The Settlers-‘China’s Second Continent,’ by Howard W. French

By ALEXIS OKEOWOJULY 10, 2014

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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

Penguin Books’ China eSpecials – World War I, History & Politics

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

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The Fault in Our DNA-‘A Troublesome Inheritance’ and ‘Inheritance’

By DAVID DOBBSJULY 10, 2014

 

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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

Minitrue: CCTV’s Rui Chenggang Detained

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

In Inquiry in China, Police Detain Star Anchor

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

Balkans home to nearly half of media freedom violations

 

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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

“Authors Guild v. HathiTrust: Implications for Libraries”, Analysis of Decision From Library Copyright Alliance

Filed by Gary Price on July 11, 2014

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Ethiopia: Young bloggers jailed for over two months without charge

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

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“We blog because we care!” This is the slogan and rallying cry of Zone 9, a group of young Ethiopians Continue reading