Tag: Southern Weekly

Striving for Freedom in the Chinese New Year

At The Washington Post, Perry Link and CDT founder Xiao Qiang point out a hollow in Xi Jinping’s “China dream”, between individuals’ material wishes and the “spiritual” goals of the state. What is deliberately missing, they suggest, is the aspiration for personal dignity articulated in January by Southern Weekly’s censored New Year message. One might ask why Southern Weekly’s notion of dignity cannot simply be inserted

February 17, 2013 11:34 AM

Journalists Face Harsher Censors, Marxist Retraining

As a tense wait for foreign journalists’ visa renewals ends, for most, The Washington Post’s Simon Denyer surveys the mounting obstacles

January 10, 2014 6:41 PM

Activist Charged Over Southern Weekly Protests

South China Morning Post’s Patrick Boehler reports that Guangzhou activist Liu Yuandong has been indicted for “gathering a crowd

December 17, 2013 2:27 PM

Lawyers Criticize “Straitjacket” for Online Rumors

China’s Supreme People’s Court and Supreme People’s Procuratorate issued a new judicial interpretation on Monday, sanctioning

September 10, 2013 4:02 PM

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