Censorship in China..

[Anonymous]

Censorship in modern communist countries is an interesting topic to work into a curriculum. I have had some discussions in my classroom regarding censorship in countries like North Korea. I definitely plan to incorporate that more explicitly and comprehensively in some of my units regarding free speech etc. I am quite honestly somewhat clueless as to how much N. Korea censors the media and what exactly is prohibited and allowed. It would be a great exploratory unit for students, and even for myself!

[Anonymous]

I got this information from an downtown LA-invitation to an art gallery exhibit/opening reception featuring Asian artists' art. I will post the venue's name and artists name in another post.
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A Storyteller on Independent Pathshttp://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2012/yan-facts.html "Mo Yan's writings cover a wide span, from short stories, to novels, to essays. His path to a literary career was not clear-cut. Mo Yan was born to a poor farming family in Shandong Province, China. After only a few years of schooling, he began work as a cattle herder at the age of 11. As a young man, Mo Yan enlisted in the army, where his literary talent was first discovered. He published his first short story in 1981, which, like his earlier works, was written according to the prevailing literary dictates of the ruling regime."

For additional comments on China and censorship visit this additional site http://world.time.com/2012/12/07/chinas-nobel-laureate-mo-yan-defends-censorship/

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[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

Interesting..I often wonder how far the Chinese government will to suppress freedom of speech given the avalanche of social media..Will this suppression of freedom of expression be an obstacle to intellectual creativeness in the future for innovations in business? [font=arial, helvetica, sans][/font][font=georgia, 'times new roman', serif]China[/font][font=georgia, 'times new roman', serif] [/font][font=georgia, 'times new roman', serif]is now taking steps to promote its vision of a clean, controlled and choreographed internet to other countries.[/font]On Monday, Tencent apologised for rewarding WeChat app users who sent a message with the English phrase "civil rights" with a screen full of fluttering U.S. flags.
[font=arial, helvetica, sans][/font]The CAC said last week it had closed 50 websites and social media accounts for violations ranging from pornography to "publishing political news without a permit".
[font=arial, helvetica, sans][/font]In September, Xinhua said the cyberspace watchdog had closed nearly 1.8 million accounts on social networking and instant messaging services since launching an anti-pornography campaign earlier in the year. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/20/tencent-censorship-idUSL4N0UZ3RI20150120

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