The words China doesn’t want to hear
The Washington Post has published a list of 236 keywords considered sensitive by Chinese censors. 18 of these words are obscenities – the rest are… Read More »The words China doesn’t want to hear
The Washington Post has published a list of 236 keywords considered sensitive by Chinese censors. 18 of these words are obscenities – the rest are… Read More »The words China doesn’t want to hear
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In the picture above (from Hossein Derakshan’s photo blog), the middle figure is Omid Memarian, a young Iranian journalist who, at the time, was one… Read More »Meeting Omid Memarian