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    • Liao Yiwu, The New York Review of Books
      Slideshow: Exiled Voices of China and Tibet
      by Sampsonia Way / May 16, 2013

      Sampsonia Way shares a slideshow comprised of quotes, lyrics, and poetry from participants of this year’s City of Asylum/Pittsburgh’s Exiled Voices of China event.

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    • Daily Show in China
      Freedom of Speech Roundup
      by Sampsonia Way / April 20, 2013

      This week: political satire on the rise in China, Nigeria bans film on oil corruption, and a FOX reporter is threatened with jail for not revealing her sources.

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    • Kasakhstan Ministry of Justice
      Kazakhstan: Is Copyright Crackdown Next Frontier in Curbing Dissent?
      by Laura VanVliet / April 6, 2012

      New copyright legislation has hobbled Kazakhstan’s Internet traffic and angered tens of thousands of recreational users of popular download sites. But the most pernicious effect could be on those who stray from the government line, as …

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    • David Satterthwaite co-editor of Tea Leaf Nation
      “Unfortunately, in China censorship is a just fact of life, like polluted air.”
      by Merritt Wuchina / February 23, 2012

      The editors at Tea Leaf Nation talk about what China’s new internet regulations mean for microbloggers, speculate on Twitter’s future in China, and explain some of the techniques Chinese netizens are using to work around regulations and censorship.

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    • China's Year of Repression
      China: Shedding Light on Last Year’s Protests and Arrests
      by Laura VanVliet / February 13, 2012

      In light of the new year’s Lantern Festival, we take a look back at China’s heightened crackdown on writers, journalists and activists in 2011. Included is an infographic with a timeline detailing major arrests and protests of the last year.

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    • Feature: Media Censorship Under Hugo Chávez
      Under Chávez: Media Harassed with Online Hacking, Phone Tapping and Censorship
      by Gregorio Salazar / January 23, 2012

      The Venezuelan state media under President Hugo Chávez, says veteran journalist Gregorio Salazar, seeks to establish ‘information hegemony’ by systematically closing private media outlets and using hacking and phone tapping to intimidate the media, dissidents and the opposition.

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