A screen shot of a Tweet shows an edition of the Southern Metropolis Daily with headlines that when read together appear spell out an anti-propaganda message. RFA
An editor at a cutting-edge newspaper in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong was fired and another slapped with an official warning for “political problems” after a recent edition of the paper ran two coinciding headlines that spelled out an anti-propaganda message, sources told RFA. Continue reading
Chinese Editors Punished For ‘Political Mistakes’ Over Headline Acrostic已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged dismissal, Guangdong, Liu Yuxia, Southern Metropolis Daily, Xi Jinping
Placards showing missing bookseller Lee Bo (L) and his associate Gui Minhai (R) outside the China liaison office in Hong Kong, Jan. 19, 2016. AFP
The first of five Hong Kong booksellers detained in mainland China since October over sales of political books across the internal border has returned to the city, local media reported on Friday. Continue reading
Hong Kong Bookseller Returns Home, ‘Refuses to Discuss Details’已关闭评论
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Tagged Causeway Bay Books, confession, Gui Minhai, Hong Kong, Illegal business, Lui Por
All the men were linked to a bookshop and publishers which sold books critical of China
Police in Guangdong said in a letter to the Hong Kong force that Lui Bo, Lam Wingkei and Cheung Jiping would be bailed pending investigations. Continue reading
HK booksellers ‘to be released soon’已关闭评论
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Tagged bookseller, Cheung Jiping, Gui Minhai, Hong Kong, Lam Wingkei, Lee Bo, Lui Bo
Actor Sun Haiying’s Weibo shortly before it was shuttered.
December 14, 2014, Red Flag Manuscript published an article by Li Yanyan (李艳艳 – whom it identified as “with the Humanities division of Beijing Union University” – 北京联合大学) entitled “Some Tendencies That Must Be Addressed In Order to Safeguard Weibo’s Ideological Security” ( 维护微博意识形态安全必须纠正的几种倾向). Some excerpts: Continue reading
A Chronology of Actor Sun Haiying’s Ban From China’s Social Media已关闭评论
Posted in Culture, Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged Ban, censorship, Sun Haiying, Weibo
HONG KONG | By Stella Tsang and James Pomfret
A printout showing Lee Bo, specializing in publications critical of China, and four other colleagues who went missing, is displayed outside a bookstore at Causeway Bay shopping district in Hong Kong, China January 6, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
Four of the five Hong Kong booksellers who went missing in October appeared on Chinese television confirming for the first time they’d been detained for “illegal book trading” in mainland China. Continue reading
Missing HK booksellers say arrested for sales of banned books in China已关闭评论
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Tagged bookseller, Cheung Chi-ping and Lam Wing-kee, disappearance, Gui Minhai, Hong Kong, Hong Kong publisher, Lui Por
Zhang Kai. Photo via his blog, with the tag “Hope.”
Lawyer Zhang Kai was taken into police custody in Wenzhou on August 25, 2015. He was placed in residential surveillance in a designated location for six months, after which he appeared on Chinese television to make a “confession” on February 25. Continue reading
The Case of Zhang Kai: Refuting Lies, Clarifying the Facts, and Setting the Record Straight已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Religious Freedom
Tagged confession, Lawyer, Wenzhou, Zhang Kai
Ren Zhiqiang has more than 30m followers
China has shut down the microblogging accounts of outspoken former property tycoon Ren Zhiqiang after he criticised President Ren Zhiqiang. Continue reading
China internet: Ren Zhiqiang’s account blocked after Xi criticism已关闭评论
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Tagged censorship, cyberspace, internet, Ren Zhiqiang, Weibo
Hong Kong actor Tony Leung receives the distinction of officer of the Order of Arts and Letters at the French Residence in Hong Kong, June 8, 2015.
State media controlled by the ruling Chinese Communist Party has warned two Hong Kong superstars that they could be at the receiving end of a boycott in mainland China after they sat close to two key figures in the entourage of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at a recent religious event. Continue reading
China Hits Out at Hong Kong Stars Over Buddhist Event in India已关闭评论
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Tagged Bodh Gaya, Buddhist, Dalai Lama, Faye Wong, Hong Kong, Hu Jun, India, Tibetan, Tony Leung
