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IFJ condemns Ming Pao senior manager for violating editorial independence

 

Media Release: Hong Kong                                                                                                                        

July 3, 2014

IFJ condemns Ming Pao senior manager for violating editorial independence

 

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), and the Ming Pao Union in condemning a senior executive of Ming Pao newspaper for deleting, without consultation, key words from headlines about the July 1 rally for democracy.
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Mo Zhixu:The Advent of a National LAN in China

By Mo Zhixu, published: July 3, 2014

China has severed Google services for several weeks now and there are no signs of service returning. Blocking Google has inconvenienced many people, among them Gmail users, teachers and students who use Google for academic research, and more. To this day, China has completely blocked the world’s four most visited websites: Google, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Continue reading

Inside the Mind of a Chinese Hacker-Mai Jia’s Novel “Decoded”

EMILY PARKER 07.01.14

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In May, the U.S. announced the indictment of five Chinese hackers for breaking into the computers of U.S. companies. The men went by code names like UglyGorilla and KandyGoo. A recent report revealed that the hackers, Continue reading

After Relative Silence on Hong Kong Protests, Mainland Media Outlets Note Arrests

By AUSTIN RAMZY JULY 3, 2014 3:08 AM July 3, 2014 10:46 pm


The police removed demonstrators on Wednesday morning from a sit-in that followed Hong Kong’s pro-democracy march.Credit Kin Cheung/Associated Press
After a day of largely ignoring the big turnout for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Continue reading

‘There Are No Rules in China’

When dissident author Murong Xuecun returns home, he says he will tell Beijing authorities they can come and get him.

BY ALEXA OLESEN JULY 2, 2014

These are dicey times for Murong Xuecun, although it might not be apparent from his recent movements. Continue reading

In Hong Kong, a Potent Visual Echo of Tiananmen

By MICHAEL FORSYTHE JULY 2, 2014 2:51 AMJuly 2, 2014 5:45 am


Marchers carried a scaled-down replica of the Goddess of Democracy, an icon of the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, during Hong Kong’s pro-democracy demonstration Tuesday.Credit Kin Cheung/Associated Press

Cecilia Ng was born seven years after the Goddess of Democracy statue in Tiananmen Square was Continue reading

Tibet: Two Tibetan Writers Released From Prison

 

Two Tibetan writers, Jangtse Donkho (pen name: Nyen/”The Wrathful”) and Buddha, who were accused of publishing reactionary and separatist writings on the experience of being Tibetan under Chinese rule, were released on 20 June 2014 Continue reading

Hong Kong Democracy Protest: Thousands March Through City-More Than 500 People Arrested After Refusing to Leave a Street in Central District

By CHESTER YUNG, EDWARD NGAI and NED LEVIN CONNECT

Updated July 2, 2014 2:37 a.m. ET


Protesters are taken away by police officers after a sit-in in Hong Kong’s financial district. Kin Cheung/Associated Press
HONG KONG—Police arrested 511 people who refused to leave a street in the financial Continue reading