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Beijing broadens censorship of Australian media, adding The Age and News.com.au to its blacklist
The 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre leaves a number of major international news outlets inaccessible in China, with The Age and News.com.au being the latest Australian media outlets falling victim to Beijing's Great Firewall.
Chinese government blocks Guardian website
Censorship comes after bans on Washington Post, NBC, HuffPost and Wikipedia
For China’s Leading Investigative Reporter, Enough Is Enough (Published 2019)
Liu Wanyong, “the most important figure in investigative journalism,” has quit the profession. “News is not like news anymore,” he says.
How I Learned About Tiananmen
In April, ChinaFile put out a call for young people who grew up in China to describe how they first learned about the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, and how they felt about it. Here is a
Opinion | After Tiananmen, China Conquers History Itself (Published 2019)
Young people question the value of knowledge, a victory for Beijing 30 years after the crackdown on student protests.
In China, Public Talk of Sex Is Rare. Could a ‘Pleasure Community’ Change That? (Published 2019)
Strangers gathered in Beijing to discuss a subject rarely addressed publicly in China: how to satisfy a woman. These workshops come at a fraught time for Chinese feminists.
30 Years After Tiananmen Massacre, Hong Kong Fears for Its Freedoms
As demonstrators in Hong Kong prepare to mark the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, one question on people’s minds is: For how much longer? Many in this city fear Beijing’s increasingly heavy influence is starting to stifle their freedoms.
China’s robot censors crank up as Tiananmen anniversary looms
Artificial intelligence used to block sensitive terms linked to 1989 killings
As Huawei Loses Google, the U.S.-China Tech Cold War Gets Its Iron Curtain (Published 2019)
The White House’s hard-line approach threatens to speed up the development of two technology worlds, further isolating one-fifth of internet users.
Fear of Beijing’s influence on Chinese voters in Australia raises alarm
As Australia goes to the polls and the two main political parties woo the growing group of ethnic Chinese voters, concerns are growing over Beijing’s influence on local Chinese-language media.
In China, a Podcast Inspired by ‘This American Life’ Gives Voice to the Real (Published 2019)
Hundreds of thousands of listeners are drawn to the stories of ordinary people on “Gushi FM,” told with an authenticity that’s rare in China’s media landscape.
Chinese Rights Lawyer Demoted From Teaching Post at Shandong University
Rights lawyer Liu Shuqing was suddenly judged 'unqualified' to teach after he wrote about government regulation of lawyers and the abuse of official power on social media.
Opinion | We Should Worry About How China Uses Apps Like TikTok
Illiberal innovations created for China’s vast surveilled and censored domestic market are increasingly popular overseas.
What Does the Punishment of a Prominent Scholar Mean for Intellectual Freedom in China?
This week, Xu Zhangrun, a law professor at Beijing’s Tsinghua University who in recent months has penned a series of essays critical of policies of the Chinese Communist Party and of its leader, Xi
Censorship pays: China's state newspaper expands lucrative online scrubbing business
People.cn, the online unit of China's influential People's Daily, is boosting its numbers of human internet censors backed by artificial intelligence to help firms vet content on apps and adverts, capitalizing on its unmatched Communist Party lineage.
A Chinese Law Professor Criticized Xi. Now He’s Been Suspended. (Published 2019)
Xu Zhangrun boldly criticized China’s repressive policies. Now his university has suspended him and started an inquiry. But he is not retreating.
Why China Silenced a Clickbait Queen in Its Battle for Information Control (Published 2019)
Ma Ling was one of China’s most popular bloggers. Then she became a target in President Xi Jinping’s campaign to purge popular voices that the Communist Party finds threatening.
Bohemian Rhapsody’s release in China is a victory, despite the cuts | Le Fil
The fact that Freddie Mercury’s story is being shown in China is a breakthrough for gay people, says LGBT performer Le Fil
Limiting Your Digital Footprints in a Surveillance State (Published 2019)
To protect himself and his sources from prying eyes in China, Paul Mozur, a technology reporter in Shanghai, leaves just an “innocent trace” of digital exhaust.
Chinese Supreme Court Judge Under Criminal Investigation After Whistleblowing
Wang Linqing said he was warned of 'trouble' after refusing to rule in favor of a specific party in a multibillion yuan civil appeal.
News roundup: China has 654,000 people living with HIV/AIDS
Top China news for December 1, 2016. Get this daily digest delivered to your inbox by signing up at supchina.com/subscribe.
Sinica backgrounder: Edward Wong, exiting Beijing bureau chief for The New York Times
To accompany this week’s Sinica Podcast, a sampling of the work of Edward Wong, a reporter at The New York Times who is about to return to the U.S. from a post in Beijing.
News roundup: ‘Internet sovereignty’ and a noted publisher steps down
Top China news for November 16, 2016. Get this daily digest delivered to your inbox by signing up at supchina.com/subscribe.
Sinica extra: Q&A with Rachel Stern on the scholarly appeal of China’s legal system, the nation’s crackdown on lawyers and U.S. litigiousness
Rachel Stern, a law professor, author and guest on the October 20 Sinica podcast, joins Jeremy Goldkorn for a supplementary discussion about comparisons between the U.S. and Chinese legal systems, the phrase “rule of law” and the Chinese citizens who are filing lawsuits.
Through the lens of American journalism, writer gets a new perspective on telling China’s story
The United States and its justice-seeking brand of news gave a Chinese journalist a new understanding of her home country along with worries about telling a fuller story of China amid the media industry’s struggles and the government’s aggressive censorship.
