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Chinese magazine challenges government over censorship

Weeks after Xi Jinping demanded loyalty from media, Caixin claims it was ordered to remove interview on free speech

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Xi Jinping visiting China Central Television (CCTV) in Beijing on 19 February, where he demanded absolute loyalty from Chinese media. Photograph: Ma Zhancheng/AP

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Xi Jinping Tells Chinese Media to ‘Speak for the Party’

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State media workers are shown celebrating President Xi Jinping’s media tour in this screen shot from CCTV broadcast, Feb. 19, 2016.

President Xi Jinping’s call for unswerving loyalty from the state media to the ruling Chinese Communist Party, speaks to the president’s ambition to lead a world superpower and echos Beijing’s growing concern over its international image, analysts told RFA’s Chinese services. Continue reading

China set to ban all foreign media from publishing online

Government directive: ‘Sino-foreign joint ventures, Sino-foreign cooperative ventures and foreign business units shall not engage in online publishing services’

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Only wholly Chinese owned companies will be able to publish online – subject to strict self-censorship Rex Features

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Featured Series | Media, Culture & Social Change in Asia

Routledge are pleased to highlight our Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia series. Continue reading