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Thursday, August 24, 2017

China Censorship – Cambridge University Press and Academic Freedom

Cambridge University Press backs down over China censorship
“CUP yesterday bowed to pressure and announced a U-turn over the scholarly journal China Quarterly. The academic press was criticised by furious scholars around the world after it emerged last week that hundreds of China Quarterly articles, covering taboo topics from Tibet to the Tiananmen Square protests, had been blocked to readers in China, following a request from Beijing’s censors.”

Related:
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21727100-tense-political-year-communist-party-wants-no-dissent-cambridge-university-press-battles