Censorship – Page 3

A fire dancer street art performance at Marina Bay, Singapore. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, World

Singapore swings and misses at the arts

by Nile Bowie February 10, 2018February 18, 2020

China, Hong Kong, World

China’s ban on hip hop – and how it reeks of cultural insecurity

by Andrea Lo February 1, 2018February 1, 2018

Verna, the story of a rape survivor, was banned by the Punjab Censors' Board last month. (Photo: Dunya News)

Pakistan, South Asia

Censorship of Pakistani films ‘becoming more politicized’

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid December 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Demonstrators burn an effigy depicting film director Sanjay Leela Bhansali during a protest, organized by members of Bharat Kshatriya Samaj, against the release of Bollywood movie "Padmavati" in Kolkata, India, November 22, 2017. Photo: Reuters Rupak De Chowdhuri NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

India, South Asia

India’s state governments misuse the law to censor films

by Saurav Datta November 28, 2017February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Myanmar, Singapore, South Asia, World

A once closed space opens in Myanmar

by Subir Bhaumik November 19, 2017February 18, 2020

Li Ruigang (right) and his second wife Rebecca Yang Yuancao. Photos: Weibo

China, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Middle East

‘China’s Murdoch’ Li Ruigang ties knot with ‘TV Queen’ Yang

by Ben Kwok November 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Senior officials at the opening session of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party in Beijing last year. Photo: Reuters / Damir Sagolj

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

China’s debt woes need more of the spotlight

by William Pesek October 19, 2017February 18, 2020

A photo from Vietnamese photographer Hao Nhien's recent Tao Tuc exhibit held in Ho Chi Minh City. The nude exhibit was viewed as a watershed in the long-running tussle between state censors and artists. Photo: Courtesy of Hao Nhien

AT Finance, Iran, Middle East, Vietnam, World

A lighter, softer censorship in Vietnam

by Zoe Osborne October 14, 2017February 18, 2020

An internet user browses through the Vietnamese government's new Facebook page in Hanoi in a file photo. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, China, France, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Vietnam grapples with a wild and wooly web

by David Hutt October 3, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Thanks to YouTube, North Korea Has Just Become Even More Opaque

by Asia Unhedged September 25, 2017February 18, 2020

Cambridge University Press has bowed to a demand by Chinese censors to restrict access to 300 papers that discussed sensitive topics. Photo: Reuters/ Fabrizio Bensch

China, Taiwan

Chinese paper on censorship: Don’t like our rules? Then leave

by Reuters August 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Singapore's iconic Merlion statue (R) is projected with a light-art installation by Danny Rose Collection of France titled "The Body of the Sea" during media preview for the iLight Marina Bay festival in Singapore on March 1, 2017. Photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman

AT Finance, Singapore, South Asia, World

State versus the arts in Singapore

by Kirsten Han August 5, 2017February 18, 2020

Page Not Found on Bilibili. Photo: Bilibili

China, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Chinese video site says content purge is ‘self-censorship’

by Poo Yee Kai July 25, 2017February 18, 2020

Beijing, China

China pulls plug on purveyors of celebrity gossip

by Yiling Pan June 9, 2017June 9, 2017

Protesters walk past a mock gravestone that reads "RIP Freedom of Speech" during a protest against new licensing regulations imposed by the government for online news sites, at Hong Lim Park in Singapore June 8, 2013. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Fake news, real danger in Southeast Asia

by David Hutt May 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is seen on stage during a town hall at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California September 27, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Stephen Lam/File Photo

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Is Facebook putting profit before freedom in Southeast Asia?

by David Hutt May 2, 2017February 18, 2020

India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, Turkey

Jammu and Kashmir state censors 22 social media services

by Kenny Hodgart April 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Google-owned video-sharing site YouTube is under rising censorship pressure in communist Vietnam. Photo: Reuters /Lucy Nicholson

AT Finance, China, European Union, South Asia, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Vietnam leverages Google, YouTube hate speech failings

by Ma Nguyen March 27, 2017February 18, 2020

China

Confusion as Pinterest blocked in China

by Asia Unhedged March 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Vietnamese and Chinese communist youths wave flags to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping and Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (both not pictured) at a meeting in Hanoi on November 6, 2015. Xi said he hoped for a "higher level" partnership with Vietnam on a visit that has angered Vietnamese nationalists at a time of bubbling conflict over the South China Sea. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Na Son Nguyen / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Na Son Nguyen

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, Chengdu, China, European Union, France, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Vietnam, World

Breaking a taboo, Hanoi recalls war with China

by Xuan Loc Doan February 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Indonesian Muslim demonstrators attend a protest against Jakarta's Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama outside the North Jakarta court as he stands trial for blasphemy in Jakarta on December 13, 2016. The case has stoked fears of growing intolerance in the Muslim-majority nation. Photo: AFP/ Adek Berry

AT Finance, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East, World

Fake news fuels Indonesian intolerance

by Yuli Ismartono January 24, 2017February 18, 2020

The mayhem and violence that gripped China during the worst excesses of the Cultural Revolution are being slowly forgotten as Mao's misrule is repurposed as entertainment and whitewashed from Communist Party history. Photo: Reuters/Jason Lee

Uncategorized

China’s hidden massacres of the Cultural Revolution

by Ben Richardson January 15, 2017February 18, 2020

CCTV headquarters in Beijing. For an organization that is supposed to be emanating soft power, the building has a touch of the Death Star about it. Photo: Reuters

Beijing, China, Middle East, Russia, World

CCTV launches global platform in Xi push to rebrand China

by Ben Richardson December 31, 2016February 18, 2020

A still from Woven Wings of our Children

AT Finance, India, Philippines, South Asia, World

Filipino filmmaker fears deeper divisions

by Mathew Scott December 25, 2016February 18, 2020

Rohingya Muslims who fled from violence in Myanmar take shelter at Leda unregistered Rohingya camp in Teknaf, Bangladesh. Photo: AFP/Zakir Hossain Chowdhury

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia, World

Muslim found beheaded after talking to Myanmar journalists

by Carole Oudot and Matthieu Baudey December 24, 2016February 18, 2020

Paramilitary policemen wearing masks march on a cold morning following a flag-raising ceremony amid heavy smog at Tiananmen Square, after the city issued its first ever "red alert" for air pollution, in Beijing December 9, 2015. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File Photo

China, World

How censorship aids China’s execution machine

by William Nee December 15, 2016

Lee Mingwei's Our Labrynth. Photo: Courtesy Shanghai Biennale

Uncategorized

Shanghai’s race to be culture hub may snuff out new talent

by Ben Richardson December 1, 2016

Yes, I know what's in your wallet.Photo: Reuters/Mariana Bazo

China, Middle East, World

Facebook builds censorship tool to attain China re-entry

by Reuters November 23, 2016February 18, 2020

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Singapore swings and misses at the arts

China’s ban on hip hop – and how it reeks of cultural insecurity

Censorship of Pakistani films ‘becoming more politicized’

India’s state governments misuse the law to censor films

A once closed space opens in Myanmar

‘China’s Murdoch’ Li Ruigang ties knot with ‘TV Queen’ Yang

China’s debt woes need more of the spotlight

A lighter, softer censorship in Vietnam

Vietnam grapples with a wild and wooly web

Thanks to YouTube, North Korea Has Just Become Even More Opaque

Chinese paper on censorship: Don’t like our rules? Then leave

State versus the arts in Singapore

Chinese video site says content purge is ‘self-censorship’

Fake news, real danger in Southeast Asia

Is Facebook putting profit before freedom in Southeast Asia?

Confusion as Pinterest blocked in China

Breaking a taboo, Hanoi recalls war with China

China’s hidden massacres of the Cultural Revolution

CCTV launches global platform in Xi push to rebrand China

Filipino filmmaker fears deeper divisions

Muslim found beheaded after talking to Myanmar journalists

How censorship aids China’s execution machine

Shanghai’s race to be culture hub may snuff out new talent

Facebook builds censorship tool to attain China re-entry

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