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    Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. 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 American computer scientists found that 30% of banned posts are removed within half an hour of posting, and 90% within 24 hours.
    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: Corporate Crime, Human Rights, China, Barack Obama, National Government

    2. Jan 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. China activists urge visits to confined wife of dissident

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    Her eyes showing anguish behind her glasses, Liu Xia whispers urgently into the ear of one of the Chinese activists who barrels past the guard at her Beijing apartment – a place that has become her prison. The brief video of their Friday...

    Tags: Christian Bale, Chen Guangcheng, Human Rights, New Year's Day, U.S. Embassy

    3. Dec 17, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Is Mo Yan courageous, or is he a patsy?

    Salman Rushdie thinks Mo Yan is a patsy of China&rsquo;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.
    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: Garlic, China, Mo Yan, AIDS, Entertainment Events

    4. Dec 6, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast
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    Tags: Human Rights, China, Mo Yan, Ceremonies, Culture

    5. Dec 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. 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 of 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: Entertainment Events, Social Media, Nobel Prize Awards, Censorship, Mo Yan

    6. Dec 23, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. 2012: From Arab Spring to early winter

    Meteorologists know seasons are predictable. In the weather world, spring is always followed by summer. But the political world is different. Spring can proceed to summer, or it can lead to a sudden onset of winter.
    Meteorologists know seasons are predictable. In the weather world, spring is always followed by summer. But the political world is different. Spring can proceed to summer, or it can lead to a sudden onset of winter. That was the case this year in the...

    Tags: Hosni Mubarak, Human Rights, Arab Spring, Pakistan, Mohamed Morsi

    7. Oct 11, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Chinese praise a Nobel 'first' -- ignoring past winner

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    Chinese state television hailed Mo Yan as "the first Chinese writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature" following the announcement Thursday of the 2012 award. The report conveniently ignored Gao Xingjian, the Chinese-born French national whose 2000...
    8. Aug 11, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Day 15 roundup: 2nd wrestling medal for U.S.

    LONDON -- The U.S. won its second wrestling medal of the Olympics when Coleman Scott came back to win a bronze in the 132-pound class on Saturday. Scott was beaten by eventual gold medalist Toghrul Asgarov of Azerbaijan in the semifinals but worked his way back through the repechage round.
    LONDON -- The U.S. won its second wrestling medal of the Olympics when Coleman Scott came back to win a bronze in the 132-pound class on Saturday. Scott was beaten by eventual gold medalist Toghrul Asgarov of Azerbaijan in the semifinals but worked his...

    Tags: Sailing, Coleman Scott, Jake Herbert, Tervel Dlagnev, Wrestling

    9. Jun 16, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Suu Kyi to accept her Nobel in person; others didn't [Video]

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    Aung San Suu Kyi was to give her Nobel Peace Prize lecture on Saturday in Oslo, 21 years after she got the award. Suu Kyi had long feared leaving Myanmar because she didn’t know if its military junta would let her return. The video above shows her...
    10. May 16, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Open petition calls for Chinese leader's resignation

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    In the latest challenge to China’s embattled national security czar, a group of retired Communist Party officials in western China has released an open petition calling for his resignation....
    11. Apr 17, 2012 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  11. Scandals in China intensify possible Communist Party crisis

    William Pfaff
    PARIS -- Events suggest that the long-overdue crisis of China's Communist Party has arrived. Evidence is provided by the affair of the Chinese police chief who tried to defect to the United States and was turned away, the sensational murder of the...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, China, National Government, Wen Jiabao, United Kingdom

    12. Feb 4, 2012 |Story| Associated Press
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Imprisoned writer Liu Xiaobo, a winner of the Nobel Pea...
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