China Media Bulletin: Issue No. 5
A weekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People's Republic of China
HIGHLIGHTS
* Chinese investigative reporter dies after beating
* Website of Communist Party mouthpiece to open to investors
* Chinese authorities expand mobile-phone controls
* Uighur web editor sentenced to life imprisonment
* Giant Chinese-donated TV used for propaganda in Zimbabwe
A weekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People's Republic of China
Issue No. 5: January 13, 2011
HIGHLIGHTS
* Chinese investigative reporter dies after beating
* Website of Communist Party mouthpiece to open to investors
* Chinese authorities expand mobile-phone controls
* Uighur web editor sentenced to life imprisonment
* Giant Chinese-donated TV used for propaganda in Zimbabwe
* Committee to Protect Journalists 12/22/2010: CPJ skeptical of official line on Chinese reporter’s beating <http://cpj.org/2010/12/cpj-skeptical-of-official-line-on-chinese-reporter.php>
* Los Angeles Times 8/21/2010: China’s investigative reporters face harassment and worse <http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/21/world/la-fg-china-reporters-20100822>
* Epoch Times 1/3/2011: Renowned dissident writer Li Hong dies, authorities prevent funeral <http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48597&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=1>
* Globe and Mail 1/5/2011: People’s Daily Online to go public in China <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/peoples-daily-online-to-go-public-in-china/article1859285>
* New York Times 12/28/2010: Villager’s suspicious death ignites fury in China <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/world/asia/29china.html>
* Radio Free Asia 1/5/2011: Death probe sparks doubt <http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/probe-01052011151114.html>
* Reuters 1/4/2011: Skype’s partner says it is legal in China <http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=12534538>
* Information Warfare Monitor/OpenNet Initiative: Breaching Trust: An analysis of surveillance and security practices on China’s TOM-Skype platform <http://www.nartv.org/mirror/breachingtrust.pdf>
* Radio Free Asia 1/6/2011: New control on text messages <http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/controls-01062011123855.html>
* Shanghaiist 1/4/2011: An alleged list of banned SMS terms from China Mobile and co. <http://shanghaiist.com/2011/01/04/an_alleged_list_of_banned_sms_terms.php?gallery0Pic=2>
* Tibet Post 1/11/2011: China detains a Tibetan writer in Lhasa <http://www.unpo.org/article/12123>
* Uyghur American Association 1/10/2011: Harsh July 5 sentences highlight official attempts to silence Uyghurs and suppress information about criminal procedures <http://www.uyghuramerican.org/categories/Research-and-Reports/Press-Releases>
* Xinhua 12/11/2010 (In Chinese): Li Changchun attends opening ceremony of Confucius Institute conference <http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-12/11/c_12868644.htm>
* Undermining Democracy: <http://www.underminingdemocracy.org/china/international>
* Christian Science Monitor 1/3/2011: Taiwan press freedoms are eroding, critics say <http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2011/0103/Taiwan-press-freedoms-are-eroding-critics-say>
* Wall Street Journal 12/28/2010: Taiwan’s less-free media <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203731004576045030292636182.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>