The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source.
All websites find and delete the article “Xinhua Commentary on Ling Zhengce’s Fall: Even Connections to the Imperial Court Won’t Save You.” Implement immediately. (June 19, 2014) Continue reading
Minitrue: “Connections Won’t Shield Graft Probes”已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom, Minitrue
Posted: 06/20/2014 7:53 am EDT Updated: 06/22/2014 9:59 am EDT
The story of the J.D. Salinger’s life looks different when you look at it through the lens of his work.
An excellent piece of advice I received while working on my biography of J.D. Salinger, Continue reading
9 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About J.D. Salinger已关闭评论
Posted in Culture
Tagged Escape Artist, J.D. Salinger
By MICHAEL FORSYTHEJUNE 19, 2014
HONG KONG — China introduced new restrictions on what the government has called “critical” news articles and barred Chinese journalists from doing work outside their beats or regions, putting further restraints on reporters in one of the world’s most controlled news media environments.
Reporters in China must now seek permission from their employers before undertaking “critical reports” and are barred from setting up their own websites, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television announced in new rules Wednesday. Continue reading
Chinese Government Tightens Constraints on Press Freedom已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, Press Freedom
Kirsten Jacobsen, Special to the Register; 11:09 p.m. CDT June 21, 2014
(Photo: Kirsten Jacobsen/Photos Special to the Register)
Walking down the city’s bustling hútong — Beijing’s eponymous ancient, winding alleyways — Continue reading
Jun 21st 2014
FOR years after the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, China’s leaders surprised the world by adhering scrupulously to Hong Kong’s unusual political set-up of “one country, two systems”. Continue reading
A showdown looms-China’s most prosperous city is becoming dangerously polarised已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
2014-06-20
Gao Zhisheng during an interview at his office in Beijing, in a file photo.
AFP
Jailed human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, one of China’s highest-profile dissidents, is scheduled to complete his three-year prison term at a remote jail in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang in early August, Continue reading
Jail Term of China’s Human Rights Lawyer to End in August已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Religious Freedom
Tagged Falun Gong, Gao Zhisheng, Human Rights Lawyer
2014-06-20
By Parameswaran Ponnudurai
Chinese police take away alleged sex workers and clients at an entertainment center in Dongguan, southern China’s Guangdong province, Feb. 9, 2014.
Photo: RFA
The U.S. State Department on Friday upgraded China Continue reading
US Move to Upgrade China in Human Trafficking Ranking Questioned已关闭评论
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Tagged China, Human Trafficking
By TONY HORWITZJUNE 19, 2014
Credit Anna Parini
WEST TISBURY, Mass. — FIVE months ago I published a short book called “Boom.” Commercially it was a bust. No news in that: Most books lose money and are quickly forgotten by all but their wounded authors. Continue reading
TONY HORWITZ: I Was a Digital Best Seller!已关闭评论
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Tagged Boom, Digital Best Seller, TONY HORWITZ
