Word of the Week: Be Tuoed
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
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Censoring the Media at Home and Abroad
For The Diplomat, Freedom House’s Sarah Cook gives a rundown on the situation for Chinese...
Guo Feixiong Sentenced to Six Years in Prison
Writer, human rights lawyer, and free speech activist Yang Maodong, also known by his pen name Guo...
Behind the Fall of China’s Greatest Newspaper
Guangzhou-based Southern Weekly was once considered one of the most influential media outlets in...
Guo Feixiong, a Civil Rights Hero
Human rights lawyer and activist Guo Feixiong (the pen name of Yang Maodong) was arrested in late...
Activists Stand Trial Over 2013 Press Freedom Protests (Updated)
A new trial for activists Guo Feixiong and Sun Desheng began on Friday amid heavy security after...
Trial of Human Rights Activist Guo Feixiong to Begin
Dissident writer and human rights legal activist Yang Maodong, better known by his pen name Guo...
Assessing China’s Rules on Critical News Reporting
Following the announcement of regulations on “critical” news reporting on Wednesday,...
Activists Test Xi Jinping, and Are Crushed
Following reports that civil society activist and New Citizens’ Movement founder Xu Zhiyong...
Political Discourse and Press Freedom in 2013
For China Media Project, Qian Gang provides a detailed analysis of political discourse in the...
Southern Media Group Turns Back on Protesters
Almost one year ago, protests erupted at Southern Media Group over the heavy-handed censorship of...
Activist Charged Over Southern Weekly Protests
South China Morning Post’s Patrick Boehler reports that Guangzhou activist Liu Yuandong has...
Jailed Activist Finally Allowed Access to Lawyer
The New York Times’ Chris Buckley reports that writer and activist Yang Maodong has finally...
New Citizens’ Movement Leaders Face Jail Time
Chris Buckley reports for The New York Times that police in Southern China have once again...
Veteran Journalist Xiao Shu Detained in Beijing
The South China Morning Post reports that writer and veteran journalist Chen Min (pen name Xiao Shu) was detained on Friday amid a campaign for the release of detained lawyer and fellow New Citizens’ Movement activist Xu...
The Death of a News Censor
David Bandurski rounds up journalists’ tributes to Southern Weekly’s former “news examiner” Zeng Li, whose blogging played an important role in January’s uproar over heavy-handed censorship by...
Hu Chunhua: Heading to the Top via Guangdong?
As low-profile as he is, Hu Chunhua, the new Party boss of Guangdong Province, has nonetheless attracted curiosity over his policies, which could make or break his fortune as one of the Party’s sixth generation leaders....
Why Southern Weekly?
Former managing editor Qian Gang looks back on the Southern Weekly incident and the factors behind it, retracing the Guangdong newspaper’s difficult past and examining why its New Year’s greeting has long-rankled...
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