A ChinaFile Conversation：How to Read China’s New Press Restrictions

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Sex Workers demonstrate economic and social empowerment

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June 29, 2014

 

Just published! NSWP regional report and briefing paper, Asia and the Pacific that focuses on various social and economic justice initiatives led by Continue reading →

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Russia caught editing Wikipedia entry about downed Malaysian airliner

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Twitter bot that monitors Wikipedia edits catches Russian TV network in the act.

by Kadhim Shubber July 18 2014, 5:41pm EDT

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The world is still reeling from the shock of the deaths of 298 people on Malaysian flight MH17, Continue reading →

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Sensitive Words: New Gang of Four and More

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As of July 18, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function).

Ling Jihua

A rumor has spread that Ling Jihua’s younger brother, Ling Wancheng, and his nephew, Ling Hujian, Continue reading →

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READING THROUGH SOMEONE ELSE’S EYES

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JULY 17, 2014

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You pick up a novel. If it’s any good, Continue reading →

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Jodie Ginsberg: The new dissidents

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By Jodie Ginsberg / 11 July, 2014
After the Wall panelists.
Martin Roth, Kate Maltby, Sebastion Borger, David Edgar, Tomasz Kitlinski and Timothy Garton Ash.

In 1977, the Russian dissident Alexander Ginzburg — whose detention and sentencing almost a Continue reading →

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UN body rules that Ilham Tohti’s detention “arbitrary,” violates intl law & requests China to release him immediately

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UN body rules that Ilham Tohti’s detention “arbitrary,” violates intl law & requests China to release him immediately Continue reading →

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A China Reading Rainbow | China Hang-up

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by Project Pengyou on July 14th, 2014
What China books are worth reading?

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The once mysterious Middle Kingdom has long since been opened to the outside world, and where there was previously a dearth of good literature, there’s now a mountain of China books. Continue reading →

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