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Song Zhibiao: The Phenomenon of the Global Times

published: July 13, 2014

 

At the beginning of last year, a friend proposed that we conduct a volunteer project — we do a sustained exposure and critique of the false reports and fraudulent op-eds coming out of the Global Times (Chinese version). I can imagine that this would be an onerous task requiring updates almost every day. In the end, the proposal was shelved and became a joke between friends. After all, it’s no fun cleaning up filth every day. Continue reading

Fall of China’s top anchor lifts veil on paid news racket

Updated: July 14, 2014 20:04 IST 

 

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Every evening, millions of young Chinese tune in to State broadcaster Continue reading

GSK probe pair Peter Humphrey and Yu Yingzeng indicted for illegally obtaining private information

PUBLISHED : Monday, 14 July, 2014, 3:52pm

UPDATED : Tuesday, 15 July, 2014, 12:34pm
Alice Yan
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The drug-maker, which is the target of a bribery probe in China, Continue reading

The Fault in Our DNA-‘A Troublesome Inheritance’ and ‘Inheritance’

By DAVID DOBBSJULY 10, 2014

 

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Credit Pablo Delcán

In his 2007 book “A Farewell to Alms,” the economic historian Gregory Clark argued that the English came to rule the world largely because their rich outbred their poor Continue reading

Minitrue: CCTV’s Rui Chenggang Detained

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, has been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source.

News of the investigation of Rui Chenggang should not be on Continue reading

In Inquiry in China, Police Detain Star Anchor

By EDWARD WONG JULY 12, 2014

 

BEIJING — A prominent Chinese state television anchor known for his strident efforts to champion China’s political and economic systems has been detained by the authorities, the state news media reported on Saturday.

The television anchor, Rui Chenggang, a popular host of a financial Continue reading

“Authors Guild v. HathiTrust: Implications for Libraries”, Analysis of Decision From Library Copyright Alliance

Filed by Gary Price on July 11, 2014

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A new seven page analysis of the June 10, 2014 U.S. Court of Appeals Authors Guild v. HathiTrust decision Continue reading

Ethiopia: Young bloggers jailed for over two months without charge

Six members of blogging group Zone 9 and three other journalists could could face terrorism charges in one of the world’s deadliest countries for journalists

By Milana Knezevic / 11 July, 2014

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“We blog because we care!” This is the slogan and rallying cry of Zone 9, a group of young Ethiopians Continue reading