China Media Bulletin: Issue No. 6
A weekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People's Republic of China
HIGHLIGHTS
* Communist Party reinforces propaganda discipline for 2011
* Stand-alone cybercafes to be eliminated in China by 2016
* China microblog set to reach 1 million Hong Kong users
* Sixty prominent Tibetans arrested since 2008, report finds
* China's branding campaign unveiled in New York City
A weekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People's Republic of China
Issue No. 6: January 20, 2011
HIGHLIGHTS
* Communist Party reinforces propaganda discipline for 2011
* Stand-alone cybercafes to be eliminated in China by 2016
* China microblog set to reach 1 million Hong Kong users
* Sixty prominent Tibetans arrested since 2008, report finds
* China's branding campaign unveiled in New York City
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* China Media Project 1/17/2011: Press policy 2011: one photo says all <http://cmp.hku.hk/2011/01/17/9574>
* Shanghaiist 1/12/2011: ‘Civil society’ banned in China <http://shanghaiist.com/2011/01/12/civil_society_banned_in_china.php>
* Deutsche Welle–Chinese 1/10/2011 (In Chinese): Time Weekly controversial report causes personnel changes <http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14760437,00.html>
* Freedom House 7/8/2009: Chinese media manipulation feeds tensions in Xinjiang <//www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=70&release=1025>
* Freedom on the Net 3/30/2009: China <//www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=383&report=79>
* Reuters 1/12/2011: Activist manager sells Cisco shares on rights concerns <http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70B5AW20110112>
* Agence France-Presse 1/14/2011: Web outcry wins retrial for jailed toll dodger <http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110114/wl_asia_afp/chinasocialjustice_20110114060732>
* People’s Daily 1/10/2011 (In Chinese): Ministry of Culture to remove 100 illegal songs from the web <http://culture.people.com.cn/GB/22226/65560/65562/13688739.html>
* New York Times 6/24/2010: Tibetan environmentalist receives 15-year sentence: <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/world/asia/25tibet.html>
* Financial Times 1/19/2011: China tackles image problem in the west <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e63db99c-23f8-11e0-bef0-00144feab49a.html#axzz1BW268kBH>
* Wall Street Journal 1/14/2011: China to air pro-China ad in U.S. during Hu visit <http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/01/14/china-to-air-pro-china-ad-in-us-during-hu-visit>