Monday, January 23, 2017

Access to Information (信息公开)

Historian’s latest book on Mao turns acclaim in China to censure
The New York Times, January 21, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/world/asia/china-historian-yang-jisheng-book-mao.html

Beijing Internet censors close websites of liberal economic think tank
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2064260/beijing-internet-censors-close-websites-liberal

China cracks down on Mao critics
Financial Times, January 22, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/321d2330-e053-11e6-9645-c9357a75844a

Related:
北京关闭17家网站 茅于轼微博账号被封 (Beijing closes down 17 websites, Mao Yushi’s Weibo account also suspended)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf1-01222017100533.html

Ministry of Truth: No independent reporting of Trump’s inauguration
China Digital Times, January 20, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/01/ministry-truth-no-independent-reporting-trumps-inauguration/

How China tightened its grip on the media during 2016, by IFJ
The Guardian, January 20, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2017/jan/20/how-china-tightened-its-grip-on-the-media-during-2016-by-ifj