Sensitive Words: Singers and Tigers and Bloggers (Oh My)
As of January 29, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for...
Fang Zhouzi
Drawing the News: Xi Jinping and Zhou Xiaoping
Zhou Xiaoping, the young, nationalistic blogger who shook hands with President Xi Jinping at the...
Minitrue: Fang Zhouzi Digs into Zhou Xiaoping (Updated)
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Ping Fu Defends Memoir After Chinese Netizens Attack
Ping Fu, CEO of 3D software developer Geomagic and innovation adviser to President Obama, released her English-language memoir Bend, Not Break on December 31. The book traces her journey from oppressed youth during China’s...
China’s Nobel Winners, Past and Possible
With the announcement this week of the 2012 Nobel Prizes, the BBC’s Damian Grammaticas revisits the situation of imprisoned 2010 Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo and his wife, Liu Xia. Liu Xia remains under strict house...
Sensitive Words: Show-Off Girl and More
As of May 15, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user”...
Flame War: Novelist vs Fraud Buster
Danwei’s Joel Martinson chronicles the war of words between author-blogger-racing driver Han Han and merciless scientific fraud slayer Fang Zhouzi. Battle lines have been drawn, with writers, publishers, cartoonists and...
Controversial Doctor Detained in Fang Zhouzi Case
China’s Scientific & Academic Integrity Watch reports (h/t Danwei) that an arrest has been made in the attack against scientific fraud investigator Fang Shimin, otherwise known as Fang Zhouzi: Beijing Police Bureau...
Lies, Damn Lies and Chinese Science
In The Humanist, Sam Geall looks at recent cases of academic or scientific fraud in China, and the “science cops,” such as Fang Zhouzi and Fang Xuanchang, who are trying to keep the facts in check. The article...
Science Cop’ Fang Zhouzi Injured in Attack near Home
Fang Zhouzi, a campaigner against academic and scientific fraud who recently led the campaign to expose alleged fraud by business leader Tang Jun, was apparently attacked outside his home, according to China Daily: Fang Zhouzi,...
Twenty Most Influential Figures in China’s Cyberspace
In the post-Olympics China, another round of media crackdown is clearly underway. Still, the Southern Metropolis Weekly just profiled 20 of the most influential bloggers and commentators in China’s cyberspace, who possess...
Is the Chinese Academy of Science the Culprit of the Melamine Poisoning?
From the China’s Scientific & Academic Integrity Watch blog: The crisis of tainted food is still spreading deeper and wider in China. Melamine contamination is now found in milk, dairy products, candies, and chicken...
Criticism can be sensible exchange – Raymond Zhou
From Raymond Zhou blog: A philosopher has thrown down the gauntlet and asked a science maverick to a duel. Since we are living in the 21st century, to make it “civilized,” in the philosopher’s words, whoever loses the contest will commit suicide “in a civilized manner.” You might think this is a plot from a […]
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