China Media Bulletin: Issue No. 19
A weekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People's Republic of China
HIGHLIGHTS
* Arab journalist faults China's Middle East coverage
* TV censors warn against time travel programs
* China's internet freedom on the decline, Freedom House report finds
* Tencent and Intel plan joint research center
* Chinese state media articles found in Taiwanese paper
Freedom House’s weekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People’s Republic of China.
Issue No. 19: April 21, 2011
HIGHLIGHTS
* Arab journalist faults China's Middle East coverage
* TV censors warn against time travel programs
* China's internet freedom on the decline, Freedom House report finds
* Tencent and Intel plan joint research center
* Chinese state media articles found in Taiwanese paper
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* Ezzat Shahrour's blog 4/15/2011 (in Chinese): A hundred thousand whys from Arabs to China's media
* Sydney Morning Herald 4/16/2011: Artist's family rejects bigamy claim
* Radio Free Asia 4/18/2011: Activist on trial for subversion
* New Yorker 3/30/2011: Liao Yiwu: Grounded in China
* Xinhua 4/19/2011 (in Chinese): Pledge to go after informants in Sinopec scandal an act of 'anti-supervision'
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NEW MEDIA / TECHNOLOGY NEWS
* Financial Times 4/18/2011: Reaction grows on internet freedoms
* San Francisco Chronicle 4/18/2011: Internet freedom declining as use grows
* Financial Times 11/8/2010: Tencent under fire in clash with Qihoo
* Dow Jones Newswires 4/18/2011: Going public: Chinese social network Renren IPO imminent
* Xinhua 4/18/2011: App gives net users a unique insight
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BEYOND CHINA
* U.S. State Department 2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: China
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NOTABLE ANALYSIS