Actor Sun Haiying’s Weibo shortly before it was shuttered.
December 14, 2014, Red Flag Manuscript published an article by Li Yanyan (李艳艳 – whom it identified as “with the Humanities division of Beijing Union University” – 北京联合大学) entitled “Some Tendencies That Must Be Addressed In Order to Safeguard Weibo’s Ideological Security” ( 维护微博意识形态安全必须纠正的几种倾向). Some excerpts: Continue reading
A Chronology of Actor Sun Haiying’s Ban From China’s Social Media已关闭评论
Posted in Culture, Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged Ban, censorship, Sun Haiying, Weibo
HONG KONG | By Stella Tsang and James Pomfret
A printout showing Lee Bo, specializing in publications critical of China, and four other colleagues who went missing, is displayed outside a bookstore at Causeway Bay shopping district in Hong Kong, China January 6, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
Four of the five Hong Kong booksellers who went missing in October appeared on Chinese television confirming for the first time they’d been detained for “illegal book trading” in mainland China. Continue reading
Missing HK booksellers say arrested for sales of banned books in China已关闭评论
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Tagged bookseller, Cheung Chi-ping and Lam Wing-kee, disappearance, Gui Minhai, Hong Kong, Hong Kong publisher, Lui Por
Zhang Kai. Photo via his blog, with the tag “Hope.”
Lawyer Zhang Kai was taken into police custody in Wenzhou on August 25, 2015. He was placed in residential surveillance in a designated location for six months, after which he appeared on Chinese television to make a “confession” on February 25. Continue reading
The Case of Zhang Kai: Refuting Lies, Clarifying the Facts, and Setting the Record Straight已关闭评论
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Tagged confession, Lawyer, Wenzhou, Zhang Kai
Ren Zhiqiang has more than 30m followers
China has shut down the microblogging accounts of outspoken former property tycoon Ren Zhiqiang after he criticised President Ren Zhiqiang. Continue reading
China internet: Ren Zhiqiang’s account blocked after Xi criticism已关闭评论
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Tagged censorship, cyberspace, internet, Ren Zhiqiang, Weibo
Hong Kong actor Tony Leung receives the distinction of officer of the Order of Arts and Letters at the French Residence in Hong Kong, June 8, 2015.
State media controlled by the ruling Chinese Communist Party has warned two Hong Kong superstars that they could be at the receiving end of a boycott in mainland China after they sat close to two key figures in the entourage of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at a recent religious event. Continue reading
China Hits Out at Hong Kong Stars Over Buddhist Event in India已关闭评论
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Tagged Bodh Gaya, Buddhist, Dalai Lama, Faye Wong, Hong Kong, Hu Jun, India, Tibetan, Tony Leung
Never known to hold back his words online, outspoken former tycoon and Weibo celebrity Ren Zhiqiang has once again become the target of state media editorials, following his criticism of President Xi Jinping’s much-publicized media inspection tour on Friday. Continue reading
Ren Zhiqiang says media should work for the people not Party, gets accused of trying to topple CCP已关闭评论
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Tagged CCTV, Ren Zhiqiang, Weibo, Xi Jinping
Customers browse books on Chinese politics by Mighty Current, the publisher that has seen five of its booksellers disappear, at a stall set up by political activists in Hong Kong on Feb. 5. Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images
Five Hong Kong booksellers disappeared and later turned up in police custody on mainland China, and nearly two months later, Chinese authorities have yet to explain how they got there. Continue reading
A Chilling Effect As Hong Kong’s Missing Bookseller Cases Go Unresolved已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, honorary Members, Press Freedom
Tagged Bao Pu, bookseller, disappearance, Hong Kong, Mighty Current, Yao Wentian, Yu Jie
State media workers are shown celebrating President Xi Jinping’s media tour in this screen shot from CCTV broadcast, Feb. 19, 2016.
President Xi Jinping’s call for unswerving loyalty from the state media to the ruling Chinese Communist Party, speaks to the president’s ambition to lead a world superpower and echos Beijing’s growing concern over its international image, analysts told RFA’s Chinese services. Continue reading
Xi Jinping Tells Chinese Media to ‘Speak for the Party’已关闭评论
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Tagged Media, Xi Jinping
