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Jordan premier: Arab Spring forces governments to widen press freedoms; local critics unmoved
Associated PressAMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The Arab Spring uprisings that toppled four Arab leaders have forced Mideast governments to allow more freedom of expression and of the press, Jordan's prime minister said Monday, but critics charged that Jordan itself is not...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Abdullah II of Jordan, Arab Spring, Government, Television Industry
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In a border town, a newspaper forced to be silent
LAREDO, Texas -- A recent wave of kidnappings in Nuevo Laredo was prominently featured in a recent Sunday edition of El Maņana, one of the largest and most long-standing Spanish-language newspapers on the border. But the story carried no byline, and...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Human Rights, Newspaper and Magazine, Freedom of the Press, Journalism
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In China, let a thousand blogs bloom
China employs an army of censors. As many as 50,000 well-trained monitors police the Internet, and 12 government departments are empowered to search and seize information and shut down users and sites. They work fast: A recent study conducted by two...
Tags: Bird Flu, Punishment, Entertainment Events, Computer Networking and Internet, Government
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Hollywood yielding to China's growing film clout
Coming soon to a theater near you: China's Communist Party. From demanding changes in plot lines that denigrate the Chinese leadership, to dampening lurid depictions of sex and violence, Beijing is having increasing success in pressuring Hollywood...
Tags: Motion Picture Association of America, Arts and Culture, Cinema Industry, China, Beijing (China)
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Thatcher opponents push 'The Witch' up the charts
This post has been corrected. See note below.LONDON -- The British Broadcasting Corp. faced a dilemma Friday: Would it play "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead" when everyone knows the song has become a biting reference to the late Margaret Thatcher? The network's solution: turn the song into a sound...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Radio, Elizabeth II, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), BBC
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Hong Kong film industry changes focus to mainland
HONG KONG — When Mabel Cheung, one of this city's leading directors, shot her historical-political drama "The Soong Sisters" in China in the mid-1990s, the nature of the exchange for the co-production was simple: Beijing provided inexpensive...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Looper (movie), Freedom of the Press, Hong Kong, Infernal Affairs (movie)
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The Oscars show, nominated films shortchanged in China
BEIJING — Cecilia Wu, 18, is a self-described film freak. Despite the heavy workload of her senior year of high school here in the Chinese capital, she sees a movie every two or three days and has caught most of the films with Academy Award...Tags: Arts and Culture, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Entertainment Events, Les Miserables (movie), Argo (movie)
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In China, press censorship protests continue
GUANGZHOU, China — Like wedding guests separated across the aisle, the protesters assembled on either side of a gated driveway at the headquarters of the embattled Southern Weekly newspaper. To the right, several dozen supporters of the newspaper...Tags: Strikes, Freedom of the Press, Journalism, Parties and Movements, Hong Kong
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Is Mo Yan courageous, or is he a patsy?
Salman Rushdie thinks Mo Yan is a patsy of China’s Communist government. I respect Rushdie's work, and his own courage as a defender of artistic freedom. But I'm not sure he's right about Mo Yan. Mo accepted the Nobel Prize for Literature this...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Garlic, Entertainment Events, Government, Literature
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Global treaty becomes showdown over future of Internet
Sharp divisions over the future of the Internet were laid bare Friday as the United States and many of its allies spurned a United Nations telecommunications treaty over fears of government meddling with the Web. Getting involved with the Internet would...
Tags: Dubai (United Arab Emirates), China, Government, National Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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Nobel literature winner says censorship necessary
STOCKHOLM (AP) — This year's Nobel literature winner Mo Yan, who has been criticized for his cozy relationship with China's Communist Party, defended censorship Thursday as something as necessary as airport security checks. He also suggested he...Tags: Arts and Culture, Justice and Rights, Freedom of the Press, Entertainment Events, Literature
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What a bummer: Nobel laureate Mo Yan defends censorship
Chinese author Mo Yan was announced in October as the recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature; he's in Sweden now and will be presented with the award Monday. It was at a news conference in Stockholm that Mo made his disappointing statements in support...
Tags: Mo Yan, Arts and Culture, Liu Xiaobo, Entertainment Events, Literature
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