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Ostensibly to control traffic congestion, Chinese authorities is unveiling a new plan to track residents via their cell phones. From Thenextweb: Purportedly to improve Beijing’s public travel and reduce traffic congestion, the...
Read MoreAs last week’s calls for Jasmine Revolution protests went out over the Internet, Chinese police began calling foreign reporters to warn them against reporting on any incidents of unrest. Reporters who did report from the...
Read MoreThe U.S. TV drama The Good Wife took on the Great Firewall in an episode last night. The full episode is embedded below. The Los Angeles Times gives a recap: In Tuesday’s episode, Will asks for Alicia’s assistance...
Read MoreOn the Foreign Policy website, Renee Xia of Chinese Human Rights Defenders gives a run-down of the activists who have been detained or harassed during the recent crackdown following uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia and elsewhere: In...
Read MoreThis weekend marks the opening of the annual gathering of the National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. The New York Times reports that a consensus has not yet emerged about...
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