaobo, Liu Xiaobo Plaza, Washington Post
The completely serious decline of the Hollywood comedy已关闭评论
Posted in Culture, Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged China, Doesn't Play, Hollywood
Languishing in poor health in a prison cell for a year, a British investigator and his wife are the collateral damage of the Chinese probe into GlaxoSmithKline
Peter Humphrey makes a televised confession after his arrest Continue reading
GSK crisis: British investigator faces closed trial in China已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines
Tagged GSK, Peter Humphrey
By PANKAJ MISHRA and FRANCINE PROSE JULY 1, 2014
Each week in Bookends, two writers take on questions about the world of books. This week, Pankaj Mishra and Francine Prose discuss whether categories like immigrant fiction are useful or meaningful labels.
By Pankaj Mishra
Many of the writers who have revitalized American literature in recent years neither disown nor reclaim the past.
“I am an American, Chicago born,” Augie March declares in Saul Bellow’s 1953 novel, “and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make the record in my own way.” “The Adventures of Augie March” Continue reading
Are Categories Like Immigrant Fiction and ‘New American’ Fiction Valid or Worthwhile?已关闭评论
Posted in Book Reviews, Culture
Tagged Francine Prose, Immigrant, New American, Pankaj Mishra
By JOHN WILLIAMS JULY 3, 2014
Credit Joon Mo Kang
With patriotism and fireworks in the air this weekend, the Book Review turns its attention to American life and thought, looking at new books by or about Hillary Clinton, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Supreme Court, among other subjects.
We’re part of a long tradition: On Dec. 2, 1885, The Times’s notice of the Continue reading
The State of the Union’s Books已关闭评论
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hillary Clinton, Supreme Court
By IAN JOHNSON JULY 4, 2014
In recent months, Weibo has been eclipsed by WeChat, which allows instant messaging within self-selected circles of followers. Credit Sim Chi Yin for The New York Times
BEIJING — For the past few years, social media in China Continue reading
An Online Shift in China Muffles an Open Forum已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom, WeChat
By STEPHEN CASTLE JULY 1, 2014
Denis MacShane, who spent three weeks in Belmarsh prison, had limited access to books there. Credit Carl Court/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
LONDON — Jailed for making false expense claims, Denis MacShane, Continue reading
Limits to Books in Prison Draw Creative Foes已关闭评论
Posted in PEN International News
Tagged Denis MacShane, Lawmaker
