微博加大打击刷榜力度：对流量异常搜索词及指向对象连带处置 (To combat “click farming,” Weibo introduces 3-month ban on “unusually popular” content from search results, including pop stars, TV shows, events)
The Paper, March 25, 2019
China reportedly banning all new period dramas until June 2019
Mothership, March 26, 2019
“A new world order”: China’s press freedom crackdown poses a threat to international democracies, says media watchdog
Hong Kong Free Press, March 25, 2019
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国际组织关注中国威胁新闻自由 (Reporters Without Borders warns of China’s threat to global press freedom)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2019Report: China’s pursuit of a new world media order
Reporters Without Borders, March 25, 2019
Chinese academic fired after public criticism of Party leadership
Financial Times, March 25, 2019
Pulp friction: Chinese city shreds maps showing Taiwan as a country
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2019
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山东省“问题地图”查处情况现场通报会在青岛召开 (Shandong provincial authorities tackle “problematic maps” that show Taiwan as country, which could “be hyped by people with ulterior motive from international community,” “seriously threaten national security.””)
The Paper, March 24, 2019
穿「和服」賞櫻遭武漢大學保安暴力制止 當事人：我穿的是唐裝 (Wuhan university student assaulted by campus police for wearing kimono-inspired attire while taking photos with cherry blossoms)
The Stand News, March 25, 2019
