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193 articles matching the search query.
These Chinese Millennials Are ‘Chilling,’ and Beijing Isn’t Happy
Young people in China have set off a nascent counterculture movement that involves lying down and doing as little as possible.
Librarian suspended after Jimmy Lai books put on recommended reading shelf
Government employee at Shek Tong Tsui Public Library in Sai Wan found responsible for displaying at least 10 titles written by jailed Apple Daily owner.
What Else Has Hong Kong Lost, Readers Ask as a Paper Is Forced to Shut
Apple Daily, a pro-democracy news outlet, is the biggest casualty yet in Beijing’s campaign against Hong Kong’s once freewheeling news media. Its million-copy final edition sold fast.
Scholars on LinkedIn Are Being Blocked in China ‘Without Telling Them Why’
Affected users say the social-networking site owned by Microsoft is obstructing them over “prohibited content” without further explanation.
In a Muffled Hong Kong, Bookstores Offer Freedom of Thought
Some independent shops flout the new limits on free expression. Others try to come to terms with them. For readers, they offer a sense of connection in a changed city.
Chinese academic suspended for advocating polygamy
Bao Yinan from East China University of Political Science and Law accused over WeChat statements
Hong Kong security law used to shut down website run by overseas activists
Ex-lawmaker Nathan Law led group of eight Hongkongers running the 2021 Hong Kong Charter project. Web hosting company Wix apologises for removing site ‘by mistake’ after police asked for it to be closed.
A Letter to My Editors and to China’s Censors
Xu Zhangrun, perhaps China’s most famous dissident legal scholar, released a letter addressed not only to China’s censors but also to the editors and publishers with whom he had worked for decades.
Censorship, Surveillance and Profits: A Hard Bargain for Apple in China
Apple built the world’s most valuable business on top of China. Now it has to answer to the Chinese government.
Ahead of Its Centennial, the Chinese Communist Party Frets Over
On July 1, the Chinese Communist Party will commemorate its founding in Shanghai one hundred years ago. Unsurprisingly, Beijing is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that nothing untoward takes
China’s steady erosion of media freedom rose from Sichuan’s ruins
Journalists and activists hoped the 2008 earthquake would open a crack in censorship.
Two plead guilty in case highlighting China’s online control
Chen Mei and Cai Wei had created an archive that stored articles censored from the Chinese internet.
2 on trial as China enforces online control amid pandemic
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Two amateur computer coders taken by police from their Beijing homes last year were standing trial Tuesday in a case that illustrates the Chinese government's growing online censorship and heightened sensitivity to any deviation from the official narrative on its COVID-19 response...
Hong Kong Broadcaster Fires Reporter, Deletes Critical Programs
Radio Television Hong Kong starts deleting copies of hard-hitting investigative films from online platforms on World Press Freedom Day.
Australia’s China debate gets more rancorous with harassment, lawsuits
Defamation suits against journalists, online hate campaigns against researchers: Australia’s debate on China has become so politicised it can be hard to know what’s real.
Women Are Battling China’s Angry Trolls. The Trolls Are Winning.
As online attacks against Chinese feminists intensify, popular social media companies are responding by removing the women — not the abusers — from their platforms.
China blocks US think tank website following critique on sanctions
‘The biggest change lately is that China now believes it has the right to police debate about China wherever it occurs in the world,’ said Centre for Strategic and International Studies fellow Scott Kennedy.
China Punishes Microsoft’s LinkedIn Over Lax Censorship
Officials said the social network had failed to block objectionable political content, a sign of the sacrifices it must make to remain in the vast but difficult market.
Rising encrypted app Signal is down in China
Chinese users of the instant messenger Signal knew that the good times wouldn’t last long. The app, which is used for encrypted conversations, is unavailable in mainland China as of the morning of March 16, a test by TechCrunch shows. The website of the app has been banned in mainland China since March 15, according […]
Exclusive: Senators revive bill to combat Chinese censorship of U.S. companies
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators will revive legislation as soon as Wednesday to counter Chinese censorship in the United States, a new effort by Congress to hold Beijing accountable for its growing efforts to stifle criticism beyond its borders, Senator Jeff Merkley...
