By ALEXIS OKEOWOJULY 10, 2014
At an oil-drilling site in Sudan in 2008, a Chinese employee teaches Sudanese workers to read Chinese characters for “Hello China, we are friends.” Credit Hu Qingming/Imaginechina, via Corbis Continue reading
By ALEXIS OKEOWOJULY 10, 2014
At an oil-drilling site in Sudan in 2008, a Chinese employee teaches Sudanese workers to read Chinese characters for “Hello China, we are friends.” Credit Hu Qingming/Imaginechina, via Corbis Continue reading
The Settlers-‘China’s Second Continent,’ by Howard W. French已关闭评论
Posted in Book Reviews
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
I stumbled across the first four of these eBook specials earlier today, and thought I’d share the information. With the UK and elsewhere paying a lot of
Penguin Books’ China eSpecials – World War I, History & Politics已关闭评论
Posted in History, Publications
Tagged China eSpecials, Penguin, World War I
By DAVID DOBBSJULY 10, 2014
Credit Pablo Delcán
In his 2007 book “A Farewell to Alms,” the economic historian Gregory Clark argued that the English came to rule the world largely because their rich outbred their poor Continue reading
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, has been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source.
News of the investigation of Rui Chenggang should not be on Continue reading
Minitrue: CCTV’s Rui Chenggang Detained已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged CCTV, Rui Chenggang, Zhou Yongkang
By EDWARD WONG JULY 12, 2014
BEIJING — A prominent Chinese state television anchor known for his strident efforts to champion China’s political and economic systems has been detained by the authorities, the state news media reported on Saturday.
The television anchor, Rui Chenggang, a popular host of a financial Continue reading
In Inquiry in China, Police Detain Star Anchor已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines
Tagged CCTV, Rui Chenggang, Television Anchor, Zhou Yongkang
Since its launch at the end of May, over 170 cases have been submitted on the media freedom crowd-sourcing platform promoted by Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso and Index on Censorship. Continue reading
Balkans home to nearly half of media freedom violations已关闭评论
Posted in Press Freedom
Tagged Europe, Media Freedom
Filed by Gary Price on July 11, 2014
share save 171 16 Authors Guild v. HathiTrust: Implications for Libraries, Analysis of Decision From Library Copyright Alliance
A new seven page analysis of the June 10, 2014 U.S. Court of Appeals Authors Guild v. HathiTrust decision Continue reading
“Authors Guild v. HathiTrust: Implications for Libraries”, Analysis of Decision From Library Copyright Alliance已关闭评论
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Tagged Authors Guild, HathiTrust, Library Copyright Alliance
Six members of blogging group Zone 9 and three other journalists could could face terrorism charges in one of the world’s deadliest countries for journalists
By Milana Knezevic / 11 July, 2014
(Photo: Zone 9/Facebook)
“We blog because we care!” This is the slogan and rallying cry of Zone 9, a group of young Ethiopians Continue reading
Ethiopia: Young bloggers jailed for over two months without charge已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, PEN International News