Monday, March 13, 2017

Access to Information (信息公开)

China restricts access to foreign children’s books
中国限制销售外国儿童读物
Financial Times, March 13, 2017
EN: https://www.ft.com/content/0e4f68be-056a-11e7-ace0-1ce02ef0def9
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001071740

Related:
China bans sales of foreign books, movies, games without a permit
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/permit-03102017115213.html

Chinese scientists speak out against the Great Firewall (again)
Global Voices, March 11, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/03/11/chinese-scientists-speak-out-against-the-great-firewall-again/

Related:
China’s opening up requires open minds—not a blocked Internet
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2077918/chinas-opening-requires-open-minds-not-blocked-internet

China shuts doors to overseas media in corridors of power
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2078249/china-shuts-doors-overseas-media-corridors-power

Tales of war: Is China's academic freedom at risk?
Al Jazeera, March 11, 2017
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/inthefield/2017/03/tales-war-china-academic-freedom-risk-170311083859946.html