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From the AP: Andrew McLaughlin, senior counsel for Google, told a State Department-sponsored conference on internet freedom that his company is trying to use its “presence in countries that are restrictive to provide communication” options, such as email and blogs, for people who may not have other ways to talk to each other freely. McLaughlin […]
Read MoreThe New York Times covers the killing of Lan Chengzhang and corruption in the Chinese media: Attacks against journalists are not uncommon in China, even if deaths are rare. But in ways that few could have expected, the killing on Jan. 11 of this untested reporter for an obscure publication has become a watershed event, […]
Read MoreThe Mercury News reports on Hu Jintao’s visit to Africa, his second in nine months: Hu’s first stop is Cameroon, then he heads to Liberia, Sudan, Zambia, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique and the Seychelles before returning to China 12 days later. Driven by its resource-hungry economy and seeking greater global clout, China is courting African […]
Read MoreA Tibetan teenager who was detained after the Nangpa La shootings has told AP about his experiences: Nearly three dozen Tibetans captured by Chinese troops as they tried to sneak out of their homeland were tortured with cattle prods and forced into hard labor, a teenager who identified himself as one of the former detainees […]
Read MoreMing Pao (translated by ESWN) reports on the potential impact for domestic journalism of the new easing of restrictions for foreign journalists: China Youth Daily veteran reporter Lu Yuegang said that it is inevitable that when the Chinese government permits non-mainland (Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan) and foreign correspondents to gather news freely, there will be […]
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