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Freedom House’s weekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People’s Republic of ChinaHIGHLIGHTS * New propaganda chief reemerges, seeks better techniques * China ranks third in world on jailing of journalists * Surveillance, psychiatric detention limit academic freedom * Huawei–Iran ties reported, ZTE wins state funding for expansion * Study analyzes keyword censorship during mass incidents
Freedom House’s weekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People’s Republic of China
HIGHLIGHTS * New leaders of censorship apparatus named, dimming hopes for opening * Censors curb news on top officials, Xi’s wife, and financial cases * Elton John dedicates Beijing concert to dissident artist Ai Weiwei * Journalist detained for report on neglected boys’ deaths * Taiwan consortium seals Next Media purchase amid protests
HIGHLIGHTS * Hu report, Politburo lineup point to hard-liners’ strength * Censors target Google, virtual private networks for party congress * Businesses pressured to install internet surveillance equipment * Pro-Beijing tycoon named as force behind Next Media purchase in Taiwan * Torture references stall James Bond film release in China
Freedom House’s weekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People’s Republic of ChinaHIGHLIGHTS * Controls on dissidents ahead of party congress spread nationwide * Environmental activist, once lauded, is tried for self-publishing books * Mobile devices to be seized over maps with ‘inaccurate’ China borders * Next Media pulls out of Taiwan, threatening media pluralism * U.S. ad firm to aid Xinhua’s mobile news service
