China Geeks has posted a translation and analysis of the crackdown at the Southern Group of newspapers, including the firing of veteran liberal journalist Chang Ping: In a recent blog post, prominent writer Mo Zhixu examined the...
Read MoreCheng Yizhong, founder and former chief editor of Southern Metropolis Daily and The Beijing News who was jailed for four months in 2004 for his coverage of the Sun Zhigang case, recently gave a public talk in Hong Kong. China...
Read MoreChina Media Project translates a piece by Du Daozheng in Yanhuang Chunqiu magazine which discusses recent comments by Wen Jiabao about prospects for political reform. From their introduction: Du takes issue with the idea that...
Read MoreMore than 100 scholars, activists, lawyers, and others in China have written an open letter supporting Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize and calling for his release. From the Australian: “This is a major event in modern...
Read MoreChina Media Project fellow Xiao Shu comments on the investigation into private security company Anyuanding, which has been accused of detaining petitioners in Beijing “black jails” on behalf of local governments:...
Read MoreChina Media Project has been tracking recent debates in the Chinese media and blogosphere over political reform (see here, here, and here), and now translates a position from the left, an editorial from Guangming Daily: First of...
Read MoreChina Media Project looks at the recent discussion among Chinese journalists and intellectuals around the idea that press freedom could be a logical first step toward political reform in China. David Bandurski translates an...
Read MoreHu Shuli, editor-in-chief of Caixin Media, Century Weekly and China Reform, writes on the pressing need for political reform in China. From Caixin, and translated by China Media Project: August 26 marked the 30th anniversary of...
Read MoreChina Media Project looks at discussions of political reform in China, after many observers were disappointed by the short shrift given the issue by the Hu Jintao administration: The issue is now back in the spotlight. Why?...
Read MoreAsia Times reports on General Liu Yazhou’s and Professor Hu Xingdou’s call for political reform. General Liu’s words that the secret of America’s success is “its long-surviving rule of law and the...
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