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chinadigitaltimes.net/ – a Berkeley-based nonprofit publishing news and translations focused on human rights and freedom of expression in China

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Photo: Xiaoqikong scenic area, by Louis Putzel/CIFOR (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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Hungary's Orban Meets Xi As Propagandists Embrace "MAGA Communism" chinadigitaltimes.net/2024/07/hung...

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"In recent years, as the trackers of PRC official discourse at the invaluable China Digital Times have documented, editorials in the state tabloid Global Times have variously reasserted the Party line that the Chinese people have flipped the page on [June 4 and the Tiananmen Massacre.]"

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L.A. Review of Books – The Lie of the Land: June Fourth, Censorship, and “On the Edge”
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"[Xiao Qiang] noted that this also appeared to be the first time censors have imposed a blanket ban on online comments criticizing athletes accused of doping. Before, comments expressing disapproval of athletes sometimes slipped through the cracks."

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"[CDT's] Xiao Qiang [...] said that the level of censorship around the current dispute over the 23 swimmers is similar to what would be applied to discussions around far more sensitive subjects. Such topics include the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre of pro-democracy protesters."

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NYT – An Uproar Over a Chinese Doping Case, Except in China
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"The Chinese government’s new wave of repression against human rights lawyers [... the '709 crackdown 2.0,' means that] the profession of human rights lawyer has been effectively criminalised in China.”

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Word of the Week: "709 Case" (709案, 709 àn), or the "Black Friday Crackdown"
"Tuesday is the ninth anniversary of the 2015 '709' or 'Black Friday' crackdown on Chinese rights lawyers."
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Photo: old tree, old house, by Xianyi Shen
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Photo: old tree, old house, by Xianyi Shen
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"In recent years, as the trackers of PRC official discourse at the invaluable China Digital Times have documented, editorials in the state tabloid Global Times have variously reasserted the Party line that the Chinese people have flipped the page on [June 4 and the Tiananmen Massacre.]"

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L.A. Review of Books – The Lie of the Land: June Fourth, Censorship, and “On the Edge”
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...

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"[Xiao Qiang] noted that this also appeared to be the first time censors have imposed a blanket ban on online comments criticizing athletes accused of doping. Before, comments expressing disapproval of athletes sometimes slipped through the cracks."

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"[CDT's] Xiao Qiang [...] said that the level of censorship around the current dispute over the 23 swimmers is similar to what would be applied to discussions around far more sensitive subjects. Such topics include the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre of pro-democracy protesters."

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NYT – An Uproar Over a Chinese Doping Case, Except in China
www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/w...

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Nine years since the demolition of China's community of rights lawyers, which had offered some hope for holding the CCP to its own laws. Excerpt from our recent ebook, detailing the crackdown, censorship surrounding it, and ongoing suppression since, including collective punishment of families:

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"The Chinese government’s new wave of repression against human rights lawyers [... the '709 crackdown 2.0,' means that] the profession of human rights lawyer has been effectively criminalised in China.”

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Word of the Week: "709 Case" (709案, 709 àn), or the "Black Friday Crackdown"
"Tuesday is the ninth anniversary of the 2015 '709' or 'Black Friday' crackdown on Chinese rights lawyers."
chinadigitaltimes.net/2024/07/word...

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Online and Offline Tributes Paid to Suzhou’s School-Bus Attendant Heroine Hu Youping. "Remembering history does not mean perpetuating hatred … On the path to maturity and self-confidence, China must not continue to nurture old hatreds." chinadigitaltimes.net/2024/07/onli...

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Online and Offline Tributes Paid to Suzhou’s School-Bus Attendant Heroine Hu Youping. "Remembering history does not mean perpetuating hatred … On the path to maturity and self-confidence, China must not continue to nurture old hatreds." chinadigitaltimes.net/2024/07/onli...

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"Many social media users drew a connection between the online xenophobia and real-life attacks after the Suzhou stabbing. '[...X]enophobic social media videos that incite hatred [...] should be brought under control,' wrote one Weibo user, [in a post compiled by CDT.]"

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"[A]ccording to a State Council 2023 budgetary report made public on June 26 of this year, some counties, education departments, and schools have been topping up their budgets by misusing funds intended to provide nutritious meals to impoverished rural schoolchildren."

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"[A]ccording to a State Council 2023 budgetary report made public on June 26 of this year, some counties, education departments, and schools have been topping up their budgets by misusing funds intended to provide nutritious meals to impoverished rural schoolchildren."

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"Many social media users drew a connection between the online xenophobia and real-life attacks after the Suzhou stabbing. '[...X]enophobic social media videos that incite hatred [...] should be brought under control,' wrote one Weibo user, [in a post compiled by CDT.]"

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China’s Lunar Exploration Program Delivers Milestone, Sparks Geopolitical Anxiety in U.S.
"China and Russia have announced that they are building a nuclear reactor on the Moon for nuclear energy power generation."
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