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Reverse-engineering censorship in China: Randomized experimentation and participant observation

Science 22 August 2014: 

Vol. 345 no. 6199
DOI: 10.1126/science.1251722
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Gary King1,*, Jennifer Pan1, Margaret E. Roberts2
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1Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Continue reading

Beyond the Dalai Lama: An Interview with Woeser and Wang Lixiong

Ian Johnson

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China NPC meeting could be writing on the wall for democracy in Hong Kong

By Cormac McCartan Aug 21, 2014 1:44PM UTC

Hong Kong China Tension

People fill in a street during a march at an annual pro-democracy protest in downtown Hong Kong on July 1. Pic: AP. Continue reading

HU JIA: My Life Under House Arrest

One of China’s best-known dissidents writes about life as a prisoner of conscience in Beijing.

BY HU JIA AUGUST 19, 2014

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For the last decade, Continue reading

EU urged to sanction CCTV for broadcasting journalist’s forced confession Police cite Xiang Nanfu’s “confession” as a reason for freeing him on parole

08.20.2014

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While welcoming freelance journalist Xiang Nanfu’s release, Continue reading

Chinese police question rights lawyer about meeting with former U.S. envoy

BY SUI-LEE WEE

BEIJING Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:31pm BST

Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang talks to media in BeijingChinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang talks to media in Beijing in this July 20, 2012 picture.
CREDIT: REUTERS/PETAR KUJUNDZIC

(Reuters) – Chinese police have Continue reading

Yaxue Cao: Save Gao Zhisheng

By Yaxue Cao, published: August 15, 2014

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GAO ZHISHENG DURING HIS BRIEF REAPPEARANCE IN APRIL 2010.

Few Americans know Gao Zhisheng. Continue reading

Chinese Dissident Gao ‘Utterly Destroyed’ Following Torture in Prison

2014-08-14

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Gao Zhisheng during an interview at his office in Beijing, in a file photo.
AFP
A week after Continue reading