Tiananmen Mothers released (AP)
Xinhua News Agency said today that the three “Tiananmen Mothers” were “released by police after being admonished and showing repentance,” the Associated Press reported. The full report is here.
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Sophie Beach is CDT's Operations and Communications Manager. From 2003-2021, she served as Executive Editor of CDT English. She lives in Berkeley, California.
Pres. Chen says W. Post distorted interview
Following an interview with President Chen Shui-bian in yesterday’s Washington Post, the president now says he was misquoted on his stance about relations with the mainland. The dispute is over the first paragraph of the Post article, which says: “President Chen Shui-bian declared Monday that his narrow re-election victory was a mandate from voters to […]
Read MoreChina’s ‘BMW killer’ case upheld
In a follow-up to the “BMW case”, which spurred widespread online protests in China, a lenient sentence was upheld for a woman who killed a peasant with her car, the BBC reported today. The full report is here. We’ll see how Internet users in China react to this news.
Read MoreSouthern Metropolis News editors arrested
In a further update to the story below, Southern Metropolis News (Nanfang Dushi Bao) editor Cheng Yizhong was arrested on March 19, and is being investigated on corruption charges. This appears to be another attempt to silence one of China’s most independent and outspoken newspapers. For more information on this case, see CPJ’s news alert […]
Read MoreAttacks on the Press 2003 – Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists has posted the new edition of the annual report Attacks on the Press, which covers press freedom conditions around the world. Read the China chapter. Read the full report.
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