2015-11-18
Jiang Yefei’s wife Gu Shuhua (1st right) and the couple’s daughter Dong Xuerui (2nd right) with activists ahead of their departure from Bangkok, Nov. 18, 2015.
Photo courtesy of an activist.
The families of two Chinese democracy activists handed over to Beijing by the Thai authorities left Bangkok en route to Canada for resettlement as refugees, Continue reading
Families of Deported Chinese Activists Leave Thailand For Canada已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, Press Freedom
Tagged China, Dong Guangping, Jiang Yefei, Thailand, United Nations
2015-11-17
Journalist Li Xin, who went into exile to protect his family in China, in undated photo.
Photo courtesy of Li Xin
A former columnist at a top newspaper who fled China after being recruited to spy on activists by state security police has revealed some of the inner workings of Continue reading
Chinese Media Outlets ‘Take Daily Orders’ From Government: Journalist已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged Journalist, Li Xin, Southern Metropolis Daily
By Juliana Liu
10 November 2015
The bookshop is marked by a small blue sign, sandwiched between shops selling vitamins and clothing
Image caption
In a frenetic commercial district of Hong Kong, sandwiched between shops selling vitamins and clothing to tourists, the Causeway Bay Bookstore touts itself as the authority on Chinese politics.
The tiny shop specialises in selling gossipy Continue reading
Hong Kong bookstore disappearances shock publishing industry已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged Bookstore, Gui Minhai, Hong Kong, Tongluowan
2015-11-06
Books are shown on display outside Sage Communications bookstore in Hong Kong, Nov. 6, 2015.
Photo courtesy of Sage Communications
Four people linked to a Hong Kong bookstore which has stocked titles highly critical of the ruling Chinese Communist Party have been “delayed,” believed detained by Chinese authorities, while on a visit to Thailand.
Owner Gui Haiming, general manager Lu Bo, store manager Lin Rongji, and staff member Zhang Zhiping of publisher and bookstore company Sage Communications Continue reading
Independent Hong Kong Book-Sellers Missing, Believed Detained已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged Book-Sellers, Gui Haiming, Hong Kong
2015-11-03
Journalists in Hong Kong have hit out at an injunction barring them from broadcasting secret recordings of a meeting of the University of Hong Kong (HKU)’s governing body.
The university applied for the injunction and called on Commercial Radio, which broadcast two secretly made recordings from a meeting of the HKU Council in which some members rejected liberal scholar Johannes Chan as a candidate for a high-ranking managerial post.
The recordings emerged after Chan was rejected for Continue reading
Hong Kong Journalists Slam University’s Injunction as Doubts ‘Deepen’ Over Interference已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged Hong Kong University, Journalist, Press Freedom
2015-11-02
New amendments recently in force to China’s criminal law have added more than 20 crimes to the statute book, including many critics say could further erode freedom of speech and place even more power in the hands of the state.
The amendments, effective Sunday, make it a crime to ‘insult a judge,’ ‘disrupt court order,’ post ‘rumors’ online and cheat in exams, while scaling back the death penalty on some crimes.
New criminal offenses include “fabricating, deliberately Continue reading
China’s New Crimes Will Stifle Public Expression, Erode Channels of Complaint已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, Press Freedom
Tagged China, Internet Freedom, New Crimes Law, Press Freedom
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
Hong Kong Bookstores Display Beijing’s Clout已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged Hong Kong, Press Freedom
2015-10-19
Southern Metropolis Daily journalist Liu Wei in an undated photo.
Photo courtesy of an RFA listener
Authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangxi are holding a top investigative journalist on suspicion of “obtaining state secrets,” his newspaper has reported.
China Holds Top Reporter on ‘State Secrets’ Charges已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged Journalist, Liu WEi, Press Freedom, Southern Metropolis Daily
