Sichuan author Tie Liu in an undated photo. File photo
Authorities in China’s southwestern provinces of Sichuan and Guangxi have detained a writer and a publisher who published politically ‘sensitive’ material, as the ruling Chinese Communist Party continues its campaign against any form of political dissent. Continue reading
China Holds Writer, Publisher Over Dissent, ‘Forbidden Books’已关闭评论
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Tagged bribery, Chengdu, Computers, disappearance, Gao Hua, Guangxi Normal University Press, He Linxia, Huang Zerong, Tie Liu
Huang Zerong, better known by his pen name Tie Liu, is seen in a photo from social media.
A prominent Chinese writer living under police surveillance in China’s southwestern city of Chengdu has been missing for nearly a week, according to friends and relatives. Continue reading
Prominent Chinese Writer Taken by Police ‘for Tea’已关闭评论
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Tagged Chengdu, disappearance, Huang Zerong, surveillance, Tie Liu
A cleaner sweeps ground in front of the Mausoleum of late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Square on the 50th anniversary of the start of the Cultural Revolution in Beijing, China, May 16, 2016.
Fifty years ago today, the Chinese Communist Party started the country down a path to the Cultural Revolution, which it said would bring about a more just society, but in practice led to complete social and economic disaster. Continue reading
Joshua Fatzick: China Silent on 50th Anniversary of Cultural Revolution已关闭评论
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Tagged censorship, Cultural Revolution, Joshua Fatzick, Mao Zedong
Police check the ID cards of netizens at an Internet cafe in Shandong province, July 31, 2013. ImagineChina
China’s police force has launched a whistleblower website targeting people who spread “rumors” online in a further bid to control what the country’s 700 million internet users see and post online. Continue reading
China Launches ‘Rumor-Busting’ Website to Enforce Party Line已关闭评论
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A woman leaves the military-run hospital where Chinese student Wei Zexi received treatment for cancer after consulting online results from Chinese search engine Baidu in Bejing, May 2, 2016.
China on Thursday banned the outsourcing of medical procedures by its hospitals following the death of a young man from cancer after he found a discredited treatment using the homegrown search engine Baidu, as the country’s powerful propaganda ministry banned any further media reports on the scandal. Continue reading
China Bans Further Reporting on Chain of Medical Businesses Amid Anger Over Man’s Death已关闭评论
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Citizen journalist Wang Jing (L), Tianwang website founder Huang Qi (C) and fellow activist Zhang Jixin (R), Dec. 6, 2013.
Authorities in the northeastern Chinese province of Jilin have jailed a citizen journalist for nearly five years on public order charges after she reported on the self-immolation of a petitioner on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, her lawyer said on Monday. Continue reading
China Jails Citizen Journalist Who Witnessed Tiananmen Immolation Protest已关闭评论
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Tagged Journalist, self-immolation, sentence, Tiananmen, Wang Jing
Staff at Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper stick protest slogans to the walls after the sacking of a senior editor, April 20, 2016. Photo courtesy of the Ming Pao staff association.
The sudden sacking of a senior editor at Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper after the paper ran a front-page expose of local figures based on the Panama Papers sent shockwaves through the city’s media industry on Wednesday. Continue reading
Firing of Top Hong Kong Editor After Panama Report Rattles City’s Media已关闭评论
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Tagged dismissal, editor, Henry Tang, Hong Kong, Keung Kwok-yuen, Li Ka-shing, Ming Pao, Panama Papers
Identity documents from the Panama Papers. Clockwise from top left: Patrick Henri Devillers, Jia Liqing, Hu Dehua, Deng Jiagui and Li Xiaolin. ICIJ
As more details emerge from the Panama Papers, Chinese censors are fighting to ensure the top-down deletion of information that details how Chinese high-ranking political and financial elites managed and hid their wealth offshore. Continue reading
Censors Shift into Overdrive in an Attempt to Erase the Panama Papers in China已关闭评论
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