Magazines about Chinese politics are displayed in a bookstore in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong, Jan. 5, 2016. AFP
A court in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen on Tuesday jailed two veteran journalists from neighboring Hong Kong after they sent their political magazines to subscribers across the internal border in mainland China. Continue reading
Two Hong Kong Journalists Jailed Over Sale of Political Magazines in China已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, honorary Members, Press Freedom
Tagged Guo Zhongxiao, Hong Kong, Illegal business, Liu Haitao, Multiple Face, New-Way Monthly, pubulisher, Wang Jianmin
Staff of Chinese cutting edge political magazine Yanhuang Chunqiu at a gathering, July 22, 2016. Photo courtesy of an RFA listener.
A court in the Chinese capital has refused to accept a lawsuit filed by the former editors of the cutting-edge political magazine Yanhuang Chunqiu against the arts institute that owns it following a major change of leadership imposed from above. Continue reading
Chinese Court Rejects Lawsuit From Purged Political Magazine已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged Beijing, censorship, court, lawsuit, Yanhuang Chunqiu
Lin Songtao, vice president of Tencent Mobile Business Group, speaks at a press conference of Tencent in Haikou, China’s Hainan province, April 23, 2016. AFP
The ruling Chinese Communist Party has banned major online news portals from engaging in independent journalism, as part of an ongoing campaign to ensure that only its version of the news gets published. Continue reading
China Bans Major Online Portals From Independent Newsgathering已关闭评论
Posted in Internet Freedom, Press Freedom
Tagged and Phoenix, censorship, Media, Netease, Sina, Sohu
Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan have formally arrested a blogger who compiled detailed lists of protests and his girlfriend, on public order charges, rights groups said. Continue reading
Protest Blogger, Girlfriend Formally Arrested in China’s Yunnan已关闭评论
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Freed Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee, right, is accompanied by pro-democracy lawyer Albert Ho after giving a news conference in Hong Kong, June 16, 2016.
WASHINGTON—China is toughening its position in the case of five Hong Kong booksellers it detained last year for publishing books critical of Chinese leaders.
China Hardens Position Against Hong Kong Booksellers已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Press Freedom
Tagged bookseller, Gui Minhai, Hong Kong, Lam Wing-kee
Returned bookseller Lam Wing-kei speaks to RFA in Hong Kong, June 20, 2016. RFA
Police in China’s eastern city of Ningbo have called on bookseller Lam Wing-kee, whose explosive revelations of eight months in Chinese detention rocked his native Hong Kong, to return to the mainland to cooperate with an investigation. Continue reading
Chinese Police Want Outspoken Bookseller Lam to Return to the Mainland已关闭评论
Posted in Hong Kong Democracy, Press Freedom
Tagged bookseller, Causeway Bay Books, Gui Minhai, Hong Kong, Lam Wing-kee, Ningbo
Members of the Hong Kong Journalists’ Association display their annual report, July 3, 2016. RTHK
Journalists in Hong Kong have called on the city’s government to do much more to protect press freedom, citing a “grave threat” to its traditional freedoms of expression and association. Continue reading
Hong Kong Journalists Warn Over ‘Grave Threat’ to City’s Freedoms已关闭评论
Posted in Hong Kong Democracy, Press Freedom
Tagged Causeway Bay Books, HKJA, Hong Kong
Protesters call for resignation of Hong Kong’s chief executive, July 1, 2016. Photo courtesy of Ling Guo Li
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong on Friday to call for the resignation of the city’s chief executive Leung Chun-ying, as a bookseller recently detained by China for selling ‘banned books’ to mainland Chinese customers withdrew from the demonstration, citing fears for his personal safety. Continue reading
Tens of Thousands March in Hong Kong, Police Fire Pepper Spray已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Press Freedom
Tagged bookseller, Hong Kong, Lam Wing-kei, Leung Chun-ying, Protest, resignation
