Monthly Archives: 1月 2015

184. YAN KEFEN (released)

Yan BojunPenname                    YAN Bojun

Sex                                 Male

Birth date                 1974-05

Birth place                Anxiang County, Hunan Province

Resident place          Tongzhou District, Beijing Continue reading

Chinese News Assistants React to Colleague’s Arrest

January 16, 2015 10:55 PM

Posted By: Samuel Wade

Asia Society’s Eric Fish talks to five current and former news assistants for foreign media in China about the recently reported detention of their counterpart at Die Zeit, Zhang Miao. Continue reading

183. LI LEI (released)

Penname                      

Sex                                Male

Birth date                1965-04-05

Birth place               Changchun City, Jilin Province

Resident place          Tongzhou District, Beijing Continue reading

181. CHEN KUN (released)

Chen KunPenname                      

Sex                                Male

Birth date                1987

Birth place               Gaoling County, Shaanxi Province

Resident place        Haidian District, Beijing Continue reading

180. ZHANG MIAO (released)

Zhang MiaoPenname                      

Sex                               Female

Birth date                1974-05-01

Birth place               Beijing

Resident place         Songzhuang , Tongzhou District, Beijing Continue reading

Tsering Woeser:Zuckerberg Is Not Exactly Being Honest about Defending Freedom of Expression

Published: January 14, 2015

Following the massacre of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists, millions of people, including leaders from over 40 countries, went to the streets of Paris on January 11th to Continue reading

Prominent 1989ers Voice Support for Yu Shiwen, Detained for Commemorating the Tiananmen Movement

By China Change, published: January 12, 2015

Shortly before June 4th, 2014, ten in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, were arrested for holding a public memorial for Zhao Ziyang (赵紫阳). Seven of them have since been released, Continue reading

China shuts 50 websites and social media accounts

Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:41am EST

BEIJING (Reuters) – China has closed 50 websites and social media accounts for violations ranging from pornography to “publishing political news without a permit”, Beijing’s cyberspace watchdog said on Tuesday.

The government is pursuing a crackdown on unwanted material online. Critics say the increasing restrictions further limit free speech in the one-party Communist state. Continue reading