By: Dominic Moran
PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 1, 2014
On Wednesday, China indicted 2014 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award Winner Ilham Tohti, a prominent ethnic Uyghur economics professor and Uyghur PEN member, on charges of separatism. The announcement on Tohti’s case came as security forces flooded parts of southern Xinjiang, the Uyghur Autonomous Region, after the government said dozens of knife-wielding attackers were shot dead this week. Continue reading
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An attempt by the Australian government to suppress details of a corruption case has backfired.
By Jarni Blakkarly
August 04, 2014
Wikileaks has released a leaked copy of Continue reading
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CALIFORNIA – In the boldest move yet since President Xi Jinping Continue reading
August 4, 2014 6:08 PM
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The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. Continue reading
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BY DOMINIC BASULTO
May 30 at 7:20 am
Five Chinese military officials are redefining how we think about cyberwar. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Five Chinese military officials are redefining how we think about cyberwar. (Charles Dharapak/AP)
The conventional wisdom is that the future Continue reading
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Notorious Chinese re-education camp finally closes thanks to media attention surrounding Mr Zhang’s letter calling for help
Note was found in box sold at Kmart last year
Julie Keith found his note hidden inside Totally Ghoul box
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 12:03 EST, 7 November 2013 | UPDATED: 13:56 EST, 7 November 2013 Continue reading
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July 30, 2014 | by LARB Blog
Photo: The dedication of the WWI memorial in Shanghai, in 1924.
By Maura Elizabeth Cunningham
World War I has always been primarily Continue reading
AUGUST 1, 2014
BY RACHEL ARONS AND ANDREA DENHOED
Notes from the book closet on forthcoming titles that caught our eye.
“Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage” (Knopf), by Haruki Murakami, Continue reading
