Cambridge University Press accused of 'selling its soul' over Chinese censorship | World news | The Guardian

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Summary:

"The world’s oldest publishing house, Cambridge University Press, has been accused of being an accomplice to the Communist party’s bid to whitewash Chinese history after it agreed to purge hundreds of politically-sensitive articles from its Chinese website at the behest of Beijing’s censors.

The publisher confirmed on Friday that it had complied with a Chinese request to block more than 300 articles from the China Quarterly, a leading China studies journal, in order 'to ensure that other academic and educational materials we publish remain available to researchers and educators' in China."

Link:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/19/cambridge-university-press-accused-of-selling-its-soul-over-chinese-censorship

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Tags:

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Date tagged:

08/19/2017, 19:42

Date published:

08/19/2017, 05:39