One of the most curious newspapers to come out of China in recent years is the English-language edition of the Global Times. Owned by the People’s...
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CATEGORY: Asia and Pacific
China: Petitioners beaten when visiting Chen Guangcheng
A group of petitioners attempting to visit blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng were beaten on 30 October. According to petitioner Zhu Jindi, as...
Proposed Thai law gives police power to shut news media
Anti-free speech legislation is used as a weapon in the ongoing political war between the Thaksin Shinawatra political machine and the Democrat Party. Voranai Vanijaka reports
O-pen Magazine forced to shut by the Chinese goverment
O-pen Magazine was set up in March 2011 by Annie Baby, a popular novelist who got her start on the internet. On 1 November she announced on her Sina...
Han Han: when a culture castrates itself
Cross posted with thanks to the Chinese Media Project for the translation I haven’t written anything since [my July post] “Nation Derailed.” In...
Rightscon: “If we don’t get this right, people will be put in jail”
Rachel Greenspan reports from the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference, where industry and activists met to discuss free expression online
Free Chen Guangcheng movement grows despite violence
Chinese netizens, writers and media figures have rallied to the cause of blind activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng in recent weeks, facing risks of...
Philippines: Broadcaster shot dead
A radio commentator in the Philippines was shot dead on 14 October. Datu Roy Bagtikan Gallego was shot dead on the national highway in Sitio...
Beijing film festival not banned but forced to falter
Independent film festivals around the world are usually bustling affairs. This was not so in the case of the Sixth Beijing Independent Film...
Ai Weiwei: “maybe being powerful means to be fragile”
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been named the most powerful person in the art world in ArtReview magazine's Power 100 poll, which rates the...
Conspiracy theories flourish after China cancels opera
This Thursday Hong Kong will host the world premiere of Dr. Sun Yat-sen after China abruptly cancelled the opera’s original world premiere at...
“Detained” reporter refutes New York Times article
We've been alerted to a debate that has arisen regarding our post on Monday 26 September, in which we noted that the New York Times had reported...
