Word: gongs
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...Censorship is always, of course, the elephant in the back corner of the Chinese newsroom. Certain topics, like Taiwan, Tibet and the Falun Gong, go conspicuously unmentioned. But grand controversies are not the focus of the book. China Ink instead tells the story of the everyday fight to sidestep propaganda and produce a serviceable publication or program. A famous radio host tells of how she convinced a murderer who confessed on air to turn himself in. A magazine writer tells of the story she penned - and of how bad she smelled - after taking a three-day train journey to southern...
...case. But they could be sent to a camp if they don't follow the authorities' instructions. Reeducation-through-labor is a form of detention for up to four years used to punish relatively minor criminal activity like prostitution and religious activity banned by the state, like practicing Falun Gong. The China Labour Bulletin, a Hong Kong-based human rights NGO, estimated last year that the system has more than 300,000 detainees. "There is an overarching message of intimidation," says Kenneth Lim, Hong Kong program manager for Human Rights in China. "It's not restricted to a particular issue...
...about the glory of sport," says Jamie Metzl, executive vice president of the New York City - based Asia Society and a former senior government official in the Clinton Administration. "I hope that that's the case. But there are a number of issues, whether it's Tibet, pollution, Falun Gong, doping. We don't know whether those issues are going to emerge. But they could and then take on a life of their...
...time when swimmers and runners could distract the world from the nation's much-criticized human rights record, and when athletic competition could supersede geopolitical tension for a few short weeks. Instead, in the weeks leading up to the Games Chinese organizers decided to censor websites about Tibet, Falun Gong, and other politically sensitive groups to the foreign media, causing the predictable outcry from international press and human right groups. (Officials have since backed down and opened up the sites). Now comes word that China has banned Cheek to enter the country on the eve of the Games, revoking...
...although access was restored to some long-blocked websites maintained by human-rights groups and news organizations, others - those advocating independence for Tibet or dealing with the banned spiritual movement Falun Gong - remained off-limits. It was also not clear how far the relaxation of Internet control extended within China, and skeptics doubted it would persist beyond the Games. "Everyone knows that the minute the circus is over, the walls will be put straight up again," says Russell Leigh Moses, a China scholar based in Beijing...