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    <title>IFEX - China</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:40:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - IFJ Press Freedom in China Campaign Bulletin - February 2012]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/02/08/ifj_campaign_bulletin/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IFJ issues its February 2012 bulletin on the state of press freedom in China.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/02/08/ifj_campaign_bulletin/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Senior newspaper staff fired for reporting inflation concerns]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/02/06/editorial_team_fired/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["Biancheng Evening Newspaper" reported that residents in Huaihua, Hunan province, were unhappy with inflation levels and the city's failure to host a celebration for the Lunar New Year. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/02/06/editorial_team_fired/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - IFJ urges authorities to uphold post-Olympic press freedom promises]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/02/03/foreign_journalists_barred/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Foreign journalists have reported being followed by unidentified people, being escorted by police back to the airport, being questioned for hours by police, being forced to delete images from their cameras and having their research and writing materials confiscated. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/02/03/foreign_journalists_barred/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Authorities urged to refrain from using excessive force against protesters]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/01/27/ganzai_tibetan_deaths/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Security forces opened fire on Tibetan protesters on 23 and 24 January, killing at least two people and injuring several dozen more.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/01/27/ganzai_tibetan_deaths/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - PEN protests charges against Zhu Yufu, insisting "poetry is not a crime"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/01/19/zhu_charged/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The long-time democracy activist was charged with "inciting subversion" nearly three months after the prosecution withdrew his case from the courts for lack of evidence.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/01/19/zhu_charged/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Dissidents who posted "subversive" articles online get up to 10 years in prison]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/01/04/chen_xi_chen_wei_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Officials in China have handed down a 10-year jail sentence to Chen Xi, the second dissident in three days to be convicted of inciting subversion through articles he posted online, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Another democracy campaigner, Chen Wei, was sentenced to nine years on similar charges, report RSF as well as the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Press Institute (IPI) and the Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International. They are some of the heaviest sentences for inciting subversion since the Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo was jailed for 11 years on Christmas Day 2009, say the groups.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/01/04/chen_xi_chen_wei_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Cyber-dissident gets long jail term for "subversive" articles]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/01/03/xi_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Convicted of inciting subversion in a total of 36 articles posted on various websites, Chen Youcai was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment and three years without civil rights after his release. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/01/03/xi_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Chinese writer-dissident given nine-year prison sentence for online posts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/12/27/chen_wei_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Wei Chen, who was sentenced after a three-hour trial and deliberation, was arrested in February as part of a crackdown on dissidents and independent journalists.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/12/27/chen_wei_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Internet shut down and foreign journalists expelled from Wukan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/12/20/internet_shut/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Seven journalists from Hong Kong and Japan were forced to leave Wukan after they reported on village protests. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/12/20/internet_shut/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Government imposes media blackout on village protests]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/12/16/blocked_news_reports/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Authorities have censored all Chinese-language reporting on demonstrations in Lufeng protesting a death in police custody and political interference in local elections.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/12/16/blocked_news_reports/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Three journalists assaulted ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/11/29/journalists_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Wang Xiangqian was kicked by a State Bureau staff member in Nanyang city while querying the Bureau's public expenditure.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/11/29/journalists_assaulted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Investigative journalist forced to resign]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/11/16/yang_resignation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Yang Haipeng was forced to resign for publicising an apparent injustice in proceedings of Shanghai's Minhang District People's Court, a week before his wife was sentenced to four years imprisonment for corruption.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/11/16/yang_resignation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - IFJ concerned over threatened magazine closure]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/11/14/jinghua_closure_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["Jinghua" magazine was ordered to stop all investigative reporting amid calls by senior government officials for stricter media monitoring.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/11/14/jinghua_closure_threat/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Central government must prevent media harassment, says IFJ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/11/03/cai_wang_assault/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The IFJ urges the Public Security Bureau of China to direct the police of Hengshui city to investigate the harassment of Cai Sheng and Wang Shaoyang. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/11/03/cai_wang_assault/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Beijing court throws out appeal by jailed cyber-dissident Wang Lihong]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/10/21/lihong_appeal_denied/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Wang Lihong's trial is a worrying signal from the government, which is stepping up its control of the Internet, and in particular micro-blogging sites such as Sina Weibo.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/10/21/lihong_appeal_denied/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Human Rights Watch calls for release of Nobel laureate and others wrongly jailed, disappeared]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/10/07/free_nobel_laureate/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Since the announcement of the 2010 Nobel prize, Beijing police have clamped down on Liu Xiaobo's family, friends, and supporters.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/10/07/free_nobel_laureate/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Activist under house arrest regularly beaten by police; famous human rights lawyer still missing
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/10/04/huuchinhuu_beaten/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Forced disappearance and mistreatment have become common in China; the authorities have now drafted legislation that would legalise the practice.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/10/04/huuchinhuu_beaten/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - State secrecy laws used to intimidate journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/09/28/li_hao_interrogated/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[After Ji Xuguang published a story about a civil servant charged with imprisoning six women, the journalist said he was threatened and interrogated by two unidentified men.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/09/28/li_hao_interrogated/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Authorities arrest South Korean journalists near North Korean border]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/09/28/joongang_ilbo_journalists_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Press visas are hard to get and, when journalists lack them, the authorities often use this as grounds for preventing them from working in this sensitive border area, said RSF.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/09/28/joongang_ilbo_journalists_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Journalist reporting on "gutter oil" stabbed to death]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/09/21/li_xiang_death/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two unemployed Chinese residents have been arrested today, 21 September, in the fatal stabbing of 30-year-old TV journalist Li Xiang. While police in the central city of Luoyang, Henan province, are calling the murder a robbery, IFEX members are urging Chinese authorities to investigate possible links between the killing and the journalist's investigative reporting.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/09/21/li_xiang_death/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - TV journalist killed; IFJ worried by recent spate of attacks]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/09/20/li_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Questions have been raised by Li Xiang's colleagues about a possible connection between his reporting and his death.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/09/20/li_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Microblog suspends accounts for allegedly spreading false rumours]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/08/31/weibo_accounts_suspended/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The microblog's suspension of two accounts for a month may represent an attempt to rein in online news reporting, says CPJ.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/08/31/weibo_accounts_suspended/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Magazine president, editor punished for citing historian
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/08/22/nanfeng_chuang_censorship/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["Nanfeng Chuang" magazine president Chen Zhong was removed from his post and editor Zhao Lingmin was suspended over an interview deemed critical of a Communist Party legend.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/08/22/nanfeng_chuang_censorship/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Authorities should allow open reporting of environmental threat, says CPJ
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/08/16/dalian_censorship/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Microblog services have deleted images showing demonstrations in the city of Dalian, where citizens are calling for the closure of a chemical plant due to safety concerns.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/08/16/dalian_censorship/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Blogger Ran Yunfei released from prison, placed under "residential surveillance"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/08/10/yunfei_house_arrest/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Other cyber-dissidents arrested at the same time as Ran Yunfei are still detained, facing the same charges of "inciting subversion of state authority."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/08/10/yunfei_house_arrest/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Citing UN ruling, PEN American Center urges China to release Liu Xiaobo immediately]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/08/08/un_xiaobo_statement/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention determined that Liu has been arbitrarily detained on a number of counts and that his trial was a "breach of fairness."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/08/08/un_xiaobo_statement/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - IFJ demands reinstatement of journalist suspended over disaster reports]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/08/03/qinglei_suspended/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Wang Qinglei, producer of "24 Hours", was suspended after he questioned the Railway Ministry's speedy resolution of a high-speed rail disaster.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/08/03/qinglei_suspended/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Journalist investigating child abduction targeted in hacking attack]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/07/27/hejuan_email_hacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["This attack on Zhao Hejuan's email account, which appears to be connected to her reporting, is deeply disturbing," said CPJ.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/07/27/hejuan_email_hacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Authorities obstruct train disaster reporting]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/07/26/rail_crash_censorship/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Propaganda authority directives to news outlets ordering them not to send reporters to the scene of the accident were leaked online.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/07/26/rail_crash_censorship/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - IFJ urges greater transparency from Xinjiang authorities]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/07/21/xinjiang_censorship/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Authorities were urged to release all information and allow journalists to report on the latest deadly clash between police officers and rioters.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/07/21/xinjiang_censorship/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - "China Economic Times" dissolves investigative news department]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/07/21/wang_suspended/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A source, who did not wish to be named, told the IFJ that the decision was made by the "Times" publisher, Han Liyun, who wished to see less hard-hitting coverage in the pages of the newspaper.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/07/21/wang_suspended/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - IFJ calls for release of all journalists, writers and bloggers on Communist Party's 90th anniversary]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/07/05/hu_jintao_letter/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Officials must recognise that increased media freedoms will assist China to become a transparent, accountable, fair and respectful nation, goals that match the party's future vision for the country, IFJ states.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/07/05/hu_jintao_letter/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Ai Weiwei and other dissidents released, but questions remain]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/29/ai_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The release of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei last week was a welcome surprise, as was the release a couple of days later of his lesser-known associates, and that of renowned activist Hu Jia. But it also leaves troubling, unanswered questions about his arrest, detention and conditions of release - and what is happening to other jailed dissidents who do not have the benefit of an international campaign behind them, say IFEX members.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/29/ai_released/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Amid prison releases, journalist's sentence extended]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/24/qi_eight_years/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A second prison sentence was handed down to freelance journalist Qi Chonghuai just days before the end of his term.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/24/qi_eight_years/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Journalists and Internet users face retribution]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/24/internet_users_punished/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Online journalist and activist Wang Yuqin was punished with two weeks' detention after she appealed for medical treatment for her detained husband Yang Qiuyu, also an online journalist and activist.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/24/internet_users_punished/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Reports of Health Ministry media blacklist create concerns among journalists


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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/23/health_reporters_blacklist/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The director of the China Health Education Center reportedly said the list is designed to prevent the public being misled with malicious information.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/23/health_reporters_blacklist/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Censorship risks fueling public unrest, says IFJ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/23/news_censorship/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["Depriving people of accurate and up-to-date information about public unrest risks placing members of the public in harm's way," IFJ noted.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/23/news_censorship/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Ai Weiwei released from detention in Beijing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/23/weiwei_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[PEN American Center urged the government to restore the artist's full rights to speak and create.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/23/weiwei_released/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ethiopia - EFJA urges China to stop complicity in jamming Ethiopian satellite TV transmissions]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ethiopia/2011/06/22/esat_china_jamming/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Chinese government must realise that collaborating with African tyrants and exporting tools of repression to countries like Ethiopia is an inexcusable act that will further tarnish its image as a sponsor of oppression, EFJA said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ethiopia/2011/06/22/esat_china_jamming/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Hu Jia's wife threatened with eviction as harassment campaign continues]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/15/eviction_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Zeng Jinyan is threatened with eviction from her Shenzhen home, where she moved with her daughter in April 2011 following ongoing harassment and surveillance by police who were stationed outside her Beijing apartment.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/15/eviction_threat/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - IFJ Press Freedom in China Campaign Bulletin - June 2011]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/10/june_bulletin/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IFJ issues its June 2011 bulletin on the state of media freedom in China.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/10/june_bulletin/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Two decades after Tiananmen massacre, repression still trumps political reform, Human Rights Watch says]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/06/tiananmen_resonates/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The government's refusal to take responsibility for the massacre of unarmed civilians in June 1989 laid the foundation for the state impunity behind the current crackdown on dissent, Human Rights Watch said. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/06/tiananmen_resonates/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Human Rights Watch urges Facebook to safeguard users before entering Chinese market
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/03/safeguard_users/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The company's possible entry into China coincides with an aggressive effort by the government to silence dissent.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/03/safeguard_users/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Blanket bans cloak reports of deaths, protests and explosions]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/01/reports_banned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Bloggers were unable to discuss the death of an activist in chat rooms and on other social networking services and media barely reported the incident or its aftermath. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/01/reports_banned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Thirty-three IFEX members express grave concern over restrictions on freedom of expression]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/01/letter_hu_jintao/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IFEX members note with alarm the efforts of China's authorities to restrict freedom of expression in regard to debate on political reform in China, following reform movements in the Middle East and North Africa since late 2010.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 03:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/06/01/letter_hu_jintao/</guid>
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      <description><![CDATA[The recent sidelining of an outspoken journalist in Guangzhou and the disappearance of a Beijing lawyer and activist known for his blog writings are the latest signs of China's deteriorating press freedom, CPJ said.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Journalist faces sacking for editorial endorsing Ai Weiwei]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Song Zhibiao, a commentator at "Southern Metropolis Daily", is facing punishment after penning an editorial that obliquely endorsed the actions of detained artist Ai Weiwei.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 17:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Wang Lihong, an activist who posted reports online and regularly provided information to media on the use of violent tactics by government officials, was charged with disrupting public order. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 10:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Media memorialising Sichuan earthquake harassed, censored]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[CPJ interviewed filmmaker Alison Klayman about activists imprisoned for documenting official negligence which contributed to the destruction, including detained artist Ai Weiwei, to mark the anniversary. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 10:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2011/05/17/sichuan_earthquake_anniversary/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Wife and son of detained Mongolian human rights activist charged]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The wife and son of Hada, who should have been released in December on completing a 15-year jail sentence, face charges of "illegal business activities" and "drug possession".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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