Meeting for the first time in six years this week in Busan, South Korea, President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping conducted a closely watched meeting on a wide range of topics such as trade, tariffs, rare earths, andRead More →
Regulations published on September 15 significantly restrict religious content online. “Bitter Winter” provides a complete English translation of the rules. By now, it’s no surprise that China’s religious policy is less “freedom of belief” and more “freedom to believe whatRead More →
A detailed study reveals that hundreds of newspapers regularly copy and paste materials prepared by the CCP’s Publicity Department. In contrast to other countries where media serve as critical voices countering government communication, journalism in China exists solely to disseminateRead More →
BANGKOK — Two journalists from a now-shuttered Hong Kong news site were sentenced to prison Thursday for sedition in a landmark press freedom case. Former Stand News journalists Chung Pui-Kuen and Patrick Lam were found guilty and fined last monthRead More →
WASHINGTON — After nearly three decades in Hong Kong, VOA’s sister outlet Radio Free Asia has closed its physical bureau in the city and no longer has full-time staff there due to the declining press freedom landscape, the outlet announcedRead More →
The new Law on Guarding State Secrets comes into effect on May 1. It expands the field of secrets to everything the CCP decides is a secret. by Hu Zimo If you divulge a state secret in China you willRead More →
After a brief honeymoon, China appears to have blocked a popular, invitation-only audio app called Clubhouse. The iPhone-only app had seen a surge in users over the weekend as users were able to discuss taboo topics like reunification with TaiwanRead More →
Police in Shanghai have raided a popular video-sharing site that offered foreign films and TV shows to more than eight million registered users, cutting off a key source of uncensored content for Chinese viewers. Police detained 14 people in aRead More →
Jailed citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, who was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for posting reports from Wuhan during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the city, spoke up in court and challenged the judge during her trial earlierRead More →
A court in Shanghai has handed down a four-year jail term to a citizen journalist who reported on the coronavirus pandemic as it emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Zhang Zhan, who appeared in court in a wheelchairRead More →
The number of journalists jailed globally because of their work hit a new high in 2020 as governments cracked down on coverage of COVID-19 or tried to suppress reporting on political unrest. Authoritarians again took cover in anti-press rhetoric fromRead More →
Managers at Hong Kong’s i-Cable TV network announced they would be firing at least 40 journalists, editors, and production crew at the morning editorial meeting on Tuesday. Those targeted received phone calls or letters informing them of the decision andRead More →
Chinese authorities have stopped renewing press credentials for foreign journalists working for U.S. news organizations in China, the latest move in a continuing cycle of tit-for-tat retaliations between Beijing and Washington over economic and diplomatic disputes. Journalists who have recentlyRead More →
Twitter announced its decision Thursday to label the accounts of state-controlled media outlets. The new label will apply exclusively to “outlets where the state exercises control over editorial content through financial resources, direct or indirect political pressures, and/or control overRead More →
Authorities in Hong Kong have refused to renew the work permit of New York Times journalist Chris Buckley, in another indication that the city’s reputation for press freedom is likely a thing of the past. Buckley was required to leave mainland ChinaRead More →
Hong Kong’s status as one of Asia’s most thriving press hubs appears to be on life support with the onset of a new national security law imposed by China on the semi-autonomous territory this week. The law, a response toRead More →
Hong Kong government broadcaster RTHK on Tuesday axed a top satirical show that poked fun at police denials of violence against pro-democracy protesters, and apologized, saying some archived episodes will also be removed. RTHK issued an announcement apologizing “to anyoneRead More →
An international press freedom group has warned of a campaign of coronavirus misinformation by China, which it ranked 177th out of 180 countries in an annual global press freedom index on Tuesday.Read More →
The ruling Chinese Communist Party has targeted thousands of people for speaking out about the coronavirus epidemic in the country since it began in late December in the central city of Wuhan, an overseas-based rights group has said.Read More →
As the world fights the coronavirus pandemic, CCP expels foreign media representatives, silences citizen journalists, and awards those who help to bury the truth.Read More →
The coronavirus epidemic may never have gone pandemic if journalists had been allowed to do their jobs rather than adhering to ruling Chinese Communist Party propaganda directives, a Paris-based press freedom group said on Wednesday.Read More →
