PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY 18 JULY 2014.
Hu Jia links the attack to the recently launched “Return to Tiananmen Square” campaign
Unidentified men attacked dissident blogger and human rights activist Hu Jia as he was returning to his Beijing home on 16 July. The target of permanent police surveillance, Continue reading
UNIDENTIFIED MEN ATTACK DISSIDENT BLOGGER NEAR HIS PARKED CAR已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Hu Jia, June 4th, Return to Tiananmen Square, Tiananmen
By Kabir Chibber @quinto_quarto July 20, 2014
It can be grim to get on the wrong side of the Chinese government. Reuters/Jason Lee
“I began to talk about Thoreau’s essay on civil disobedience, Continue reading
What it’s like to be interrogated by the Chinese secret police已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines
Tagged Chinese Secret Police, MURONG XUECUN
I don’t believe that the government has ever been confused about its own stance on media controls. The core principle of the CCP’s Leninist notion of the press is that the Party controls the media, and the media should be the mouthpiece of the Party and the people. From Mao Zedong to Deng Xiaoping, even up to Xi Jinping, this stance has never changed. Continue reading
Wen Yunchao: Chinese Government Has Never Been Confused About It’s Own Stance On Media Controls已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Media Controls, Press Freedom, Wen Yunchao
DAVID SCHLESINGER, ORVILLE SCHELL, ROGIER CREEMERS, WEN YUNCHAO07.17.14
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A Chinese policeman stops foreign journalists at a gate Continue reading
A ChinaFile Conversation：How to Read China’s New Press Restrictions已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged China, Press Freedom
Twitter bot that monitors Wikipedia edits catches Russian TV network in the act.
by Kadhim Shubber July 18 2014, 5:41pm EDT
ACTIVISM GOVERNMENT
The world is still reeling from the shock of the deaths of 298 people on Malaysian flight MH17, Continue reading
Russia caught editing Wikipedia entry about downed Malaysian airliner已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged Malaysian airliner, MH17, Russia, Wikipedia
UN body rules that Ilham Tohti’s detention “arbitrary,” violates intl law & requests China to release him immediately Continue reading
UN body rules that Ilham Tohti’s detention “arbitrary,” violates intl law & requests China to release him immediately已关闭评论
Tagged Ilham Tohti, Uighur
Investigative journalists in China have always had to bow to censorship and worry about being arrested. But this year, the Communist party has stopped them from working altogether
Malcolm Moore By Malcolm Moore, Beijing7:00AM BST 17 Jul 2014
For years a journalist who I shall call Mr Chen has run the investigation unit of one of China’s most daring newspapers. Continue reading
Advice for journalists in China: Hire a lawyer已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged China, Investigative Journalists, Journalists, Lawyer
Perry Link, with Ian Johnson
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A sit-in for democratic rights in Hong Kong’s central district, July 1, 2014
The former British colony of Hong Kong reverted to China on July 1, 1997, and on every July 1 since Continue reading
Hong Kong Rising: An Interview with Albert Ho已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Albert Ho, Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
