Great piece on the grim reality facing Chinese journalists working in Western media today. CCP censorship, combined with declining Western interest in human-centered stories, means we are increasingly flying blind when it comes to understanding China.
https://t.co/ZmvPv9h4lv
BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
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Once celebrated in Chinese media as an incredibly gifted young scholar, Feng Siyu was arrested and disappeared in 2018 after gaining recognition for her research on Uyghur culture. Feng and other targeted academics must be released immediately. Read: https://t.co/H1V4uBfXa0
Happy 77th birthday to Jimmy Lai 🎉
Today marks the fifth birthday Mr Lai is spending behind bars in #HongKong. We continue to call for his immediate and unconditional release so that he may be back home with his loved ones and spend his next birthday freed.
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1/ Award-winning German journalist, activist & @HKUniversity/@JMSCHKU graduate - @DavidJRMissal - has said he was barred from entering HK, despite freely entering China.
He said he was sad he can't visit "such a beautiful city as Hong Kong anymore. I hope Hong Kong will be free."
Human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife Xu Yan were detained on their way to a meeting at the EU Delegation in Beijing on 13 April 2023. Their trials are taking place in Suzhou this week. (1/4)