There is an old Chinese saying “It’s not that there is no pay back, it just hasn’t come yet.” This perfectly describes the situation Qiu Riren found himself in last Monday when he was tried for a...
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- Mar 3, 2013
- Updated: 9:46pm
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23 Feb 2013
Huang Can will remain editor-in-chief of the outspoken Southern Weekly despite being sidelined for weeks following a censorship row between the newspaper's editorial staff and propaganda officials...
22 Jan 2013
Guangzhou's outspoken Southern Weekly has regained some of its editorial autonomy, according to a censor at the newspaper.
19 Jan 2013
The outspoken Southern Weekly honoured the five "best censored stories" of the past year at its annual meeting yesterday.
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18 Jan 2013
A more open-minded editor-in-chief has stepped in to run the daily operation of Southern Weekly in the aftermath of the row between its editorial staff and propaganda officials over interference...
For those who pinned high hopes on a new generation of Communist Party leaders, the winter of suffocating media control has come too soon.
Singer and actress Annie Yi has sharpened her tone after security police appear to have threatened her regarding support for Southern Weekly, and censors at Sina Weibo continue to delete her...
The Global Times, a nationalist tabloid newspaper on the mainland, has come under unprecedented criticism from internet users and journalists following its publication of an editorial on Monday...
As Southern Weekly published its first edition yesterday following a row over editorial intervention by propaganda officials, mainland-based celebrities who showed support for the newspaper were...
China has some of the world's bravest journalists and there are perhaps none more so than those who work for Guangzhou's Southern Weekly.
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