Category Archives: Press Freedom

China’s Brave Underground Journal

Ian Johnson DECEMBER 4, 2014 ISSUE

Remembrance an unofficial journal published in Tiantongyuan, China

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Young pioneers on the eve of the Cultural Revolution, 1965; photographs by Marc Riboud, whose exhibition ‘Witness at a Crossroads: Photographer Marc Riboud in Asia’ is at the Rubin Museum of Art, New York City, until March 23, 2015

On the last stretch of flatlands north of Beijing, just before the Mongolian foothills, lies the satellite city of Tiantongyuan. Built during the euphoric run-up Continue reading

World Press Freedom Index 2015: decline on all fronts

1-300x143The Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index ranks the performance of 180 countries according to a range of criteria Continue reading

Mainland delays HK TV shows

By Catherine Wong Tsoi-lai Source:Global Times Published: 2015-2-4 23:28:02

A popular video website on Wednesday confirmed that it has received a notice from the State broadcasting regulator to pull down online streams of Hong Kong TV dramas for review.

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Suddenly Strict, Beijing Slaps Its Mouthpiece

By EDWARD WONG FEB. 13, 2015

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Wang Qinglei, a former producer who worked at China Central Television, or CCTV, from 2003 until he was fired in 2013 for publicly denouncing propaganda on the network, at his new office in Beijing. Credit The New York Times

BEIJING — As President Xi Jinping accelerated his sweeping Continue reading

China to Force Authors to Provide Real Names When Publishing Online

By AMY QIN January 27, 2015

15SINO-NAMES01-articleLargeHao Qun, known to most readers as Murong Xuecun, is one of many prominent Chinese writers to use a pen name.
Shiho Fukada for The New York Times

Zhou Shuren is widely regarded as one of China’s most influential Continue reading

Hong Kong Editor, Attacked Last Year, Expresses Hope for Future of News Media

By CHRIS BUCKLEY and ALAN WONG JANUARY 23, 2015 7:01 AM January 23, 2015 7:01 am

23sino-hongkong-tmagArticleKevin Lau Chun-to in January 2014, after his dismissal as editor of the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao.Credit Associated Press

Since the newspaper editor Kevin Lau Chun-to was attacked with a cleaver last year and left bleeding on a Hong Kong street, he has embodied fears that the city’s long Continue reading

China leads the world in media corruption, says expert

By David Bandurski | Posted on 2015-01-23

In September last year, as China saw a series of media scandals, we ran several articles addressing the phenomenon of media corruption. We refer readers back to Continue reading

Chang Ping:Zhang Miao Receives “Treatment Reserved for Chinese Citizens”

Published: January 18, 2015

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Three months after friend and assistant Zhang Miao (張淼) was arrested, Continue reading