China

2008

  

Falling Short: Directing the News

Directing the News The flow from censors was daily, unrelenting, and covered every conceivable topic, from the serious to the banal. Jimmy Cheng Qinghua, an editor for state-run China Radio International (CRI) in Beijing, saw thousands of coverage directives cross his organization’s internal network. Each day, directives came down from the Propaganda Department of the…

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Falling Short: Writing (Ethical Code)

Writing (Ethical Code) U.S. Internet companies, eager to take advantage of China’s huge market, have been caught up in the state’s repressive machinery. With double-digit economic growth and more than 130 million people online, China is a market that makes U.S. Internet companies salivate. But the political cost at home of grabbing a slice of…

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Falling Short: Common Sense As a Weapon

Common Sense As a Weapon “Using common sense as a weapon, we will surely destroy the nightmare woven with fear and lies.” Cheng Yizhong, former editor-in-chief of Nanfang Dushi Bao (Southern Metropolis News), was detained for five months in 2004 after the Guangzhou paper’s investigative reporting embarrassed local officials. The newspaper broke news that a…

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Falling Short: Defending the Press

Defending the Press Mo Shaoping, a prominent human rights lawyer based in Beijing, has represented a number of writers and editors, including the currently imprisoned journalists Zhang Lin, Lü Gengsong, and Shi Tao. In March, CPJ spoke with Mo about his work.

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Falling Short: About This Report

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Falling Short: ‘Secrets’ and Subversion: The Limits of Expression

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Falling Short: The Libel Card: Suits That Inhibit

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Falling Short: Local Threats: The Bureaucrat’s Tyranny

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Falling Short: Inwardly Restricted: Domestic Repression Remains

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Falling Short: Commerce and Control: The Media’s Evolution

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2008