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A weekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People's Republic of China
HIGHLIGHTS * Jailed activist Hu Jia released under tight restrictions * Security, propaganda ramped up ahead of '09 unrest date * Renren stock price plunges amid risk concerns * Taiwan ex-president's jail writing approved; food blogger fined * Former German chancellor praises red song campaign
HIGHLIGHTS * Arab journalist faults China's Middle East coverage * TV censors warn against time travel programs * China's internet freedom on the decline, Freedom House report finds * Tencent and Intel plan joint research center * Chinese state media articles found in Taiwanese paper
Freedom House commends recent comments by German Chancellor Angela Merkel encouraging governments around the world
In honor of 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, Freedom House has launched a new web feature highlighting the changes in freedom in the former communist world that followed the seminal event.