China Media Bulletin: Issue No. 43
A weekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People's Republic of China
HIGHLIGHTS
* Censors suppress news of village revolt
* Microblog usage declining as censorship grows
* Huawei scales back presence in Iran
* U.S. agencies link cyberespionage to China's military
* British star defends Chinese film on Nanjing massacre, attempts to visit Chen Guangcheng
A weekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People's Republic of China
Issue No. 43: December 15, 2011
HIGHLIGHTS
* Censors suppress news of village revolt
* Microblog usage declining as censorship grows
* Huawei scales back presence in Iran
* U.S. agencies link cyberespionage to China's military
* British star defends Chinese film on Nanjing massacre, attempts to visit Chen Guangcheng
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* Reuters 12/9/2011: Russia’s Putin wins China’s support – and peace prize
* Time Weekly 12/15/2011 (in Chinese): Sun Xingjie: Confucius Peace Prize: A type of self-entertaining civil diplomacy
* Taoguba 11/18/2011 (in Chinese): Why can’t the Chinese establish the Confucius Peace Prize?
* Telegraph 12/13/2011: Inside Wukan: the Chinese village that fought back
* New York Times 12/14/2011: Village revolts over inequities of Chinese life
* Sound of Hope 12/15/2011 (in Chinese): Guangzhou netizens campaign in support of Wukan villagers
* New York Times 6/27/2006: China covers up violent suppression of village protest
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* Reporters Without Borders 12/10/2011: Message of support from Hu Jia for 2010 Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and wife Liu Xia
* Agence France-Presse 12/10/2011: Nobel laureates campaign to free China’s Liu
* PEN 12/8/2011: Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel: One year later
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* China Daily 12/12/2011: China detains two for spreading online rumor
* Reuters 12/12/2011: Wedding guard rumour lands two in detention in China
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Online democracy advocate released after 8 years in prison
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* Committee to Protect Journalists 12/8/2011: China's jailed Uighurs: Out of sight, not out of mind
BEYOND CHINA
* Financial Times 12/9/2011: Huawei pledges not to pursue Iran business
* Huawei 12/9/2011: Statement regarding Huawei’s commercial operations in Iran
* Newsbytes 12/9/2011: PH, China to put up joint website for ICT, media promotion
* Reuters 12/8/2011: China execution sparks protest
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* Associated Press 12/12/2011: A few hackers teams do most China-based hacking
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* CNN 12/15/2011: ‘Batman’ star punched, stopped from visiting blind Chinese activist
* Agence France-Presse 12/11/2011: Christian Bale denies his Chinese film is propaganda
* BBC 12/12/2011: Christian Bale defends ‘Rape of Nanjing’ film
* Telegraph 12/15/2011: DreamWorks eyes China