It has emerged that the Chinese government has closed 16 websites and detained six people for “fabricating or disseminating online rumours” in...
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Chinese press forbidden from commenting on key Premier Wen speech
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao marked the end of this year's National People’s Congress with a press conference in which he urged China to press ahead...
Tibetan writer prevented from receiving culture prize
Woeser, a Tibetan writer who has authored online articles and non-fiction books about her birthplace, has been prevented from attending a ceremony...
Chinese activist warned over launching website
A veteran Chinese pro-democracy campaigner based in Wuhan has been warned by state security police not to proceed with plans for a website aimed to...
Zhu Yufu charged with subversion for poem
Zhu Yufu, a poet and activist, was last week charged with crimes relating to subversion for writing and publishing a poem online. The poem, It’s...
Yu Jie: An exile at heart
The defection of Chinese writer and dissident Yu Jie last week revealed shocking allegations of torture and beatings more usually associated with...
Fear and confusion over China’s Confucius Institutes
As the number of Confucius Institutes continues to increase, there have been renewed concerns about how these organisations restrict free...
Chinese dissident lawyer held in Xinjiang, brother says
The brother of Chinese dissident human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has told two news agencies that his brother is now in a Xinjiang prison, being the...
Is China using censorship to sculpt national sentiment?
Is China’s foreign policy shaped by national public opinion or is the government shaping public opinion to justify its foreign policy? An...
Yan Lianke appeals to Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao over Beijing evictions
An urgent appeal from Chinese writer Yan Lianke to the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese Prime Minister Esteemed...