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Tsinghua University Removes Xi Critic Xu Zhangrun (Updated)
At The Financial Times, Christian Shepherd reports the removal from teaching duties of Tsinghua law professor Xu Zhangrun in apparent retaliation for his vocal criticism of Xi Jinping’s leadership. [Updated on March 25, 2019 at 22:11 PST: Xu was reportedly not fired outright, as this post originally stated.] The most prominent example was a 10,000-character essay published last July by the liberal Unirule Instuture, and translated in full by Geremie Barmé at China
China Censors Gay Scenes in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’...
While the Queen biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” was criticized by some Westerners for downplaying frontman Freddie Mercury’s queerness, a censored version of...
China and Global Academic Freedom
Yesterday, Human Rights Watch published a 12-point Code of Conduct for institutes of higher learning to adopt to aid in responding to Beijing’s threats to academic freedom...
U.S. Companies Fuel Surveillance in China
At Foreign Policy this week, Securing Democracy’s Lindsay Gorman and Matt Schrader described how American tech firms and institutions “are lending expertise, reputational...
Former Swedish Ambassador Under Investigation
Anna Lindstedt, Sweden’s former ambassador to China, is under criminal investigation for breaches of national security, Sarah Zheng reports at South China Morning Post. Lindstedt...
Guangdong Labor Activist Detained; Another Missing
In the latest development in a continuing crackdown on civil society activism and workers rights advocacy, authorities have recently detained two more labor activists in the Guangdong...
E.U. Faces Internal Division as Xi Visits the Continent...
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit Europe on Thursday for a six-day trip to Italy, Monaco, and France. As Xi looks to strengthen ties with individual countries in the region...
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Economy
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Culture & the Arts
Three Poems by Detained Uyghur Poet “Tarim”
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Sci-Tech
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Environment
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Human Rights
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Information Revolution
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The Great Divide
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The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities,
Hong Kong
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Taiwan
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Translation
Translation: “He Deserves Respect”
The following interview with University of Haifa Professor Nimrod Baranovitch
China & the World
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