Category Archives: Freedom of expression

Declaring a separation from irrational online public opinion

Lu Jinbo draws a line distancing himself from online public opinion.

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Petitioner Sun Fawu of Shandong

This video from iFeng.com, taken from Phoenix TV’s Social Watch program, tells the story of a petitioner name Sun Fawu , who was taken to a mental hospital and kept there. In the first video, his wife Zhang Xuefang gives an interview.

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Blogger interview: Guo Daxia

An interview with Guo “Daxia” (郭”大虾”), a controversial and prolific grassroots Chinese blogger well-known for tackling many of China’s most sensitive social issues.

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Reluctant support for a nasty gossip’s case against SARFT

SARFT threatens to ‘purge’ notorious rumor-monger Song Zude.

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39 writers in prison

PEN, the international writer’s organization dedicated to ‘advance literature, to defend free expression, and to foster international literary fellowship’ has launched a campaign to free 39 writers who are ‘imprisoned in China for exercising their right to speak and write … Continue reading

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