From Pakistan, Uyghur Separatist Vows Revenge on China
by Josh Rudolph | Mar 18, 2014
After the deadly Kunming train station attack on March 1 highlighted growing tensions between the...
Read MoreSensitive: Zhou Yongkang’s Given Name, More
by Anne Henochowicz | Mar 18, 2014
As of March 18, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search...
Read MoreSina Weibo IPO Lays Bare Censorship Burden
by Samuel Wade | Mar 18, 2014
Despite talk of its precipitous decline, “China’s Twitter” Sina Weibo is aiming...
Read MoreChinese Internet Censorship Works, Sometimes
by Samuel Wade | Mar 18, 2014
At ChinaFile, Jason Q. Ng examines censorship of terms related to the rumored corruption...
Read MoreGovernment, Families Express Rage Over Missing Jet
by Grace | Mar 17, 2014
As the families and relatives of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 continue to wait for news of the...
Read MoreFrom Myanmar, on Media Freedom and Responsibility
by Samuel Wade | Mar 17, 2014
At China Media Project, Qian Gang reflects on recent relaxations of media controls in Myanmar that...
Read MoreChina to Decentralize Movie Censorship
by Grace | Mar 17, 2014
China Real Time’s Lilian Lin reports that China’s state film regulator is going to...
Read MoreAfter Crimea, Hu Xijin Says “Truth Follows Power”
by Josh Rudolph | Mar 17, 2014
The Crimean parliament and an overwhelming majority of voters chose to join the Russian...
Read MoreBeijing’s Propaganda Crisis & the Rise of “Self-Media”
by Samuel Wade | Mar 17, 2014
At The New York Times, author Murong Xuecun describes the erosion of the government’s former...
Read MoreWang Lixiong: The Elephant and the Mouse
by Sophie Beach | Mar 17, 2014
In the wake of a deadly attack by knife-wielding assailants in the Kunming train station, and amid...
Read MoreMinitrue: Crimea Votes to Join Russia
by Anne Henochowicz | Mar 17, 2014
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Read More200 Refugees In Thai Slave Camp May Be Uyghurs
by Natalie Ornell | Mar 16, 2014
Police suspect that around 200 people rescued from a human trafficking camp in southern Thailand...
Read MoreTwo Monks Self-Immolate in Sichuan and Qinghai
by Sophie Beach | Mar 16, 2014
On the sixth anniversary of protests in Tibetan regions, and a subsequent crackdown, two Tibetans...
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