The Associated Press reports on the latest crackdown in Tibet: At least 81 people in Tibet have been detained for suspected criminal activity amid a security sweep in the Himalayan region, including two who are being held for...
Read MoreFrom New York Times: A week before Americans tune in to the Super Bowl, another televised mega-event will kick off on the other side of the globe. On Sunday more than half a billion people here are expected to watch the annual...
Read MoreFrom Time Magazine: A photograph of an official from the land bureau of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, came under scrutiny in December after it began circulating on the Internet. Netizens pointed out that Zhou...
Read MoreSpeaking about the power of the “human flesh search engine” of Chinese netizens, the following post “What kind of communist is Mr. Chen Hua?” is quickly becoming the next case. Chen Hua (陈华)，Deputy...
Read MoreAmong all of China’s official newspapers, Beijing Daily is one of the most tightly controlled media, often a hardcore party propaganda machine. That’s why the following commentary in this paper, written by professor...
Read MoreFrom AP: China has bestowed the “revolutionary martyr” honor on seven people killed in a wave of violence in the western Muslim region of Xinjiang during a period of tight security for the Beijing Olympics, officials...
Read MoreThe Economist offers a view on why the timing of Charter 08 limits its chances for success: Authorities are currently tracking at least two unwanted developments. One is an Internet campaign to bring together parents of...
Read MoreIn light of a handful of sensitive anniversaries, a pro-democracy letter signed by many prominent intellectuals and a slowing economy, China has shut down 90 websites. From The Guardian: China extended its internet crackdown...
Read MoreBlogger Tang Xiaozhao (唐小昭) was born in Chongqing. She studied cosmetology in Beijing and is currently working in a not-for-profit agency in Shanghai. In the Chinese blogosphere, she is also known as Persian Xiaozhao (波斯小昭). Her...
Read MoreZhang Wen (章文) calls himself “a media person in the time of China’s transition” on his own blog. The thirty-something writer/editor was head of the editorial department of Xinhua’s Globe magazine, among...
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