9 June 2014 — Wang Jianmin, publisher of two Chinese-language political magazines in Hong Kong, New-Way Monthly and Multiple Face, and Guo Zhongxiao, a journalist for the magazines, were detained by police in Shenzhen, just north of Hong Kong, on May 30 for “operating illegal publications,” allegedly for selling to two subscribers and causal buyers on the mainland. The magazines focus on corruption and power...
Read More“China deepens its disclosure regime,” Jaimie Horsley (Yale Law School China Law Center), freedominfo.org, 4 April 2014. “Even as the Chinese Government continues to restrict freedom of expression and freedom of the press, it is gradually expanding the scope and depth of Chinese citizens’ access to government-held information in potentially significant ways. On March 17, 2014 China’s State Council General Office,...
Read MoreIn February 2014, the Chinese government issued its new Implementation Regulation for its State Secrets Law, instructing PRC officials to avoid labelling as state secrets information and documents that should be made available to the public.
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