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A Tibetan monk in Sichuan set himself on fire after staging a protest in support of the Dalai Lama, BBC reports: The UK-based Free Tibet group said in a statement that the 29-year-old monk, from the Nyitso Monastery in Dawu...
Read MoreThe recent train crash in Wenzhou showed the power of social media in China and its ability to overwhelm the traditional censorship mechanisms. The protests against a chemical factory in Dalian – which ultimately achieved...
Read MoreWhen U.S. troops carried out a mission which killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in May, one of the stealth helicopters used in the raid crashed. U.S. officials now believe that Pakistan has allowed Chinese...
Read MoreFollowing an outbreak of violence in Xinjiang, the Chinese government is sending its elite Snow Leopard anti-terrorism squad to the region ahead of an international trade convention, AP reports: The government has blamed Muslim...
Read MoreChina Media Project translates an interview from Time Weekly with new media scholar Hu Yong about the definition of rumors, and the so-called “anti-rumor league,” a group of “truth-seeking vigilantes” who seek to...
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