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English language blogs are reporting on the closure of the Chinese language version of the China Development Brief, which monitors the work of foreign NGOs and aid groups working in China. From the Time China blog: Authorities in Beijing last week moved to close a publication that covers foreign aid and nongovernmental organizations, its founder […]
Read MoreThe Washington Post writes about author Yan Lianke and the art of literary censorship in China: China has come a long way from the days of Mao Zedong, when singing the praises of socialism was virtually the only form of art allowed by the party. But the principle has remained the same. The party still […]
Read MoreAlthough the Chinese government has promised greater access to foreign journalists covering the Olympics, domestic journalists may not share the same fate. This cartoon is by Mick Stern at the Committee to Protect Journalists:
Read MorePhotographer Angela Palmer once had a dream in which she visited the most polluted and the cleanest cities on earth wearing white outfits which were then exhibited side by side. Determined to make the experience reality, she traveled to Linfen, China and Cape Grim, Tasmania, and writes about the experience in the Guardian: Research into […]
Read MoreThe Guardian profiles environmental activist Ma Jun, founder of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs: The ex-journalist switched to activism in 1997 after hearing Chinese hydro-engineers boast that the Yellow River was a model of water management, even though it was so over-dammed and exploited that it failed to reach the sea on more […]
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