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Freedom House’s biweekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People’s Republic of ChinaHIGHLIGHTS * New party directives call for more rigid ideological controls * Official investigated for misdeeds after reporter’s online exposé * Magazine production halted after labor camp revelations * Protest over migrant worker’s death spurs online censorship * Chinese netizens flood White House petition site
Freedom House’s biweekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People’s Republic of ChinaHIGHLIGHTS * State media tripped up by tale of Xi Jinping cab ride * Netizens, internet firms respond to Sichuan earthquake * State seeks netizen tips on corruption, arrests anticorruption activists * Apple removes app with banned books on Tibet and Xinjiang * China-based hacking continues as U.S. weighs stronger response
Freedom House’s biweekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People’s Republic of ChinaHIGHLIGHTS * As new premier urges media scrutiny, censorship continues * Netizens mock presidential ‘election,’ lone dissenting vote * CCTV accused of fabricating anti-Apple microblog posts * Mobile phones screened in Tibet, patriotic singer imprisoned * Confucius Institutes plan further global expansion
Freedom House’s biweekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People’s Republic of China.HIGHLIGHTS * Key bloggers barred from social media after ‘sensitive’ remarks * Investigative report describes illegal web-deletion business * Short-lived ‘fan club’ blog belies Xi’s call for public critique of party * Report traces U.S. cyberattacks to Shanghai military unit * Taiwan regulator rejects cable merger, proposes antimonopoly rules
