When it comes to censorship, it’s Beijing — not Pyongyang — that poses the real threat to Hollywood.
BY ISAAC STONE FISH
Isaac Stone Fish is Asia editor at Foreign Policy, where he edits, reports, and writes stories from across the region.
Previously a Beijing correspondent for Newsweek, Continue reading
Actor Ha Jung-woo, second from left in the front row, and actress Ha Ji-won, to his left, in a scene from “Chronicle of a Blood Merchant”
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By Baek Byung-yeul
While Korea’s box office is occupied by heart-warming films like Continue reading
Actor Ha back with film adaptation of Chinese novel已关闭评论
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Tagged Actor, Chinese novel
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
BEIJING — THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Last updated Thursday, Jan. 01 2015, 5:59 PM EST
China, the country that perfected breaking the Internet, Continue reading
China seeks to export its vision of the Internet已关闭评论
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Tagged China, Internet Freedom
By EDWARD WONG
DECEMBER 30, 2014
[Video: Shen Yongping was given a year in prison after making “A Hundred Years of Constitutionalism.” Watch on YouTube.]
A Chinese filmmaker who made a documentary on the Chinese Continue reading
Prison Sentence for Maker of Documentary on Chinese Constitutional Rule已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Writers in Prison
Tagged Constitutional, Rule, SHEN YONGPING
4:35 pm HKT Dec 31, 2014
Just as scrutiny of how Facebook treats China-related content is mounting, the social-networking service on Wednesday suspended the account of a prominent Chinese dissident writer, citing its policy against nudity.
Liao Yiwu, who lives in Berlin, said Wednesday Continue reading
Amid Scrutiny, Facebook Suspends Chinese Dissident’s Account已关闭评论
Posted in Internet Freedom
Posted on 2014-12-30
As we come to the end of 2014, we can say that this year has brought a “hardening” (板结) of China’s political discourse. It’s been a year of cleansing in the ideological sphere, Continue reading
Qian Gang：Reading Chinese politics in 2014已关闭评论
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Tagged Chinese politics, Qian Gang
Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser has accused Facebook of censoring a post which included images of the recent self-immolation of Kalsang Yeshi, a 37-year-old monk who set himself Continue reading
DECEMBER 22, 2014 ISSUE
BY YIYUN LI
CREDIT ILLUSTRATION BY JASON HOLLEY
Be content with what you have. Desire nothing and nothing will be lacking. Continue reading
