Media Release: Hong Kong
July 3, 2014
IFJ condemns Ming Pao senior manager for violating editorial independence
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), and the Ming Pao Union in condemning a senior executive of Ming Pao newspaper for deleting, without consultation, key words from headlines about the July 1 rally for democracy.
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By Mo Zhixu, published: July 3, 2014
China has severed Google services for several weeks now and there are no signs of service returning. Blocking Google has inconvenienced many people, among them Gmail users, teachers and students who use Google for academic research, and more. To this day, China has completely blocked the world’s four most visited websites: Google, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Continue reading
Mo Zhixu：The Advent of a National LAN in China已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged Blocking Google, censorship, Google, Internet Freedom, Mo Zhixu
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In May, the U.S. announced the indictment of five Chinese hackers for breaking into the computers of U.S. companies. The men went by code names like UglyGorilla and KandyGoo. A recent report revealed that the hackers, Continue reading
Inside the Mind of a Chinese Hacker-Mai Jia’s Novel “Decoded”已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Publications
Tagged China, Hacker, Mai Jia’s novel Decoded, Rong Jinzhen
By AUSTIN RAMZY JULY 3, 2014 3:08 AM July 3, 2014 10:46 pm
The police removed demonstrators on Wednesday morning from a sit-in that followed Hong Kong’s pro-democracy march.Credit Kin Cheung/Associated Press
After a day of largely ignoring the big turnout for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Continue reading
After Relative Silence on Hong Kong Protests, Mainland Media Outlets Note Arrests已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
When dissident author Murong Xuecun returns home, he says he will tell Beijing authorities they can come and get him.
BY ALEXA OLESEN JULY 2, 2014
These are dicey times for Murong Xuecun, although it might not be apparent from his recent movements. Continue reading
‘There Are No Rules in China’已关闭评论
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Tagged China, Dissident Author, MURONG XUECUN, No Rules
GREGORY B. LEE, MICHAEL HILL, ZHA DAOJIONG, STEPHEN E. HANSON, MARY GALLAGHER, MARSHALL SAHLINS, MOBO GAO 07.01.14
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Statues of Confucius and his 72 students inside the Chongshengci at the Temple of Confucius in Beijing, first constructed in 1302.
Last week, ChinaFile published a discussion on the debate over Confucius Institutes–Chinese language Continue reading
By MICHAEL FORSYTHE JULY 2, 2014 2:51 AMJuly 2, 2014 5:45 am
Marchers carried a scaled-down replica of the Goddess of Democracy, an icon of the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, during Hong Kong’s pro-democracy demonstration Tuesday.Credit Kin Cheung/Associated Press
Cecilia Ng was born seven years after the Goddess of Democracy statue in Tiananmen Square was Continue reading
In Hong Kong, a Potent Visual Echo of Tiananmen已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
Kutti Revathi (Dr. S. Revathi) has been an important Tamil voice in the feminist space in India, dealing with the politics of the female body through poetry, her chosen literary form. Some of her poems, such as “Mulaigal” (Breasts), Continue reading
