MCLC: China Digital Times, April 28

[Denton, Kirk]

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From: Anne Henochowicz <anne at chinadigitaltimes.net>
Subject: China Digital Times, April 28
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This Week On China Digital Times, April 28, 2014
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2014/04/week-cdt-april-28-2014/

CDT interviews Leta Hong Fincher about her new book, Leftover Women: The
Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China. Her book not only looks at the
state of women’s rights in China today, but also reveals government
insecurity about unbalanced demographics, leading to propaganda campaigns
that stigmatize unmarried women and encourage young, urban, educated
couples to procreate. Hong Fincher also writes about women taking a
personal stand through involvement in feminist activism or by refusing to
enter institution of marriage altogether.

Censors requested that online stores selling VPNs remove them. Virtual
private networks (VPNs) are used to circumvent the Great Firewall, giving
the user full access to the Internet.

Several stories circulating on the Chinese Internet have been slated for
removal, including: speculation about how CCTV head Hu Zhanfan amassed his
wealth, news about the disappearance and reward for a missing PLA soldier,
and reports that the company, Yue Yuen will reimburse striking workers at
the world’s largest sports shoe factory in Dongguan.

CDT continues its series 25 Years Ago with three more news stories
originally published in April 1989: The New York Times writes that a
Shanghai-based weekly is banned due to critical content directed against
the CCP, Nicholas Kristof writes of 150,000 demonstrators marching through
the capitol city, and a People’s Daily editorial condemns the protestors.