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Press Reviews
Press Reviews
From 2007 to 2018, and in 2021, the CEFC Research Assistants produced a regular review of the press covering news in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
The news clippings below were collected from both Chinese and English newspapers and now constitute a useful and original resource for researchers.
30 June 2014
KEYWORDS: media censorship, NGO, Xinjiang, South China Sea, China-U.S. relationship, cross-strait relationship, Hong Kong referendum CHINA - POLITICS New Rules on Critical News Reporting State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT), China’s main state media regulator, has announced new rules that forbid journalists and media organizations...
EN SAVOIR PLUS16 June 2014
KEYWORDS: June Fourth, social media censorship, cybersecurity, Chinese Christianity, Hong Kong CHINA - POLITICS The 25th anniversary of June Fourth a. Beijing regarded this year’s June Fourth as the time of the highest sensitivity. As Tiananmen Square itself was closely policed and gatherings to commemorate the June 4 crackdown were forbidden within Mainland China, record...
EN SAVOIR PLUS26 May 2014
Keywords: the South China Sea, Chinese activism, labor re-education, cybersecurity, China-Russia relationship, Xinjiang CHINA - POLITICS Anti-China protests in Vietnam After a state-owned Chinese oil company (China National Offshore Oil Corp.) towed an exploration rig into the disputed waters of the South China Sea – 120 nautical miles (220 km) off central Vietnam’s coast – on...
EN SAVOIR PLUS17 April 2014
Keywords: Chinese local politics, the Sunflower Movement, U.S.-Taiwan relationship, Chinese film, Chinese literature, Chinese financial development CHINA - POLITICS Hu Jintao visits Hu Yaobang’s home in Hunan Hu Jintao reportedly visited Hu Yaobang’s home in Hunan, 4 days before the 25th anniversary of the former leader’s death, which triggered the Tiananmen Movement. His...
EN SAVOIR PLUS1 April 2014
Keywords: anti-corruption, journalism self-censorship, U.S.-China relationship, Chinese urbanization, MH370, the Sunflower Movement CHINA - POLITICS 1. China seizes $14.5 billion assets from the Zhou Yongkang family On Sunday (March 30), Reuters cited sources saying that “Chinese authorities have seized assets worth at least 90 billion yuan ($14.5 billion) from family members...
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