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January 2006



Banned on the Mainland: Gay Cowboys are a filth foreign idea with no place in a modern Chinese society

Sunday, 29 January 2006 10:10 P GMT+09
Chinese audiences who were looking forward to watching the controversial 'gay cowboy' film, "Brokeback Mountain" are about to be disappointed. It's just been BANNED ON THE MAINLAND.
Category: News and Politics Off Topic Sino-American Sino-Japanese Sino-Taiwanese Human rights and personal freedoms Includes Translations News and Perspectives
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Journalist Case File: Li Changqing (李长青)

Saturday, 28 January 2006 11:00 P GMT+09
Despite claims to be reforming, Beijing's jailing of journalist Li Changqing has, once again, proven exactly how far China has to come before it reaches internationally accepted standard for press freedom.
Category: News and Politics Human rights and personal freedoms Includes Translations News and Perspectives

A public protest against the illegal stoppage of the Freezing Point weekly magazine

Friday, 27 January 2006 12:56 A GMT+09
An open letter from Li Datong on the censorship of "Freezing Point". Please read and re-distribute.
Category: News and Politics Sino-American Sino-British Sino-Japanese Sino-Taiwanese Human rights and personal freedoms Sino-N/SKorea News and Perspectives Sino-European
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就《冰点》周刊被非法停刊的公开抗议

Friday, 27 January 2006 12:51 A GMT+09
新闻界的同行们、知识界、法律界的朋友们、《冰点》周刊海内外的热心读者们： 2006年1月24日，星期二，是《冰点》周刊的发稿日，《冰点》在京编采如往日一样，齐集编辑部，认真校对
Category: Sino-British Sino-Japanese Sino-Taiwanese Human rights and personal freedoms Sino-N/SKorea News and Perspectives Sino-European
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Defending Democracy, or Protecting its Economy? - China hits out at US Sanctions

Thursday, 26 January 2006 9:24 P GMT+09
Not long after after being criticized for refusing to sign a WMD interception treaty, China is once again under US scrutiny. Raising questions over its commitment to non-proliferation, but also as to whether the US is pursing a hidden economic agenda
Category: News and Politics Sino-American News and Perspectives Sino-European
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Yamaha under investigation for China 'arms' links

Tuesday, 24 January 2006 1:50 A GMT+09
After a flurry of rumours, it has been officially confirmed that Yamaha Motor Limited has been placed under investigation by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, on the accusation that it sold sensitive 'duel use' technology to China
Category: News and Politics Sino-American News and Perspectives
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You don't have to be mad to protest in China, but it helps.

Sunday, 22 January 2006 12:11 A GMT+09
To paraphrase the old wester adage, "you don't have to be crazy to protest in China, but it help". And if you don't happen to be crazy, there is apparently nothing to stop the state from saying that you are, and locking you up.
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China Voices 3: China, the Chinese economy, and the World.

Thursday, 19 January 2006 8:29 P GMT+09
Hear China speak. Todays topic: China, the Chinese economy, and the World.
Category: Sino-American Sino-British Sino-Japanese News and Perspectives Sino-European
Podcast
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The Banning of a Geisha: Is the only good Japanese a bad Japanese?

Thursday, 19 January 2006 5:40 P GMT+09
One the most important maxims in life is that 'you shouldn't criticize something until you have gotten to know it'. Unfortunately, this is exactly what many Chinese may never get to do with Rob Marshall's contentious new film 'memoirs of a Geisha'.
Category: News and Politics Sino-American Sino-Japanese Human rights and personal freedoms Includes Translations News and Perspectives

'Bear' faced cheek

Tuesday, 17 January 2006 1:39 A GMT+09
There are two golden rules that should be followed at all time if you want your dealings with China to bear fruit 1) NEVER make a Chinese loose face and 2) NEVER insult Chinese culture. Unfortunately, nobody seems to have told this to the EU.
Category: News and Politics Sino-British News and Perspectives Sino-European
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Aiding the enemy: Congress's New Dilema

Sunday, 15 January 2006 6:03 P GMT+09
Given the number of stories in the news about the complicity of American firms in Chinese censorship, it comes as little surprise that Washington has now become a lot more interested in the distinctly 'unAmerican' activities of some American firms
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Bigger isn't always better

Wednesday, 11 January 2006 8:00 P GMT+09
When it comes to armies, has China learnt that bigger is not always better, or is it afraid that size might be its downfall?
Category: News and Politics Sino-American News and Perspectives
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The Conscience of Japan

Tuesday, 10 January 2006 5:17 P GMT+09
In modern day China, it is very rare for anybody to shed a tear for the passing of a Japanese WWII veteran, especially in the city of Nanjing, but the case of the late 東史郎 (Azuma Shiro), is a rare case indeed.
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The 'Wong' Stuff

Friday, 6 January 2006 10:26 P GMT+09
What do you get when you take one of Asia's greatest contemporary film maker, a film festival known for its defiance of Chinese censorship, and one of the world's most image conscious government?
Category: News and Politics Human rights and personal freedoms Sino-Tibet Sino-Hong Kong News and Perspectives Sino-European
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Fearing the masses – China's hidden crackdown

Monday, 2 January 2006 4:45 P GMT+09
With the 2008 Olympics fast approaching, Beijing has been keen to promote itself as being a tolerant government ruling over a free and open country. Unfortunately, it keeps doing little things that contradict this - Like cracking down on gay culture.
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