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China's attacks on the media unacceptable

Emerging superpower's violent trampling of press freedom is a major cause for concern ...full story at The Nation

from The Nation on Sat, Sep 19 2009

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11 Jun 08 visit How to cope with China's press rules  »  Guardian Blogs Journalists face growing restrictions in China despite promises to allow media freedom in time for the Beijing Olympic Games, the Committee to Protect Journalists says in an updated report, Falling Short. The New York-based press freedom watchdog says it...
09 Sep 09 visit Urumqi syringe attacks are "violent terrorist crime": police official  »  People's Daily The syringe attacks in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, were a copy of violent terrorist crimes and not just normal crimes, said a police official late Tuesday. "The attacks are copies of violent terrorist...
23 Oct 09 visit China's ranking on the Press Freedom Index  »  Shanghaiist The Press Freedom Index, an annual ranking of countries by Reporters Without Borders about their press freedom records, was published recently. Surprise surprise, China ranks one of the lowest on the list. The country was the 8th worst country for press...
01 Jan 09 visit Chinese envoy voices serious concern at Israeli air attacks against Gaza  »  People's Daily China's U.N. Ambassador Zhang Yesui on Wednesday voiced serious concern at the "large-scale Israeli air attacks against Gaza" which has caused escalation of the tension. "We strongly condemn all the actions that had caused casualties among...
04 Jun 07 visit Press freedom in Hong Kong has improved since 1997  »  People's Daily A senior official of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government Sunday quoted independent surveys as saying that freedom of speech and press freedom have improved since 1997 when it returned to China's motherland.

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