April 18, 2014 9:35 PM
Culture & the Arts
Ilham Tohti: My Ideals and Career Path
In March, PEN American Center announced it would confer the 2014 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award on Uyghur writer Ilham Tohti, who was detained in January 2014 and has since been charged with separatism. In an editorial condemning the award, the official Global Times equates Ilham Tohti’s work with recent violent acts, including the car crash near Tiananmen Square and the knife attack in the Kunming train station: Obviously, the West is trying to pressure ...April 6, 2014 1:47 PM
Lucrative Stardom Using a Webcam and a Voice
David Barboza at the New York Times looks at live karaoke performances on YY.com, a popular Chinese social network website that features real-time ...
The Best and Worst of Times for China’s Film Industry
Jury members at the China Film Directors’ Guild Awards this month denied suggestions that their decision to withhold the best picture award ...
April 18, 2014 2:33 PM
Play Addresses Growing Fear for Journalists in HK
The Washington Post reports on a play that recently premiered in Hong Kong inspired by the brutal “gangland-style” knife attack ...
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