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Of banned books and reading habits

The Hong Kong Book Fair’s theme is Reading Hong Kong (阅读香港). Yau Lop Poon (丘立本) writes about reading banned books.

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History books get the axe; another Zhang Yihe title falls

18 January 2007: China’s press authorities ban eight titles, most having to do with history, ‘Past Stories of Actors’ (伶人往事) by Zhang Yihe (章诒和) is among them.

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Sketch of a media blackout

A look at the blackout China’s internet cops have put out on info about Gao Qinrong (高勤荣).

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Apathy — Glimpses Inside the Chinese Media
by Ann Condi

What do people think when they are shown a tool to help them access off-limits sections of the Internet?

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by Ann Condi

Sensitive

Sensitive issues from Wang Xiaofeng.

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Sensitive words, or prudish editors?

Southern Metropolis Weekly bowdlerizes its list of top blog articles.

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China and the Internet: It’s access, stupid.

Representatives from technology giants Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, and Cisco Systems faced questioning at congressional hearings in Washington earlier this week

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Google China: Some content is not displayed

Google has started offering its search services to Chinese Internet users on a server in China, at the address Google.cn. As part of the server move, Google was forced to agree to filter search results.

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Self-censorship: the 2,000 pound rhinoceros on the dining table

In sum, the Chinese government’s censorial authority in recent times has resembled not so much a man-eating tiger or fire-snorting dragon as a giant anaconda coiled in an overhead chandelier. Normally the great snake doesn’t move. It doesn’t have to. It feels no need to be clear about its prohibitions. Its constant silent message is “You yourself decide.”

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Men behind the Nanny

The Publicity Department (formerly known as the Propaganda Department) has held a “forum” in Beijing to promote what it calls “news editorial staff management regulations (in testing phase)”. These regulations appear to be same the set of rules earlier reported on Danwei of which the stated intent is to clear up corrupt journalistic practices.

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