Friday, September 13, 2013

Information Control (信息控制)

Outspoken investor Wang Gongquan detained by police amid widening crackdown
South China Morning Post, September 13, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1309023/outspoken-investor-wang-gongquan-detained-police-amid-widening

For more information on Wang Gongquan, see:
Urgent statement on the criminal detention of Wang Gongquan
关于王功权先生被传唤的紧急声明
Human Rights in China, September 13, 2013
EN:http://hrichina.org/content/6915
CH:http://hrichina.org/cn/content/6916

对北大自由知识分子开刀?(Liberal professor “slandered” by state media, supporters call for prosecution under new Internet rules)
Deutsche Welle, September 12, 201
http://dw.de/p/19gQQ

China tries even harder to censor the internet
Deutsche Welle, September 12, 201
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-09-12/china-tries-even-harder-to-censor-the-internet

China to protect online whistleblowers, but only via official site
Reuters, September 12, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/12/us-china-corruption-idUSBRE98B09B20130912

F-F-Fear and loathing on the Chinese internet
Wall Street Journal, September 12, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/09/12/f-f-fear-and-loathing-on-the-chinese-internet/