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China Turns to Online Courses, and Mao, for Soft-Power Mission

Posted on 10/28/2015 by | China Turns to Online Courses, and Mao, for Soft-Power Mission已关闭评论

22mao-web-articleLargeBy JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ October 22, 2015

Guards changing shifts beneath the portrait of the former Chinese leader Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Gate in Beijing after a flag-raising ceremony this month.
Mark Schiefelbein/Associated Press

HONG KONG — Karla Cabrera, a 29-year-old lawyer in Mexico City, was excited when she came across “Introduction to Mao Zedong Thought,” an online course about the Chinese revolutionary leader. She has a passion for Chinese history, and she hoped the class would shed light on the brutal Continue reading →

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China Again Rated ‘Worst Abuser’ of Internet Freedom in NGO Survey

Posted on 10/28/2015 by | China Again Rated ‘Worst Abuser’ of Internet Freedom in NGO Survey已关闭评论

By Paul Eckert

2015-10-28

201510290026china1 (1)U.S. non-governmental organization again ranked China as the “worst abuser of internet freedom” in an annual survey that found 32 of 65 countries assessed moving on a “negative trajectory” in the year since June 2014.

The Washington-based said global internet freedom has declined for the fifth consecutive year, “with more governments censoring information of public interest and placing greater demands on the private sector to take down offending content.”

China, which scored 88 on a scale on which 100 was the worst, Continue reading →

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In Britain, Xi Mute on Lawyer Crackdown

Posted on 10/27/2015 by | In Britain, Xi Mute on Lawyer Crackdown已关闭评论

5BEFC15F-1198-40F6-A393-70D339262F43_w640_r1_sChina’s President Xi Jinping, center, waves as he leaves after lunch with Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron at Manchester Town Hall in Manchester, England, Oct. 23, 2015.

William Ide, Joyce Huang

October 23, 2015 10:56 AM

BEIJING—Chinese President Xi Jinping’s multi-billion dollar deal-sealing trip to Britain this week has highlighted what rights activists say is a worrying trend by British authorities to keep quiet on human rights and concerns that the situation is getting worse in China.

And while Xi told reporters in Britain that Beijing has room to Continue reading →

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Artist Ai Weiwei hits out over Lego ‘censorship’

Posted on 10/26/2015 by | Artist Ai Weiwei hits out over Lego ‘censorship’已关闭评论

25 October 2015

Artist Ai Weiwei has accused Lego of “censorship and discrimination” after the company refused to let him to use its bricks in a new exhibition.

Lego refused a bulk order for bricks that were to be used in a new artwork about political dissidents as part of an exhibition in Melbourne, Australia.

Toymaker Lego said it never sold directly to anyone Continue reading →

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‘My Husband Remains in Prison, Long After His Release’: Dissident’s Wife

Posted on 10/25/2015 by | ‘My Husband Remains in Prison, Long After His Release’: Dissident’s Wife已关闭评论

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Hada in an undated photo.
(Photo courtesy of SMHRIC.)
The wife of ethnic Mongolian dissident Hada hit out at the Chinese authorities for continuing to treat her husband as a prisoner in spite of his release after 19 years of jail time.

Photos posted online by the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center (SMHRIC) showed Chinese state security police guarding Hada closely, from temporary camps with folding beds in the stairwell of his apartment building in the regional capital Hohhot.

“State security agents squeeze themselves in this small space, Continue reading →

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Xi’s Visit to Britain Highlights Broader Shift in Concerns About China

Posted on 10/24/2015 by | Xi’s Visit to Britain Highlights Broader Shift in Concerns About China已关闭评论

23britain-web-articleLargeBy STEVEN ERLANGER October 23, 2015

Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain welcoming President Xi Jinping of China to 10 Downing Street in London on Wednesday.
Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

The visit to Britain by President Xi Jinping of China is underscoring how European nations are de-emphasizing human rights and security concerns as they compete to benefit from China’s growing economic might.

Prime Minister David Cameron and his chancellor of the Continue reading →

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Hong Kong Bookstores Display Beijing’s Clout

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20hongkong-web2-articleLarge (1)By MICHAEL FORSYTHE and CRYSTAL TSE October 21, 2015

The 1908 book store, which specializes in banned Chinese language books, has seen business fall off substantially in part because mainland tour groups are told by their guides that they are not allowed to bring banned books and magazines home.
Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times

HONG KONG — The tiny book stall next to the popular Star Ferry terminal in Hong Kong does a brisk business catering to the thousands of visitors from mainland China who pass by every day.

About half of its books are political, including titles about Continue reading →

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Tibetan voices on China’s control

Posted on 10/23/2015 by | Tibetan voices on China’s control已关闭评论

20 October 2015
The first thing that strikes you about the monasteries clinging to the side of the mountains on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau is their beauty.

Small, isolated communities of a few hundred monks, seemingly unperturbed with their white and gold stupas and prayer flags set against the almost impossible blue sky.

But anyone who stops to ask a few questions (although they are the kind of Continue reading →

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