An urgent appeal from Chinese writer Yan Lianke to the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese Prime Minister Esteemed...
Yan Lianke appeals to Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao over Beijing evictions
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CATEGORY: Asia and Pacific
China media boss says propaganda good, journalism bad
The new boss of CCTV, China’s state TV network, Hu Zhanfan, says it like it is. He believes Chinese journalists should first and foremost be the...
Journalist Chang Ping’s woes continue
China has blocked the website of an iPad magazine called Sun Affairs edited by media rebels Chang Ping and Wen Yunchao. The site has lost its...
Outspoken Malaysian professor could resign over controversy
An outspoken Malaysian professor of constitutional law, is considering resigning from his post in the university in the midst of on-going police...
Pakistan: Reporter injured in shoot out
A TV journalist in Pakistan was shot and critically injured during a riot on Sunday. Ehsan Kohati, a senior reporter for the Waqt News TV channel...
Vietnam: Blogger Pham Minh Hoang’s jail term reduced
A Vietnamese court have halved the jail sentence of a blogger after international pressure from government's and NGO's. Pham Minh Hoang was...
Bangladesh: Editor accused of extortion released on bail
The news editor of an online news agency has been released on bail after being held for nearly four months. Ekramul Haq, the editor of recently...
Maldives: Government shuts down blog in climate of growing religious intolerance
The Maldivan government has ordered a ban on the blog of a freelance writer on the grounds it contained anti-Islamic material. The blog...
Thailand: Facebookers who ‘like’ anti-monarchy groups could face trial
A Thai Government minister has warned that Facebook users who 'like' or 'share' pages which denigrate the monarchy could face prosecution. The...
Murong Xuecun: Caging a Monster 把怪物关进笼子里
Outspoken Chinese writer, Murong Xuecun delivered an astonishing speech in Oslo this week. Delivered during Chinese literature week, an extract of...
Bollywood censors ban Tibet flag
The long arm of Chinese soft power has reached Bollywood. Indian censors have ordered the makers of Rockstar to cut or blur scenes showing images of...
Murong Xuecun: China’s most outspoken novelist on being a “word criminal”
This has been cross-posted from the New York Times with permission. Word Crimes from Jonah Kessel on Vimeo. “The worst effect of the censorship is...
