“Rectification” and “propaganda discipline”

Leave it to me to find the press freedom angle in the genuine tragedy that is unfolding in Sichuan Province.
More than 50,000 people may have died since the magnitude 7.9 earthquake there, and the stories and images that continue to emerge are overwhelming. The story of a collapsed school and the teachers who told their [...]

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The Great Firewall

I’m already beginning to feel the effects of China’s internet censorship, and I haven’t even booked my flight out of Bangkok.
Apparently, Blogspot (the site that hosted my travel blog) has been added to an expanding list of websites that are blocked by the Chinese government in what Chinese bloggers have termed, “The Great Firewall.” So [...]

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