Monthly Archives: January 2010

IFJ Report Lists China’s Secret Bans on Media Reporting

The International Federation of Journalists is releasing its annual report on China today at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Hong Kong. PDF Version. Banned topic include the expected any discussion of the Tiananmen Square massacre but also include any public … Continue reading

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Update: Medical flights from Haiti to the States

The story continues that flights have been halted and no one is saying why. US Halts Airlifts Of Haiti Patients, Citing Space And I heard this morning on NPR that the flights were not stopped. According to this story, Miami … Continue reading

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Arab League criticizes US resolution on Arab TV

Thanks to Marc Lynch for writing about a meeting of the information ministers of Arab League countries rejecting a Congressional resolution calling for sanctions against Arab satellite television stations that allegedly incite terrorism or promote anti-Americanism. Arabs reject U.S. crackdown … Continue reading

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Global-Local – Dispute on who pays stops medical treatment for Haitians in USA

The New York Times has a piece by Shaila Dewan that describes the chaos that takes place during and following a major natural disaster. In this case, it is who pays for the medical treatment in the U.S. of the … Continue reading

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Map of censorship

The folks at Boing-Boing call this a world map, but it is really just a map of China. Still, it is pretty cool. And a good graphic that displays the words and phrases the Great Firewall of China blocks.

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