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Film being reviewed to ensure it is not violating the country’s social, cultural and religious valuesThe launch of the highly anticipated Hollywood movie Barbie has been delayed in Pakistan’s Punjab province over “objectionable content”.Officials said …
Read MoreBadiucao calls for Australian support after Chinese government asked Poland to close Warsaw exhibitionA Chinese-Australian artist has called for more support from the Australian government after Chinese officials tried to shut down his latest show in P…
Read MoreKamile Wayit, 19, sentenced in China for ‘advocating extremism’ by sharing footage of anti-lockdown unrestA Uyghur student who was detained in Xinjiang in December after posting a video on WeChat of the “white paper” protests has been convicted of “adv…
Read MoreAmid usual scrubbing for Tiananmen Square anniversary, searches for bridge where protest was held in 2022 return no resultsChinese censors scrubbing the internet of any words or symbols that could be used to reference the Tiananmen Square massacre in t…
Read MoreSuspension of standup comedian, otherwise known as Nigel Ng, came after he posted a video making fun of the country’s authoritarian governmentBritish-Malaysian comedian Uncle Roger has had his social media accounts in China suspended amid a crackdown b…
Read MoreRequest is apparently a reference to Ukrainian flags missions have put on display since Russia’s invasionRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesForeign embassies in Beijing have been asked to remove “politicised propaganda” from their buildings, appar…
Read MoreConsul general calls for ‘constructive engagement’ with territory as China’s Han Zheng confirms he will attend king’s coronationBritain’s most senior diplomat to Hong Kong has called for an end to “megaphone diplomacy” between the UK and the Chinese te…
Read MoreEven stories on cost of living leave journalists facing assault, threats and arrest under Digital Security ActFour weeks ago, a reporter in Bangladesh was hauled from his office, badly beaten – and then thrown from the roof of his building, leaving him…
Read MoreDetention of publisher Li Yanhe in China for ‘endangering national security’ has sent chills through island’s literary communityIn a bookstore near one of Taipei’s leading universities, Zeng Da-fu and his wife work quietly into the evening. Zeng has ru…
Read MoreCanadian politician, poet, an India MP and journalists are among 120 accounts that have been withheldTwitter has been accused of bowing to government pressure in India by blocking scores of prominent journalists, politicians and activists from its plat…
Read MoreDistributor gives no reason for cancellation, but Chinese censors have targeted Pooh before due to Xi Jinping comparisonsThe screening of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, a British slasher film due to be released in Hong Kong this week, has been cance…
Read MoreViolence and censorship rife among citizens and the media, as push to reclaim state land belies Indian government’s claims of peace in disputed regionSuhail Ahmad Shah stood despairingly before the wreckage that for two decades had been his livelihood….
Read MoreDanmei is by some measures the most popular genre of fiction for women in China, and its popularity hasn’t gone unnoticed by the Communist party“The hand around his waist held him tighter, their bodies pressed closer together, and Xie Lian’s struggling…
Read MoreThe prime minister’s cynical raids on the BBC are the latest populist clampdown on a press and broadcasting ‘elite’In January, the BBC broadcast a two-part series, India: The Modi Question, which looked forensically at the role of Narendra Modi in fome…
Read MoreEpisode removed from Disney+ is the second of the cartoon to be made unavailable in Hong KongAn episode of the Simpsons that references “forced labour camps” in China has been removed from Disney+ streaming services in Hong Kong.The episode is the seco…
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