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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 09:19:30 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Reporter's death sparks questions on censorship in China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/05/15/bai_lu/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[While the death of a young journalist reporting on a construction project was widely reported in the Chinese press and social media, critical questions have been raised around the details of her death - some of which indicate that important information is still censored even when a story is widely publicised.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - China urged to investigate political interference in a magazine]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/05/13/political_interference/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Federation of Journalists condemns the interference in the release of an initial public offering of the "Lens" magazine, because it published a negative report about a labour camp in Liaoning, China.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 11:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Report on creativity and constraint in China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/05/03/creative_freedom/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A report on creative freedom in China was released in tandem with an Open Letter to authorities signed by more than 100 global literary and cultural figures.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 11:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/05/03/creative_freedom/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Chinese activist's imprisoned nephew needs effective care]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/05/01/china_activist_s_imprisoned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Chen Kegui, the imprisoned nephew of blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng, is seriously ill but being denied adequate medical treatment by Chinese authorities.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 11:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/05/01/china_activist_s_imprisoned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Chinese journalist arrested for distributing video footage of a protest ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/04/29/sun_lin_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reporters Without Borders calls for the immediate release of Sun Lin, a Chinese journalist arresting for reporting on the police harassment to which a pro-democracy dissident and his daughter were subjected.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Ban on quoting foreign media reports without permission; restrictions on earthquake coverage]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/04/22/earthquake_coverage/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reporters Without Borders condemned a draconian directive banning the Chinese media from using unauthorized information from foreign media and websites; it also urged authorities not to resort to censorship of the recent earthquake in Sichuan province.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:56:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/04/22/earthquake_coverage/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - A rueful look at how censorship works in China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/04/09/zeng_li_letter/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A farewell letter by a recently retired "news examiner" at a Chinese newspaper has spread across social media sites and blogs; the letter is an apology, an explanation of sorts, and an admission of regret regarding the latter part of his career.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:25:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/04/09/zeng_li_letter/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Activists' detention calls into question China's commitment to fighting corruption
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/04/05/anti_corruption_activists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Four Chinese activists were detained after calling for requiring government officials to disclose their assets publicly; the detentions are the harshest action yet against activists involved in a grass-roots campaign to press the government to honor its promise to fight corruption.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/04/05/anti_corruption_activists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Chinese editor suspended for op-ed on North Korea ties]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/04/04/north_korea_ties/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An editor for an influential Chinese Communist Party journal said he was suspended after his column appeared in Britain's "Financial Times" calling on China to re-evaluate its relations with North Korea.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/04/04/north_korea_ties/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Chinese authorities arrest jailed dissident's brother-in-law]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/04/02/liu_xiaobo_brother_in_law/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Chinese authorities have reportedly arrested Liu Hui, the brother-in-law of jailed Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo; the arrest may be an attempt to increase pressure on Liu Xiaobo's wife who is under house arrest.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:10:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/04/02/liu_xiaobo_brother_in_law/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - New interactive website on press freedom violations in China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/03/27/press_freedom/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A new interactive website on press freedom violations in China includes short descriptions of each violation, the date and the location of each incident since 2008.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/03/27/press_freedom/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Chinese Premier urged to lift ban on reporting pigs' deaths]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/03/19/pigs_deaths/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[China's Central Propaganda Department imposed censorship on media outlets after they began reporting the death of thousands of pigs in China's Shanghai and Zhejiang province.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/03/19/pigs_deaths/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Report on the shifting dynamics of censorship and control in China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/03/13/censorship_control/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[China's new leaders will face unprecedented challenges to controlling the media, even as journalists' efforts to test the system continue to carry great risk, according to a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/03/13/censorship_control/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[International - Reports on right to privacy in China, Senegal and Mexico submitted to UN rights council]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/international/2013/03/12/right_to_privacy/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Privacy International submitted stakeholder reports to the UN Human Rights Council about the human rights records of China, Senegal and Mexico; the reports will inform the questions asked by the HRC when these countries are reviewed as part of the UPR process.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/international/2013/03/12/right_to_privacy/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Two journalists beaten in Beijing while filming outside of Liu Xia's home]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/03/12/cameramen_beaten/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Unidentified men beat two Hong Kong cameramen in Beijing, China as they were filming an activist's attempt to visit Liu Xia, the wife of jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo. Liu Xia is under house arrest.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:37:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/03/12/cameramen_beaten/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Unfavourable commentary deleted by China's Internet censors for a price]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/03/06/internet_censors/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Investigators recently uncovered the activities of Beijing's "dark PR" agencies, who take money from private companies to bribe Internet censors to delete unfavourable commentary on Chinese forums and microblogging sites.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:25:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/03/06/internet_censors/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Journalists attacked in Hong Kong and Mainland China
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/03/01/journalists_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A correspondent for a broadcaster and four of her colleagues were attacked by unidentified thugs after they finished filming at a village in China's Hebei province.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:55:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/03/01/journalists_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Massive global effort to free Chinese Nobel laureate and his wife]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/02/28/nobel_petition_update/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A petition signed by over 450,000 people was delivered to Chinese embassies worldwide to free Nobel Peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo, detained since 2008, and his wife Liu Xia, under house arrest.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:40:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/02/28/nobel_petition_update/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Disdain for foreign press undercuts China's global ambition]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/02/20/disdain_foreign_press/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In 2012, Chinese leaders appeared less concerned than they had in some time with how their treatment of the foreign press corps was perceived internationally, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:20:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/02/20/disdain_foreign_press/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Review of press freedom in China and Hong Kong in 2012]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/02/08/press_freedom_review/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to the International Federation of Journalists, 2012 saw an escalation in the efforts to control information and censor the media, with the management of media outlets in China receiving up to a dozen restrictive orders a day and a number of journalists who were suspended or forced to leave their jobs due to pressure from Chinese authorities.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:20:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/02/08/press_freedom_review/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - "New York Times" hounded by Chinese censorship, expulsion and spying]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/02/06/ny_times_hacking/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reporters Without Borders condemns the Chinese government's readiness to violate the confidentiality of sources, which has jeopardised the safety of ....New York Times journalists and their sources in China.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:10:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/02/06/ny_times_hacking/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Propaganda Department continues to suppress media in mainland China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/01/14/central_propaganda_department/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Numerous media workers and activists were interrogated and detained following protests over censorship in China, while a newspaper was threatened with closure after refusing to carry out a directive issued by the Central Propaganda Department.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:35:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/01/14/central_propaganda_department/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - China urged to provide information on welfare of detained Uighur writer]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/01/10/detained_uighur_writer/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A leading Uighur writer has spent most of the past eight years detained incommunicado in China without access to family visits, fostering speculation about his condition and possible death.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:50:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/01/10/detained_uighur_writer/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Cautious optimism in standoff between Chinese weekly and censors]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/01/09/cautious_optimism_for/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[There is cautious optimism that a deal has been struck between Chinese censors and journalists at a news magazine protesting the recent blocking of an editorial.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:10:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/01/09/cautious_optimism_for/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - In China, online rebellion grows over censored editorial]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/01/08/online_rebellion_grows/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Chinese journalists and their supporters have launched startlingly direct opposition to Communist Party rule, protesting a heavy-handed move by a provincial propaganda department to unilaterally replace an editorial on constitutionalism.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:25:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/01/08/online_rebellion_grows/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Show of courage by Chinese reformist weekly's journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/01/07/journalists_protest/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Chinese media are at a historic crossroads, says Reporters Without Borders, as journalists are protesting against restrictions on freedom of information following the censorship of an editorial in a reformist weekly.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:43:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/01/07/journalists_protest/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Renewed restrictions send online chill in China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/01/04/online_restrictions/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Chinese government's further tightening of Internet controls and mandating real name registration threaten security and privacy of Internet users, warns Human Rights Watch.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/01/04/online_restrictions/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Call for release of Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo and wife Liu Xia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/12/10/liu_xiaobo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Join over 450,000 people and sign the petition to the Chinese government launched by fellow Nobel laureate Archbishop Tutu to free Nobel Peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo, detained since 2008, and his wife Liu Xia, under house arrest. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:36:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/12/10/liu_xiaobo/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Chinese journalist sent on "forced vacation" over sensitive story]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/12/07/internal_exile/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Independent Chinese photojournalist Li Yuanlong was forced to leave the southwestern province of Guizhou, where he lives, after he posted photos and information online about five homeless children who were found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in a trash container.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:59:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/12/07/internal_exile/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Was conviction of Chinese activist's nephew politically motivated?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/11/30/guangcheng_nephew_trial/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The hasty and unfair trial of the nephew of activist Chen Guangcheng appears intended to punish the exiled activist for defying the Chinese government, according to Human Rights Watch.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:21:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/11/30/guangcheng_nephew_trial/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Dissident Chinese poet Li Bifeng sentenced to 12 years]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/11/27/li_bifeng/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Chinese activist, novelist and poet Li Bifeng has been sentenced on fraud charges, although it is widely believed that the charges are without foundation and politically motivated.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:08:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/11/27/li_bifeng/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Secrecy, censorship surround Chinese Party Congress
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/11/14/party_congress_coverage/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[While the Chinese Communist Party Congress is notorious for its secrecy, considerable resources were also used to gag the media and dissidents in the lead-up to the Beijing event, IFEX members report.
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:55:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/11/14/party_congress_coverage/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - China censors foreign news coverage before party congress]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/10/29/communist_party_congress/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Information security is notoriously tight in China before the Communist Party's five-yearly Congress scheduled for 8 November 2012.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:59:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/10/29/communist_party_congress/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - China urged to end unlawful practice of house arrest]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/10/25/house_arrest/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The hardening of harsh measures recently taken against Chinese activist Hu Jia may be a sign of what lies ahead for other activists as the 18th Party Congress approaches, said Human Rights Watch.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Report on freedom of artistic expression in China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/10/23/artistic_expression/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[UNESCO is urged to accept an ARTICLE 19 report outlining how China has failed to create an environment conducive for diverse cultural expressions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/10/23/artistic_expression/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Taiwan - Concerns for media diversity, editorial autonomy in Taiwan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/taiwan/2012/10/23/media_diversity/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The announcement of a sale of several major newspapers, magazine publications, and television stations in Taiwan has sparked concerns about media diversity and editorial independence.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Four Tibetan monks arrested for photographing self-immolation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/10/22/monks_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The police recently swooped in on a Tibetan monastery and arrested four monks for taking photos of the body of a self-immolated protester.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/10/22/monks_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Chinese activist's nephew held incommunicado]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/10/17/guangcheng_nephew/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The municipal authorities responsible for violating the rights of the prominent blind activist Chen Guangcheng are violating the rights of his nephew, by denying him an independent lawyer and access to his family.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/10/17/guangcheng_nephew/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Video depicts Chinese Nobel laureate's wife under house arrest]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/10/15/china_nobel_laureate/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reporters Without Borders is releasing an exclusive video showing the Chinese artist Liu Xia, wife of jailed Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, under house arrest.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/10/15/china_nobel_laureate/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Chinese environmental citizen journalist on trial]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/10/12/citizen_journalist_trial/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Liu Futang, an ailing 64-year-old Chinese citizen-journalist specialising in the environment, has been detained for the past three months and is being tried on criminal charges of "illegal expression."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/10/12/citizen_journalist_trial/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Chinese writer released, remains under tight surveillance]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/10/01/guobiao_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A writer and member of the Independent Chinese PEN Centre (ICPC) Dr Jiao Guobiao was released after spending two weeks in prison.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Hong Kong photographer assaulted by police in mainland China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/09/25/photographer_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Police in Shenzhen, China pushed a Hong Kong newspaper photographer to the ground and beat him with batons as he tried to take photos of anti-Japanese protesters attempting to break into a local government building.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/09/25/photographer_assaulted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Former professor jailed in Beijing on allegations of subversion]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/09/18/subversion_allegations/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The charges filed against Dr. Jiao Guobiao are believed to stem from an online article where he criticised the Chinese government for focusing on a territorial dispute with Japan rather than political reform.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:36:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/09/18/subversion_allegations/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - China will change leaders, but keep censorship]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/09/14/leadership_change/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In the months leading up to the Chinese Communist party's Congress, censorship has been tighter, with a particular focus on the players involved in the leadership change.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:24:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Journalists held, interrogated for investigating death of Chinese activist
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/09/13/journalists_interrogated/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two Hong Kong-based journalists were detained in China after the security bureau discovered that they were investigating the suspicious death of Chinese activist Li Wangyang.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Chinese cyber dissident freed after 10-year sentence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/09/04/wang_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dissident Wang Xiaoning has been freed but journalist Shi Tao, another Yahoo! user who fell afoul of the Chinese government, is still being held.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:18:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Information about historic murder trial tightly controlled by Chinese authorities


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      <description><![CDATA[The Chinese people are deprived of access to any independent information about the murder trial of the wife of a disgraced Communist Party official, one of the biggest political scandals of the decade.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Japan - Japan releases Chinese journalists detained while covering a protest]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/japan/2012/08/17/japan_releases_chinese/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two Hong-Kong based Phoenix TV journalists were among a group of 14 arrested by Japanese authorities over a disputed territory in the East China Sea.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hong Kong (China) - Masked men attack Hong Kong online media outlet known for independent reporting]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/hong_kong/2012/08/16/inmedia_attack/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Hong Kong-based Inmedia outlet is known for its independent reporting on issues such as local government, social justice and politics.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:39:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - How China censors the web]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/08/15/internet_censorship/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Index on Censorship explains how the Chinese authorities censor domestic sites and how they censor the web outside China.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:07:00 -0700</pubDate>
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