February 25, 2015
by Alex Hill
Every morning, my workday begins with a selection of stories. “Human Rights Advancing in China” is a typical headline. “Building Prosperity in Tibet” or “A Step Up for Chinese Democracy” are other possibilities. There is usually at least one blistering denunciation of Japan, Continue reading
My Life as a Communist Stooge: Working in China’s Ministry of Truth已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines
Tagged China, Communist Stooge, Human Rights
Jury announces the Finalists for the 2015 Front Line Defenders AwardJury announces the Finalists for the 2015 Front Line Defenders Award
On Wednesday 04 March the Jury for the 2015 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk announced the 5 finalists for this year’s Award, all of whom are either in jail, Continue reading
Finalists for the 2015 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk已关闭评论
Tagged Guo Feixiong, Human Rights Defenders
Censorship and commercial pressures have driven the once-revered Southern Weekly to the margins.
BY MARIA REPNIKOVA, JANUARY 29, 2015
Behind the Fall of China’s Greatest Newspaper
In early January 2013, hundreds of protesters gathered in the southern Chinese city of Continue reading
KECHENG FANG:Behind the Fall of China’s Greatest Newspaper已关闭评论
Posted in Press Freedom
Tagged KECHENG FANG, Southern Weekly
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.
All media must refrain from further Continue reading
Minitrue: Don’t Hype ‘Under the Dome’已关闭评论
Posted in Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, Chai Jing, China, Internet Freedom, Minitrue
Officials say casual alteration of idioms risks nothing less than ‘cultural and linguistic chaos’, despite their common usage
China’s print and broadcast watchdog says puns may mislead the public – especially children. Photograph: Chen Li/ Chen Li/Xinhua Press/Corbis
Tania Branigan in Beijing
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From online discussions to adverts, Continue reading
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Students pictured in Shanghai. AP
Chinese values are shifting.
A University of California at Los Angeles study assessed Chinese values by analyzing the words used in more than 270,000 Chinese-language books and found that China’s Continue reading
What 270,000 Books Tell You About China’s Changing Values已关闭评论
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Tagged Chinese values, Chinese-language books
