Young turn to social media as newspapers and TV stations owned by local tycoons take care not to offend mainland China
Students in Hong Kong
Students demonstrate in Hong Kong, where protests are now in their second month. Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Continue reading
Hong Kong protests bring crisis of confidence for traditional media已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Press Freedom
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Internet Freedom, Occupy Central movement, Press Freedom
Published: October 27, 2014
Shen Yongping (沈勇平) is a documentary maker living in Beijing best known for making One Hundred Years of Constitutionalism (《百年宪政》) (trailer in Chinese), now available on YouTube. He was detained in April of this year, and charged with illegal business operations. His trial will be held at 9:30 am on November 4th, 2014, Continue reading
Shen Yongping’s Indictment已关闭评论
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President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign is beginning to encompass all forms of thought and expression, even moderate ones, not approved by the ruling party.
By Peter Ford, Staff Writer OCTOBER 18, 2014
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PICUN, CHINA — When she got off school last Thursday, Huang Qiufeng, Continue reading
Sensing subversion, China throws the book at kids’ libraries已关闭评论
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7:36 pm HKT Oct 13, 2014
A man reads a book while practicing tai chi. Rumors that a ban on some authors has boosted their sales in China. Reuters
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BY JOSEPH W. ESHERICK OCTOBER 15, 2014
It was a hot afternoon in June in the East China city of Jinan. I was returning to my hotel after an afternoon coffee, thinking of the conference I had come to attend and trying to escape the heat on the shady side of the street. My cell phone rang, Continue reading
How I Dealt With China’s Book Censors-ChinaFile One Western author shares his struggle to keep a text true to history.已关闭评论
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Tagged Book, censorship, China
JOSEPH W. ESHERICK10.14.14
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It was a hot afternoon in June in the East China city of Jinan. Continue reading
On Dealing with Chinese Censors已关闭评论
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Tagged censorship, China, Press Freedom
BY SUI-LEE WEE AND MEGHA RAJAGOPALAN
BEIJING Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:36am EDT
Oct 13 (Reuters) – China has detained a prominent scholar who helped blind dissident Chen Guangcheng flee to the United States two years ago and has banned books by eight writers in an escalating crackdown on dissent. Continue reading
China detains scholar, bans books in crackdown on moderate voices已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Press Freedom, Writers in Prison
Tagged Bans Books, Democracy, Guo Yushan, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 08 October, 2014, 5:34pm
UPDATED : Wednesday, 08 October, 2014, 5:57pm
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Poetry reading for Hong Kong protesters prompts detentions in Beijing已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Press Freedom
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement, Songzhuang, Wang Zang
