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CATEGORY: China
Propaganda bureau takes over two Beijing papers
The news earlier this week that two popular Beijing newspapers will now come under the capital’s propaganda department has raised concerns that the...
China calls for crackdown on Internet rumours
After two recent incidents where a fury of online public criticism has shown the robust power of microblogging in spreading information, the Chinese...
Ai Weiwei calls Beijing “a city of violence”
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has attacked injustices in China in a candid and scathing article posted on Newsweek magazine's website. He...
Backstreet’s blocked alright
Of all the contentious cultural material China's censors could crack down on, an inoffensive 1990s boy band ballad seems like an odd option. China's...
China’s middle class protesters
A week ago China’s middle class flexed their civic action muscles by taking to the streets in their thousands (reports say up to 12,000) in the...
Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei makes a comeback
Ai: A bird needs to flutter its wings to see if it can fly After nearly two months of silence, artist Ai Weiwei, one of China’s most prominent human...
Iran, China, schadenfreude and the London riots
State media in China and Iran have both offered their two cents in response to the riots that have swept the UK over the past three days. A...
Beijing’s bid to spy on public Wi-Fi users
Beijing district police last month enforced regulations requiring café owners and other businesses to install web monitoring software. The software...
Deadly high speed train crash marks watershed moment for Chinese media
The aftermath of the collision of two high-speed trains near the Chinese city of Wenzhou on 23 July has demonstrated that the limits of free...