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    May 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. 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 Mañana, one of the largest and most long-standing Spanish-language newspapers on the border.
    LAREDO, Texas -- A recent wave of kidnappings in Nuevo Laredo was prominently featured in a recent Sunday edition of El Mañana, one of the largest and most long-standing Spanish-language newspapers on the border. But the story carried no byline, and...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights, Civil Rights, Freedom of the Press, Newspaper and Magazine

    2. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. 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: Computer Networking and Internet, Bird Flu, Nobel Prize Awards, National Government, Barack Obama

    3. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Thatcher opponents push 'The Witch' up the charts

    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?
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    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: Same-Sex Marriage, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Freedom of the Press, BBC, Politics

    4. Apr 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. 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 manpower, and professionals from the British colony's highly developed movie industry provided the expertise.
    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: The Departed (movie), Taiwan, Festive Events, Cinema Industry, Entertainment

    5. Feb 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. 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 nominations.
    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: The Amazing Spider-Man (movie), DVDs, Entertainment, Richard Gere, Django Unchained (movie)

    6. Jan 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. 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 staff waved banners calling for an end to censorship of the Chinese press.
    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, Parties and Movements, Career and Workplace, Political Systems, Hong Kong

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

  7. 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.
    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: Authors, Awards and Prizes, Arts and Culture, Nobel Prize Awards, Garlic

    8. Dec 14, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. 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.
    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), Crime, Law and Justice, Treaties, China, United Nations

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

  9. 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: Social Media, Awards and Prizes, Liu Xiaobo, Mo Yan, Arts and Culture

    10. Aug 20, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Myanmar stops censoring articles before they go to print

    World Now
    Journalists in Myanmar will no longer have to send their articles to a censorship board to be scrubbed of anything critical or sensitive before publication, a landmark step announced Monday toward lifting restrictions on the press. But reporters in the...
    11. Aug 29, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Jordan Web 'blackout' protest targets alleged censorship

    World Now
    Black Iris, 360East, and 7iber are names that may not be familiar to U.S audiences, but for the Jordanian online community they represent websites and blogs with the online presence of Daily Kos or the Huffington Post. Although the websites' purposes...
    12. Sep 22, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Reel China: A crash course in different storytelling traditions

    BEIJING &mdash; Every movie project involves a certain amount of negotiation, but finding middle ground proved no easy matter when writer-director Daniel Hsia tried to film <a href="http://shanghaicalling.com/">"Shanghai Calling"</a> in China.
    BEIJING — Every movie project involves a certain amount of negotiation, but finding middle ground proved no easy matter when writer-director Daniel Hsia tried to film "Shanghai Calling" in China. To secure permission to make his story about a...

    Tags: The Amazing Spider-Man (movie), Shanghai (China), Avatar (movie), Rob Minkoff, The Forbidden Kingdom (movie)

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