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Hong Kong i-Cable TV journalist reporting on 10th anniversary of Sichuan earthquake kicked and beaten by two men
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2145842/hong-kong-i-cable-tv-journalist-reporting-10th-anniversary-sichuan

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Hong Kong TV station decries claims that its reporter was beaten up in China for using foul language
Hong Kong Free Press, May 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/14/hong-kong-tv-station-decries-claims-reporter-beaten-china-using-foul-language

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「愛國」嘻哈：中國留學生的民族主義與身份焦慮 (Patriotic Hip-Hop: Oversea Chinese student’s nationalism and identity crisis)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 11, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-44065087

Chinese broadcaster censors LGBT symbols at Eurovision
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 11, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-44066237

709家属许艳：余文生律师情况通报—-妻子许艳向办案机关徐州市公安局邮寄信息公开申请 (Xu Yan, wife of detained rights lawyer Yu Wensheng, files information disclosure application against Jiangsu police)
Weiquanwang, May 11, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/05/709_11.html

一批社会直播和短视频网站开展自査 封禁主播2083个 (Live-streaming and short video platforms launch self-inspection teams to screen for violent, vulgar, and other “illegal” content, 1.5 million audio and video programs and 40,000 accounts already shut down)
Xinhua News Agency, May 10, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-05/10/c_1122812106.htm

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The popular TV shows taking Chinese soft power abroad
Sixth Tone, May 9, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1002235/the-popular-tv-shows-taking-chinese-soft-power-abroad

抖音邀请各界代表共同拟订“社区公约”：禁止什么，弘扬什么 (Video app Douyin invites representatives from “all walks of life” to jointly draft “community convention” to decide what should be prohibited, promoted)
China News Service, May 9, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2119195

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China’s curbs on foreign press should be eased, says German Foreign Ministry State Secretary Andreas Michaelis
Reuters, May 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2145162/chinas-curbs-foreign-press-should-be-eased-says-german

Wang Bing gives voice to “re-education” camp survivors
《死灵魂》：记录中国劳改营幸存者的苦难记忆
The New York Times, May 5, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/movies/wang-bing-dead-souls.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/film-tv/20180508/wang-bing-dead-souls/

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“五四”北大突现大字报 批习近平搞个人崇拜 (73-year-old Peking University alumnus criticizes Xi Jinping for cult of personality on campus posters)
Radio Free Asia, May 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-05072018105616.html

Xi capitalizes on Marx’s legacy to rally China around communist party
The Wall Street Journal, May 7, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/xi-capitalizes-on-marxs-legacy-to-rally-china-around-communist-party-1525707225

快手党支部：树立正确的网络安全观，用科技提升人民的幸福感 (CPC cell inside video-streaming platform Kuaishou vows to shape a “correct” view of cybersecurity and use technology to enhance people’s sense of well-being, seriously study and implement the spirit of Xi Jinping’s important speeches)
Beijing Internet Association Party Committee, May 7, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2116150

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How China censors its Internet and controls information, from Great Firewall to 50 Cent Army: two new books explain
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/culture/books/article/2144692/how-china-censors-its-internet-and-controls-information-great-firewall

WeChat has blocked 500 million postings in fight against fake news
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2144900/wechat-has-blocked-500-million-postings-fight-against-fake-news

On this Chinese TV show, participants have nothing to lose but their chains
“马克思是对的”，中共向千禧一代灌输“正统”思想
The New York Times, May 5, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/world/asia/china-karl-marx-xi-jinping.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180507/china-karl-marx-xi-jinping/

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Living Marxism: the Chinese Communist party reasserts control
Financial Times, May 6, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/766d2a42-419d-11e8-803a-295c97e6fd0b

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No regrets: Xi says Marxism still “totally correct” for China
Reuters, May 4, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-marx-china/no-regrets-xi-says-marxism-still-totally-correct-for-china-idUSKBN1I50ET

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Xi encourages lifetime loyalty to Party among young people
Xinhua News Agency, May 4, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2018-05-04/detail-ifzyqqiq5262686.shtml

急刹车后短视频行业路在何方？专家：尽快建立内容审查机制 (Short video platforms flourish in China, experts advocate for content review mechanism)
Economic Reference, May 3, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2108199

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佩佩豬突遭抖音封殺 網哀：我們懷念她 (Peppa Pig censored by Douyin, Chinese video platform)
TVBS, April 30, 2018
https://news.tvbs.com.tw/fun/911102

李克强让人民运用互联网大数据监督政府讲话遭删 (Li Keqiang’s comment on people monitoring government using Internet, big data censored in China)
Radio France Internationale, April 30, 2018
https://bit.ly/2HFFpzF

China’s state broadcaster backs Russian version of the Syrian crisis, saying chemical attacks were staged
Global Voices, April 28, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/28/chinas-state-broadcaster-backs-russian-version-syrian-crisis-saying-chemical-attacks-staged/

广东省网信办等部门加强网络空间治理 积极查办违法违规案件 (Guangdong Internet and Informatization Office censors 6 million pieces of “harmful information,” shuts down 580,000 Internet accounts, takes down 700 apps in 2018)
China Cyberspace Administration, April 27, 2018
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2018-04/27/c_1122750744.htm

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Chinese journalist held for “libel” of Yili chairman Pan Gang
写小说被认为“诽谤伊利” 作者刘成昆被跨省抓捕
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/author-libel-04262018132005.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-04262018102257.html

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一部委局级干部建微信群被处分：群成员在群内互通政商信息 (Official punished for exchanging political and business information in WeChat group)
The Paper, April 26, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2097284

拍底层文革故事的中国“凯鲁亚克” (China’s Jack Kerouac who makes documentary about the Cultural Revolution)
The New York Times, April 25, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180425/siling-xu-xing/

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Tencent cracks down on underaged smut in ongoing online clean-up
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2143212/tencent-cracks-down-underaged-smut-ongoing-online-clean

Why did China take its own propaganda film offline? Netizens point to US tech sanctions
Global Voices, April 24, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/04/24/why-did-china-take-its-own-propaganda-film-offline-netizens-point-to-us-tech-sanctions/

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北大前教授被控性侵 学生要求信息公开被约谈警告 (Peking University student warned, intimidated for demanding information disclosure following sexual assault allegation against former professor)
Voice of America, April 24, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/pku-student-harrassed-20180423/4362133.html

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Translation: Open letter on Peking University #MeToo case
China Digital Times, April 23, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/04/translation-open-letter-on-peking-university-metoo-case/

广东省网信办指导腾讯依法查处一批违法违规公众号 (Guangdong Internet and Informatization Office instructs Tencent to investigate and handle a batch of public accounts for illegally operating Internet news services, distributing pornography, faking government accounts)
Cyberspace Administration of China, April 21, 2018
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2018-04/21/c_1122718990.htm

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青少年登录境外服务器玩网游暗藏风险 (Legal Daily: Teenagers playing video games via overseas servers that have not been reviewed or censored risk encountering violence or abuse)
Legal Daily, April 20, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/20/content_7525681.htm

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China inaugurates new state media group
Xinhua News Agency, April 20, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2018-04-20/detail-ifzfkmth7030749.shtml

Study: Chinese-American immigrants fall prey to WeChat’s misinformation problem
Columbia Journalism Review, April 19, 2018
https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/wechat-misinformation.php

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An exchange between Gui Minhai’s daughter and the Post’s Editor-in-Chief
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/2142228/exchange-between-gui-minhais-daughter-and-posts-editor-chief

北京工商部门约谈“抖音” 要求即时阻断违规直播 (Beijing Commerce Department requests Douyin to strengthen technical monitoring, manually review content, “swiftly block illegal live-streaming”)
China Consumer News, April 18, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/18/content_7524468.htm

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央视记者在山西暗访化工国企遭扣押，村干部：不说好出不了村 (Shanxi village officials detain CCTV journalists for investigating pollution at chemical factory)
China Central Television, April 18, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2081902

文化和旅游部集中检查网络表演、网络游戏市场 (Ministry of Culture and Tourism intensifies scrutiny of gaming, live-streaming apps, websites to weed out banned contents)
Xinhua News Agency, April 17, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/legal/2018-04/17/c_1122697183.htm

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China closes illegal live-streaming platforms, online games
Xinhua News Agency, April 17, 2018
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201804/17/WS5ad60cb7a3105cdcf6518de6.html

人民日报评论官微刊随笔文章：“不一样的烟火”一样可以绽放 (People’s Daily WeChat Public Account promotes gay rights, says gays have “social responsibilities”)
People’s Daily WeChat Public Account, April 15, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2076922

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Why do Chinese citizens care so much about airstrikes on Syria this time?
The Diplomat, April 16, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/why-do-chinese-citizens-care-so-much-about-airstrikes-on-syria-this-time/

接受社会监督，全国法院决胜“基本解决执行难”信息网上线 (Supreme People’s Court launches website to publish information on court decisions that are difficult to implement)
People’s Court Daily, April 14, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2075956

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“I am gay, not a pervert”: Furor erupts in China as Sina Weibo bans gay content
微博清理同性恋相关内容引发网友抗议
The New York Times, April 15, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/world/asia/china-gay-ban-sina-weibo-.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180416/china-gay-ban-sina-weibo-/

Asia’s bastion of free speech? Move aside, Hong Kong, it’s Taiwan now.
台湾取代香港成亚洲言论自由新堡垒
The New York Times, April 14, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/14/world/asia/china-taiwan-hong-kong-free-speech.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/asia-pacific/20180416/china-taiwan-hong-kong-free-speech/

抖音发布处罚通告：3月份永久封禁15234个账号 (In March, Douyin permanently shuts down 15,234 accounts with “illegal” content, such as pornography, vulgarity, rumor, Bitcoin)
Douyin, April 13, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2073928

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Horns honk, and censors in China get a headache
内涵段子被封杀，开车鸣笛也有可能惹麻烦
The New York Times, April 12, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/12/business/china-bytedance-duanzi-censor.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20180413/china-bytedance-duanzi-censor/

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全国扫黄打非办要求网络直播坚持正确导向，直播平台不得出现淫秽色情等不良内容 (National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications meets with 18 live-streaming, short video platforms demanding “content security” and strengthened content review)
Legal Daily, April 12, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/12/content_7519778.htm

网民微信称“习皇”被警拘 人民网“不忘反个人崇拜”文被删 (Netizen detained for calling Xi Jinping “Emperor Xi”. Article warning cult of personality censored on mouthpiece website)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/ql1-04122018105731.html

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聂辰席：各级广播电视部门机构要把宪法宣传教育作为重大主题 (SART requires radio and TV organizations to push propaganda of Constitution, “unswervingly safeguard authorities and centralized leadership of Party Central with Xi Jinping as core”)
Chinaxwcb.com, April 12, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2071945

New target for China’s censors: Content driven by artificial intelligence
中国审查触角伸向AI内容生产
The Wall Street Journal, April 11, 2018
EN: https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-target-for-chinas-censors-content-driven-by-artificial-intelligence-1523446234
CH: https://cn.wsj.com/articles/CN-TEC-20180412120513

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山东退休教授孙文广遭监控 退休待遇或将取消 (Retired university professor in Shandong punished for criticizing CPC online)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-04112018110121.html

新疆网络风声鹤唳 多名少数民族汉族网民被处罚 (Multiple netizens in Xinjiang detained for spreading “terrorism videos” and “political rumours”)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-04112018105956.html

China just shut down a Reddit-like community
Inkstone, April 11, 2018
https://www.inkstonenews.com/society/china-shuts-down-neihan-duanzi-app-improper-content/article/2141253

Related:
Tech shame in the “New Era”
China Media Project, April 11, 2018
http://chinamediaproject.org/2018/04/11/tech-shame-in-the-new-era/

抖音暂时关闭直播、评论功能 回应称将全面整改 (Douyin, short-video social media platform, temporarily suspends live-streaming, comment functionality to “improve content review standards”)
Economic Daily, April 11, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/finance/2018-04/11/c_129848402.htm

微博开展涉未成年人违规违法内容专项清理行动，持续三个月 (Sina Weibo bans “vulgar” videos of minors for 3 months)
Sina Weibo Administrator, April 11, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2070437