China’s phantom Jasmine pro-democracy protests have turned into a news story about news journalists. The heavy-handed treatment of foreign reporters...
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“The only speakable truth is that we cannot speak the truth”
Censorship and its fear-fed sibling, self-censorship, frequently take on farcical qualities in China. One of the most eloquent speeches on this...
The little Chinese protest that couldn’t
An appeal to replicate Tunisia's "Jasmine Revolution" in 13 cities across China over the weekend has flopped spectacularly. There was little sign of...
Father of the firewall in controversial interview
China’s Global Times Chinese edition is well known for being a nationalist paper owned by the Communist Party. The Chinese edition is often peppered...
China: Tibetan singer released from prison
Tibetan singer Tashi Dhondup, who was sentenced to 15 months hard labour in January 2010 for recording political songs, has been released a few...
Controversial Chinese journalist Chang Ping talks to Index
Last month top columnist Chang Ping lost his job as senior researcher for the edgy Southern Daily Group. He says his dismissal was part of a...
Gory video celebrates the year of the rabbit
In the Chinese Horoscope, 2011 is the year of the rabbit. In the lead up to New Year's Day on Thursday (3 February), a subversive "Happy Chinese New...
China’s microblogs censor the words “Egypt” and “Tunisia”
Terms like Falun Gong, the Tiananmen Square Massacre and the names of high profile Chinese dissidents have long been censored in China, but now it’s...
China’s mobile censorship
There has been a lot of bans in China recently, including what's alleged to be a list of banned SMS words. The register first circulated by...
Dissident Writer Li Hong Dies During Medical Parole
The sad death of jailed writer Zhang Jianhong went by with hardly a blip from the foreign media. Zhang, 52, died 31 December in hospital while on...