Journalists Protest Detention of Colleagues
The following letter (in Chinese) to the Guangdong High People’s Court has been signed by 2356 journalists from prominent Chinese publications and websites to protest the detention of Southern...
View ArticleChristopher Bodeen: China scribes protest arrest
AP has covered the protest letter by thousands of Chinese journalists, which was first posted here: In a bold challenge to rigid government media controls, Chinese journalists have petitioned for the...
View ArticleJohn Ruwitch: Chinese journalists appeal for colleagues’ release
From Reuters: More than 2,300 Chinese journalists have signed a letter challenging a provincial court to release two colleagues jailed on corruption charges they say were trumped up after a series of...
View ArticleJonathan Watts: Print and be damned – China’s paper tigers fight on
From the Guardian: It could have been the scoop of the year: the deputy governor of Henan province had reportedly conspired with a local mayor to have his wife killed and chopped up. If proven, the...
View ArticleChinese Editor Released From Prison
From AP: The editor of a Chinese newspaper known for its aggressive reporting has been released early from prison after serving four years on corruption charges, a colleague at his newspaper and a...
View ArticleChinese Editor Freed After 4 Years
The Washington Post has more on the release of journalist Yu Huafeng: Yu Huafeng, general manager and deputy editor of the Southern Metropolis Daily in the southern city of Guangzhou, walked out of...
View ArticleChina Releases Another Journalist
A follow up to CDT’s previous post on Yu Huafeng, from Time’s The China Blog: Days after a Hong Kong reporter was released from a Chinese jail, another Chinese journalist has been freed. Yu Huafeng, an...
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