Liberal think tank fights back after website closure
Politics & Current Affairs
Top politics and current affairs news for January 24, 2017. Part of the daily The China Projectย news roundup "Musicians are the first victims of China-South Korea tensions."
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Chinese liberal think tank slams Beijing censors after website and media accounts shut downย / SCMPย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
As noted yesterday on The China Project, authorities in Beijing shut down 17 Chinese websites last Friday, including two run by the Unirule Institute of Economics, and a think tank founded by the influential and independent-minded economist Mao Yushiย (่ ไบ่ฝผ). A number of Uniruleโs social media accounts were also shut down. Earlier today, it hit back by publishing a letter online accusing the authorities of aiming to silence the institute, and complaining that no formal procedures were followed before the shutdown. The letter also asked for greater tolerance from the government for non-governmental organizations, and pointed to Xi Jinpingโs recent speechย about free trade at Davos, noting that โfree trade and free expression share inherent links.โ The letter, a rarity in the current climate of strict controls on speech and ideology, was swiftly deleted from the internet.
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