China seeks to export its vision of the Internet

NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE

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Last updated Thursday, Jan. 01 2015, 5:59 PM EST

China, the country that perfected breaking the Internet, Continue reading

Prison Sentence for Maker of Documentary on Chinese Constitutional Rule

By EDWARD WONG

DECEMBER 30, 2014

[Video: Shen Yongping was given a year in prison after making “A Hundred Years of Constitutionalism.” Watch on YouTube.]

A Chinese filmmaker who made a documentary on the Chinese Continue reading

Amid Scrutiny, Facebook Suspends Chinese Dissident’s Account

4:35 pm HKT Dec 31, 2014

 

OB-TN551_facema_G_20120626181721Just as scrutiny of how Facebook treats China-related content is mounting, the social-networking service on Wednesday suspended the account of a prominent Chinese dissident writer, citing its policy against nudity.

Liao Yiwu, who lives in Berlin, said Wednesday Continue reading

Qian Gang:Reading Chinese politics in 2014

Posted on 2014-12-30

As we come to the end of 2014, we can say that this year has brought a “hardening” (板结) of China’s political discourse. It’s been a year of cleansing in the ideological sphere, Continue reading

Woeser Accuses Facebook of Censoring Posts

Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser has accused Facebook of censoring a post which included images of the recent self-immolation of Kalsang Yeshi, a 37-year-old monk who set himself Continue reading

LISTENING IS BELIEVING

DECEMBER 22, 2014 ISSUE

BY YIYUN LI

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Be content with what you have. Desire nothing and nothing will be lacking. Continue reading

Prominent Tibetan Activist Tsering Woeser Claims Facebook Censorship

woeser-498x450By Matthew Robertson, Epoch Times | December 26, 2014Last Updated: December 27, 2014 6:40 am

Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser. (Courtesy of Tsering Woeser)

Tsering Woeser, a well-known Tibetan writer and activist, Continue reading

Few Clues in Chinese Editor’s Detention

03sino-EDITOR-articleLarge (1)Xu Xiao, left, with the writer Zheng Shiping, who uses the pen name Yefu, at a lecture in September 2012.

By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Even amid a hardening crackdown on civil society and rights activists in China, Continue reading