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Fox News has interviewed former Beijing University journalism professor Jiao Guobiao, who is now in the U.S.: To Jiao, the crackdown on the Internet is just an extension of the government’s controlling hand and heavy boot on all forms of expression in China that seem to threaten the power structure politically and socially. While China […]
Read MoreFrom the Central News Agency, translated by Joseph McMullin, via Press Interpreter: Persons working in the state controlled Chinese media have leaked a memo from the Chinese government that requires news agencies to reduce or cut their coverage of the mass street demonstrations. One of China’s most popular websites, sina.com.cn originally posted an article entitled, […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: The Chinese government, frequently criticized over its human rights record, declared Wednesday that it has brought rights violations “under control” by prosecuting more than 1,500 officials accused of abusing prisoners or holding them without legal ground… The white paper, the eighth in a series since 1991, depicted human rights violations by […]
Read MoreESWN has translated excerpts of an essay by writer Liu Xiaobo titled, “The Chinese Communists and the Japanese Rightists: Neither Will Apologize.” The original Chinese version is here. From the translation: Why are the many Chinese historians who are angrily challenging and criticizing the new Japanese history school books not also angrily challenging and openly […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: A top-to-bottom modernization is transforming the Chinese military, raising the stakes for U.S. forces long dominant in the Pacific. Several programs to improve China’s armed forces could soon produce a stronger nuclear deterrent against the United States, soldiers better trained to use high-technology weapons, and more effective cruise and anti-ship missiles […]
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