China Xi Jinping ramps up his crackdown on the Chinese media – both online and off August 12, 2016 0 Written by Sally Xiaojin Chen. With almost no notice, any website in China can be shut down on a temporary or permanent basis if it’s…
China Great firewall of China reinforced as foreign media banned from publishing online March 11, 2016 1 Written by Dianjing Li. A new Chinese rule banning all foreign media from publishing online will come into effect on March 10, affecting everything from…
Hong Kong Unreliable evidence in the case of the missing Hong Kong booksellers January 21, 2016 0 Written by Jackie Sheehan. So, the Chinese authorities – you remember them, they’re the people who had absolutely no idea what had happened to five…
Culture and Society A new episode of left-right confrontation January 10, 2013 2 by Zhengxu Wang. Southern Weekly has long been the banner of media freedom. Indeed it has, since the mid-1990s, long been the banner of general…
Culture and Society Taiwan’s ‘Strawberry Generation’ and Media Freedom December 13, 2012 5 By Michal Thim. Taiwan’s youth is often referred to as the ‘Strawberry Generation’, unable to work hard, selfish, spoiled, and disinterested in public affairs. Data…
