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China jails journalist Gao Yu over ‘state secrets’

Posted on 04/16/2015 by | China jails journalist Gao Yu over ‘state secrets’已关闭评论

HONG KONG-CHINA-MEDIAGao Yu, seen here in a file image taken in Hong Kong on 5 February 2007

Authorities say Gao Yu leaked a sensitive document that was then widely reposted abroad

China has jailed a top journalist for seven years Continue reading →

China jails journalist Gao Yu over ‘state secrets’已关闭评论

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Despite Release, Feminists’ Case Shows China’s Hostility Toward Civic Action

Posted on 04/15/2015 by | Despite Release, Feminists’ Case Shows China’s Hostility Toward Civic Action已关闭评论

By EDWARD WONG April 15, 2015

15activists-articleLargeFeng Yuan, a women’s rights activist who was not jailed, waiting for the release of other activists outside a detention center in Beijing.
Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

Beijing—Though liberated from the confines of jail cells in western Beijing, Continue reading →

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Beijing Court To Issue Verdict in Gao Yu ‘State Secrets’ Case

Posted on 04/14/2015 by | Beijing Court To Issue Verdict in Gao Yu ‘State Secrets’ Case已关闭评论

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Gao Yu speaks at an International PEN conference in Hong Kong, Feb. 5, 2007.
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A court in the Chinese capital will announce a verdict in the case of outspoken veteran journalist Gao Yu on Friday after repeatedly delaying judgment Continue reading →

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China frees five women activists on bail after outcry

Posted on 04/13/2015 by | China frees five women activists on bail after outcry已关闭评论

Mon Apr 13, 2015 1:28pm EDT

BEIJING | BY SUI-LEE WEE

Portraits of Chinese female activists are pictured during a protest calling for their release in Hong KongPortraits of Li Tingting (top L), Wei Tingting (top R), (bottom, L-R) Wang Man, Wu Rongrong and Zheng Churan are pictured during a protest calling for their release in Hong Kong April 11, 2015.
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(Reuters) – China has unexpectedly released five women activists on bail, two lawyers said on Monday, after a vocal campaign against their detention Continue reading →

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Women’s Rights Activists Await Formal Arrest in China

Posted on 04/12/2015 by | Women’s Rights Activists Await Formal Arrest in China已关闭评论

45187F51-1811-4E1D-BD0B-ED022C7964BD_w640_r1_sPortraits of Li Tingting (top L), Wei Tingting (top R), (bottom, L-R) Wang Man, Wu Rongrong and Zheng Churan are pictured during a protest calling for their release in Hong Kong, April 11, 2015.

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April 11, 2015 10:10 AM

HONG KONG—Chinese police have broadened their investigation into five women’s rights activists Continue reading →

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China’s Great Cannon

Posted on 04/11/2015 by | China’s Great Cannon已关闭评论

April 10, 2015

This post describes our analysis of China’s “Great Cannon,” our term for an attack tool that we identify as separate from, but co-located with, the Great Firewall of China. The first known usage of the Great Cannon is in the recent large-scale novel DDoS attack on both GitHub and servers used by GreatFire.org.

Authors: Bill Marczak1,2,3 (Lead), Nicholas Weaver2,3 (Lead), Jakub Dalek,1 Roya Ensafi,4 David Fifield,2 Sarah McKune,1 Arn Rey, John Scott-Railton,1 Ronald Deibert,1 Vern Paxson.2,3 Continue reading →

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China Deploys New Online Weapon in Internet Censorship Game: Report

Posted on 04/11/2015 by | China Deploys New Online Weapon in Internet Censorship Game: Report已关闭评论

2015-04-10
8a4bb71f-a723-4503-8aee-ba7bbbc3f125A man surfs the Internet at a coffee shop in Beijing in a file photo.
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China has added a powerful new weapon in its battle to control what its users see online, adding the “Great Cannon” to its existing arsenal of blocks, filters and human censorship known Continue reading →

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Mocking Mao Backfires for Chinese TV Host

Posted on 04/09/2015 by | Mocking Mao Backfires for Chinese TV Host已关闭评论

By CHRIS BUCKLEY APRIL 9, 2015 4:53 AM April 9, 2015 4:53 am

0The television host Bi Fujian’s performance of a song from the Mao-era opera “Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy,” with irreverent asides, was captured on video.

HONG KONG — Mao Zedong famously said a revolution is not a dinner party. Nor, it seems, Continue reading →

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