2015-04-10
A man surfs the Internet at a coffee shop in Beijing in a file photo.
AFP
China has added a powerful new weapon in its battle to control what its users see online, adding the “Great Cannon” to its existing arsenal of blocks, filters and human censorship known Continue reading
China Deploys New Online Weapon in Internet Censorship Game: Report已关闭评论
Posted in Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom
2015-04-09
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woman distributes newspapers in Hong Kong, Feb. 13, 2014.
AFP
The recent takeover by Beijing’s representative office in Hong Kong of a key publishing house has sparked fears of a widening ideological assault by the ruling Chinese Continue reading
Fears For Hong Kong’s Independent Publishers After China Book Chain Takeover已关闭评论
Posted in unclassified
Tagged Book Store, Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement, Press Freedom
By CHRIS BUCKLEY APRIL 9, 2015 4:53 AM April 9, 2015 4:53 am
The television host Bi Fujian’s performance of a song from the Mao-era opera “Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy,” with irreverent asides, was captured on video.
HONG KONG — Mao Zedong famously said a revolution is not a dinner party. Nor, it seems, Continue reading
Mocking Mao Backfires for Chinese TV Host已关闭评论
Posted in Press Freedom
Tagged Bi Fujian, CCTV, Mao Zedong
By EDWARD WONG APRIL 8, 2015
BEIJING — Five women’s rights activists are being held illegally in Beijing because the police have failed to ask prosecutors to formally arrest them, the lawyers for three of them said on Wednesday.
According to Chinese law, the police are generally required to file a Continue reading
5 Women’s Rights Activists in China Are Being Held Illegally, Lawyers Say已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines
Tagged China, Women Rights Activists
2015-04-07
Activist Chen Yunfei leads a protest against alleged pollution at a petrochemical plant in Pengzhou, in Sichuan province, March 6, 2015. Photo courtesy of an RFA listener
Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan have formally detained a prominent rights activist on subversion Continue reading
China Formally Detains Sichuan Activist For ‘Subversion’ After Tiananmen Memorial Visit已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Chen Yunfei, June 4th, Tiananmen
Tue Apr 7, 2015 7:27am EDT
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers remarks during the 2015 Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting award in Washington March 23, 2015.
REUTERS/JOSHUA ROBERTS
(Reuters) – China called on other countries on Tuesday to respect its judicial sovereignty after Continue reading
China peeved as Hillary Clinton denounces women’s detention已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines
By BECKY DAVIS APRIL 6, 2015 9:37 AM April 6, 2015 9:37 am
Barnaby Yeh of the Sino-Judaic Institute leads morning prayers for Jewish descendants in Kaifeng.Credit Becky Davis/The New York Times
Over the remains of the Chinese-style Passover banquet – soups with bamboo and huge chunks of fresh tofu, steamed fish and platters of crisp greens in mustard sauce – Li Pengling, 16, Continue reading
2015-04-06
Petitioners visit the home of the late Zhao Ziyang during Qing Ming festival in Beijing, April 5, 2015.
Photo courtesy of an activist
Police in the northern Chinese province of Shaanxi detained dozens of members of an anti-corruption campaign group after they tried to hold a public memorial for the father of President Continue reading
China Detains Dozens Amid Crackdown on Qing Ming Memorials已关闭评论
Posted in June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Qing Ming Memorials, Zhao Ziyang
