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China was a powerful nation, a learned nation with legalized system, high intellect education, advance in medical science, warlords and technology and now rising again.
Whereas angmohs were just peasants Christian Crusaders sailed into Far East was shocked to see a Advance Chinese nation.
Christian Crusaders used the Bible to go to war with non-Christians countries and China. Their purpose was to take over your land to established Christianity over the world.
WW1 and WW2 were started on Christian wars.
Jiuhu kia like you wish to revolved around Christian Crusaders?
m&d Chinese shit loser go back to jiuhu get eaten by pythons.
Whereas angmohs were just peasants Christian Crusaders sailed into Far East was shocked to see a Advance Chinese nation.
Christian Crusaders used the Bible to go to war with non-Christians countries and China. Their purpose was to take over your land to established Christianity over the world.
WW1 and WW2 were started on Christian wars.
Jiuhu kia like you wish to revolved around Christian Crusaders?
m&d Chinese shit loser go back to jiuhu get eaten by pythons.
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This has to be news. Fantastic.
China's top court puts tighter grip on internet and social media
PUBLISHED : Friday, 10 October, 2014, 4:54am
UPDATED : Friday, 10 October, 2014, 8:15am
Angela Meng [email protected]
The Supreme People's Court has announced tighter controls to help the authorities identify people commenting on the internet and social media. Photo: Reuters
The Supreme People's Court has announced tighter controls to help the authorities identify people commenting on the internet and social media.
The court announced yesterday that from tomorrow the authorities could order internet service providers and social media platforms to provide the personal information of users to help trace them.
The court said it had been working on legal guidelines for two years and the aim was to identify "rumour-mongers" .
Yao Hui, a senior official at the Supreme People's Court, said people who broke the law on the internet were often hiding in the shadows and were therefore difficult for prosecution to track down.
Internet and social media providers can also be ordered to hand over users' personal information to civil courts handling cases seeking damages.
Yao said organisations that forwarded information on social media were also responsible for its content.
People with large followings on social media also had more influence and with it greater legal responsibility for their comments, Yao added.
The number of posts on microblogs dropped significantly last year after a nationwide campaign against so-called rumour-mongers.
Hundreds were detained on charges of "inciting trouble" for posting unverified or critical information on their microblogs.
Civil rights activists and international human rights organisations say the government tries to keep a tight grip on all forms of media on the mainland, but is increasingly focusing on social media.
Supreme People's Court spokesman Sun Jungong said yesterday that the rapid growth and development of social media platforms such as Weibo and WeChat meant they could influence the public far more than traditional media.
The new guidelines also promise action against people or companies who delete or tamper with content on social media that they want to censor.
People distorting information will be punished and any deleted or altered posts will be reposted in their original form.
Sun said this form of censorship by people with superior computing skills had become a "grey industry".
Jiu hu kia, China and Singapore is none of your business. Fuck home north and KPKB at your 46.75 % majority government.
No balls to protest against your Umno masters? ?
China tightens grip on health-related TV programs
Source: Xinhua Published: 2014-10-14 14:03:01
China's top broadcast watchdog has tightened control over production of health-related TV programs, a move it says will provide viewers with better, more scientific health information.
The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television issued a circular on Tuesday saying such programs can only be produced by TV station personnel. The regulator also banned all advertisements during such programs.
Health programs in the form of health experts and doctors offering advice on how to prevent illness have gained popularity in recent years. Because the programs are relatively cheap to make, they can be the prime form of entertainment of local television stations.
The regulator said in some cases the health programs can be potentially harmful, with TV stations exaggerating the effects of medicine or medical devices in order to make a profit from the program.
It said TV stations lacking funds and proper experts should not make health-related programs. Experts on the programs must have qualifications issued by health authorities.
Celebrities hosting such programs was also banned.
Such programs will be required to be review and put on record. Those which violate the regulation won't be allowed on air, the circular said.
The regulation will take effect on Jan. 1, 2015.
Re: Control Freaks
Communist Party tightens grip on control of China's universities
Directive calls for higher education entities to unify under the central leadership
PUBLISHED : Thursday, 16 October, 2014, 3:46pm
UPDATED : Thursday, 16 October, 2014, 5:45pm
Angela Meng [email protected]
President Xi Jinping talks to students and faculty at Peking University. Photo: SCMP Pictures
The Communist Party has tightened its grip on Chinese universities by reaffirming the party secretary’s leading role in them.
The General Office of the Communist Party of China, which is directly under the Central Committee, released the directive for higher education entities to unify under the party leadership yesterday.
The announcement said that after the fourth plenary session of the 17th CPC Central Committee next week, all departments at universities across the country shall “conscientiously” make implementations that “adhere to the party’s leading core position”.
It also said universities across China are to establish a unified leadership under the party committee, cooperate and coordinate with the party and “seriously carry out” the essence of democratic centralism within the party. adding that the universities' presidents should implement the party’s education policy, organise relevant resolutions of the party committee and be fully responsible for the teaching, research and management.
Last month, the party committee at Peking University, one of China’s elite institutions, told its students and professors to “fight against speech and actions” that criticise the Communist Party in an editorial in Qiushi, a Chinese journal whose name means “seeking truth”
Communist Party tightens grip on control of China's universities
Directive calls for higher education entities to unify under the central leadership
PUBLISHED : Thursday, 16 October, 2014, 3:46pm
UPDATED : Thursday, 16 October, 2014, 5:45pm
Angela Meng [email protected]
President Xi Jinping talks to students and faculty at Peking University. Photo: SCMP Pictures
The Communist Party has tightened its grip on Chinese universities by reaffirming the party secretary’s leading role in them.
The General Office of the Communist Party of China, which is directly under the Central Committee, released the directive for higher education entities to unify under the party leadership yesterday.
The announcement said that after the fourth plenary session of the 17th CPC Central Committee next week, all departments at universities across the country shall “conscientiously” make implementations that “adhere to the party’s leading core position”.
It also said universities across China are to establish a unified leadership under the party committee, cooperate and coordinate with the party and “seriously carry out” the essence of democratic centralism within the party. adding that the universities' presidents should implement the party’s education policy, organise relevant resolutions of the party committee and be fully responsible for the teaching, research and management.
Last month, the party committee at Peking University, one of China’s elite institutions, told its students and professors to “fight against speech and actions” that criticise the Communist Party in an editorial in Qiushi, a Chinese journal whose name means “seeking truth”
Russia, China and North Korea have the same thing in common. Same ideology. We are control freaks and deprive our citizens of their rights and freedom so embrace us. Yay !!
Russia tightens controls on foreign media ownership to stifle dissent
President signs law curtailing foreign ownership of outlets in a move seen as stifling dissent
PUBLISHED : Thursday, 16 October, 2014, 11:05pm
UPDATED : Thursday, 16 October, 2014, 11:05pm
The Washington Post
The bill which was quietly signed into law on Wednesday limits foreign ownership of media assets to 20 per cent by the beginning of 2017. Russian politicians have developed a mania of control over Vedomosti.
In a move that will significantly constrict Russia's fast-shrinking space for independent reporting, President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a measure that will curtail foreign ownership of media outlets in the country.
The decision extends the Kremlin's control over some of Russia's most prominent independent publications, a few of which have published news critical of Putin and his allies at a time when tensions between Russia and the West are at their highest since the cold war.
Wednesday's move comes as the powerful state-run media has laboured round-the-clock to glorify Putin and denigrate groups perceived to be the nation's enemies. Leaders of those outlets, and the sources of news for the vast majority of Russians, are unapologetic and open about their efforts as propagandists, a term they use to describe themselves.
Even though Putin long ago consolidated control over television and many print outlets, there were independent options for a few Russians who sought alternative voices, and the internet was particularly unregulated. But over the past year, news sources have been blocked, closed or editorially redirected.
The bill which was quietly signed into law on Wednesday limits foreign ownership of media assets to 20 per cent by the beginning of 2017.
"We understand very well that those who own information own the world," legislator Vadim Dengin, the author of the bill, said during a parliamentary debate before the law was approved.
"When foreigners come here to make money and then actively influence the media market and use it for their own benefit, at this moment, I want to say that I am ready to close down Russia and ensure its security."
The law deals the sharpest blow to Russia's most prominent independent daily newspaper, Vedomosti. The newspaper, which is co-owned by Dow Jones, the Financial Times Group and Finnish media company Sanoma, focuses on the sensive topic of business reporting.
"Our politicians have developed a mania of control," said Tatiana Lysova, Vedomosti editor in chief. "We do not report to the Russian authorities, so that is why we are a potential danger in their mind, a potential enemy."
Even many glossy media outlets in Russia are owned either by foreigners or by Russians through foreign holding companies. The new regulations will affect many of these outlets, from the Disney Channel to Russia's version of Cosmopolitan.
At a time when the government is cutting social spending, funding for state media is going up. The international arm of Russia's state-run news network, RT, is getting a 30 per cent funding bump in the proposed budget for next year, and other state news outlets also are receiving substantial injections of cash.
Xi, Mao and the dark art of ideology
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 21 October, 2014, 4:37am
UPDATED : Tuesday, 21 October, 2014, 4:37am
Cary Huang [email protected]
President Xi Jinping presides over a symposium on the arts.
President Xi Jinping's landmark speech on arts and culture last week signalled his intention to revive Maoist ideology over the sector and to tighten censorship of art and literature, analysts said.
Xi, who is also Communist Party general secretary, told a forum of writers, artists and actors that their works should present socialist values and not be polluted by the "stench of money".
Echoing many of Mao's teachings, Xi said art should serve socialism and the people, and be consistent with Marxist-Leninist thinking.
Xigen Li, associate professor with City University's department of media and communication, said the remarks signalled the president's aim to exercise greater ideological control.
"It is a sign that Xi wants to have more control over the arts, and through that, more control over ideology," Li said.
Steve Tsang, head of the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Nottingham, said the speech pointed to the tightening of ideological control over the arts and culture, with Xi trying to ensure that the arts promoted the party's brand of nationalism.
"The signal [for censorship] has been hoisted. Those who do not fall in line should know that the days when they can still not do so are numbered," Tsang said.
He said the speech had parallels with one late helmsman Mao Zedong delivered in 1942 during the Yanan rectification movement. In a famous speech at the revolutionary base in Shaanxi province, Mao called on writers and artists to contribute their works to serve the cause of revolution and communism.
"Xi is tightening censorship and control. It is to ensure that the arts and literature do what Xi and the party wants in shaping public opinion in China. This focus on nationalism implies an inherent xenophobia as China under Xi asserts what Xi sees as 'Chinese values and Chinese rights'," Tsang said.
Journalism professor Yuan Fang , from Communication University of China, said Xi's message was clear: the arts' primary role was to work in the service of the party and its priorities.
Yuan said censorship was on the rise, prompting many artists to avoid politically sensitive subjects in their work.
Arts and culture have boomed on the mainland as market reforms have ushered in some relaxation of controls on the sector since the 1970s. But Xi's address last week contained a warning to artists that their work should not "fall slave to money".
Li said it would be difficult to impose an ideological burden on the arts and ignore the market given the market's central role in the economy.
He said artists faced a dilemma - they needed to follow the market to survive but also needed to be politically correct to be accepted by the government.
"How can politically correct artworks win over a market-oriented audience?" Li asked.
Chinese media calls for pro-Occupy celebrities to be banned from mainland
PUBLISHED : Thursday, 23 October, 2014, 5:19pm
UPDATED : Thursday, 23 October, 2014, 6:53pm
Vivienne Chow [email protected]
An author named Wang Mian lambasted singer Denise Ho Wan-see (from left), actors Chapman To Man-chak and Anthony Wong Chau-sang.
The mainland backlash continues against celebrities who have offered support to Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests, with one commentary in state media calling for pro-Occupy performers to be banned and censored from the internet.
After Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying warned American musician Kenny G to keep away from the protests, a commentary in Xinhua condemned Hong Kong celebrities for backing the Umbrella Movement.
An author named Wang Mian lambasted actors Chapman To Man-chak and Anthony Wong Chau-sang, as well as singer Denise Ho Wan-see.
The article said that the stars were “fed” by the mainland market since Hong Kong’s handover in 1997 and that their support for the protests was a betrayal of their “Chinese blood”.
“On the one hand you make a lot of cash, and on the other you turn your head and scold your mother [China]. Is that the right thing to do to the country that feeds you? How could your behaviour be tolerated?” the article reads.
More than 100,000 fans had voted in an online poll to “banish” Hong Kong celebrities who support the protests, the commentary claimed, before calling for a blanket ban on such celebrities performing on the mainland – and even for their names to be censored from the internet.
“Their behaviour angers the public. Hong Kong people do not agree, mainland people do not agree,” it continues.
“Wake up, all Chapman To’s, and look at what Jackie Chan says in his films – only a strong country can give birth to a rich family...Organisers of Occupy protests are mobilising people to take to the streets so that they can receive dirty money from the back door.
“Hong Kong belongs to China, not anyone else,” it adds.
Singer Denise Ho has been a high-profile supporter of the pro-democracy protests. Photo: Sam Tsang
Lyricist Lin Xi, who has addressed protesters in Admiralty and wrote the lyrics for protest song Hold Up Your Umbrella, had a scheduled talk at the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing cancelled, according to a notice circulated online.
The celebrities, for their part, do not appear overly concerned with the threats. Ho continued to post information and supportive messages about the protests through her social media accounts on Thursday.
Wong said the accusations were out of line, adding that mainlanders who believe they had “fed” him were the ones who should feel ashamed.
“The one who gave birth to me and fed me was my mother. Did you [mainland internet users] pay me to go to school? Did you look after me when I was sick? Did you pay my school fees at the Academy for Performing Arts?” he wrote online.
“I have never made movies paid for by [mainland internet users or newspapers],” he added.
Renowned Japanese musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, who is in New York undergoing cancer treatment, offered his support to Hong Kong students according to US-based Occupy Central solidarity group NY4HK.
But the Foreign Ministry has successfully silenced Kenny G, who removed a photo taken at the Admiralty protest camp from his Twitter account and wrote a long statement declaring his “love for China”.
Protesters in Hong Kong are demanding an open election of the next chief executive, something the central government in Beijing has ruled out.
China considers regulating smartphone apps: report
PUBLISHED : Monday, 27 October, 2014, 4:33pm
UPDATED : Monday, 27 October, 2014, 6:44pm
Patrick Boehler [email protected]
Men browse their tablet computers and smartphone at the Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing. Photo: AP
Chinese internet watchdogs are looking into ways to regulate the country’s booming market in smartphone applications in an effort to rein in privacy leaks and malware, according to a report in the Beijing News on Monday.
Senior officials from the State Internet Information Office, an agency under the State Council charged with regulating the internet, met with local regulators in Beijing over the weekend to discuss further rules for mobile apps, Chinese media reported.
The meeting also touched upon ways in which app users could seek redress if they had been targeted by malware or if private information had been siphoned off their phones by applications, according to Zhu Wei, an associate law professor at the China University of Political Science and Law.
Zhu said it was time for legal reforms as the nation’s laws lagged behind technology. “There has been a deluge of applications. Many illegal stores have their apps,” he said. “These often violate consumers’ private information and the legal rights and interests of minors. There should be a legislative effort to regulate” smartphone applications, he said.
The online application market has become a “free-for-all”, said Benjamin Cavender, a Shanghai-based analyst with China Market Research Group.
“Applications would access somebody’s contacts without asking for permission or try to record passwords or use that information to steal money from bank accounts,” he said. There is a concern that without regulation you’ll see more of this.”
Chinese consumers spent about one in 10 yuan online, according to data by the consultancy firm iResearch. Online shopping reached 628.8 billion yuan (HK$795 billion) in the second quarter of 2014, up 47.1 per cent from the same period a year earlier.
Most of this figure is still spent on desktop or laptop computers, but the mobile market is growing fast. Revenue on mobile devices grew 104.1 per cent to 44.5 billion yuan in the second quarter, according to iResearch.
Zhu said the focus of new regulation would be threefold: clarifying regulatory responsibilities among government departments; helping consumers find legal remedies against malware; and increasing barriers to entry for developers to spread their apps online.
Charlie Dai, a Beijing-based analyst at market research firm Forrester, said finalising the review of China’s personal information protection law was “a top priority”. The bill, still a draft, has been years in the making and is yet to become law.
Last year, the National People’s Congress amended the Consumer Protection Law in a first major revision since 1993 to account for Chinese consumers increasingly buying online. In March this year, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce released guidelines to regulate online shopping.
Regulating online apps will be “awfully difficult,” Cavender said. Regulators could set up a “clearing house” that checks applications before they are made available for download or they could work with carriers, jointly monitoring applications, but there are many ways to circumvent regulation, he said.
“There is no real simple solution, but having some kind of process could help,” he said.
在北京乘地铁“装鬼怪”可能被拘留
分类：国内 2014-10-31 11:59:31 来源：新京报新媒体 作者：郭超
新京报快讯(记者 郭超)10月31日晚是西方传统节日万圣节前夜，为避免造成乘地铁的群众恐慌，北京地铁将禁止着奇装异服或者画恐怖妆面的乘客进站，拒绝改正并造成严重后果的，可能会被拘留。
北京公交警方提示，近两年，万圣节前夜和节日当天，地铁站及车厢内都有一些穿着奇异服装的人聚集、逗留，造成群众围观。据了解，今天有部分商区、酒吧街举行“万圣节”活动。
警方提醒，今天是周五，晚高峰时段地铁客流较大、人员密集。请过节的朋友不要在地铁等人流密集场所长时间停留，更不要在公共交通工具穿奇异服装聚集搞活动，可选择到适合的地点过节。
据了解，地铁运营企业工作人员将劝阻着奇装异服或画“恐怖”妆面进入地铁，不停劝阻的乘客，地铁运营企业有权将其交由地铁警方处理。对于乘客行为造成扰序的，公安机关可视情节和后果对其依法拘留。如果混乱严重引起踩踏等公共安全事件，公安机关将依法严肃处理。
What? A regulated Halloween with rules for chinks. That's news.
Halloween costumes banned on Beijing subway as Apec summit security stepped up
Police, fearing scary make-up or masks could cause panic, warn offenders will face heavy punishment
PUBLISHED : Friday, 31 October, 2014, 3:11pm
UPDATED : Friday, 31 October, 2014, 3:59pm
Reuters in Beijing
Scary masks like this one on display in the Netherlands should not be worn on the subway in Beijing, police have warned. Photo: EPA
Beijing police have warned people they face arrest for wearing Halloween fancy dress on the subway as it may cause crowds to gather and create “trouble”, a state-run newspaper said on Friday, unveiling a list of Apec summit-related restrictions.
Next month’s meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders is being billed as the capital’s highest-profile international event since the 2008 Olympics.
Aside from widespread traffic controls and road closures, starting from Saturday and running until November 12, the city is massively ramping up security, which is what appears to have prompted the Halloween warning.
With Halloween’s arrival, the wearing of fancy dress or scary make-up on the city’s extensive subway network could cause “panic”, the Beijing News noted.
“Public transport police point out, please do not wear strange outfits in subway stations or in train carriages, which could easily cause a crowd to gather and create trouble,” it said.
Police had the power to arrest those who “upset order”, the paper said.
“If the chaos is serious and causes a stampede or other public safety incident, the police will deal with it severely in accordance with the law.”
Halloween is not widely celebrated in China, where the government officially frowns on “superstition”, though Western festival and holidays like Christmas are increasingly marked by the middle class, but usually without religious connotations.
The run-up to the Beijing Olympics was also marked by similar strange rules, including a ban on eating outdoors, in a bid to present a “civilised” image to the outside world and prevent any hint of social disturbance.
Internet watchdog chief remains ambiguous over Facebook's friend request
PUBLISHED : Friday, 31 October, 2014, 4:37am
UPDATED : Friday, 31 October, 2014, 4:37am
Adrian Wan [email protected]
The head of the country's internet watchdog yesterday rejected claims that he ever said Facebook could not enter the mainland - while at the same not confirming whether it could. Photo: Reuters
The head of the country's internet watchdog yesterday rejected claims that he ever said Facebook could not enter the mainland - while at the same not confirming whether it could.
But Lu Wei, the director of the Cyberspace Administration - formerly the State Internet Information Office - did confirm reports that guidelines for smartphone applications would be introduced soon because some apps "were not in the interests of some users".
Lu insisted that quotes attributed to him recently saying that Facebook could not enter the mainland were false.
"I have never said Facebook couldn't enter China. Nor did I say it could enter China," he said.
"I have never used Facebook. I am not aware that it has been closed down, but I think it may be true that some websites are inaccessible."
Lu said foreign internet companies entering China must, at the basic level, comply with Chinese laws and regulations.
"First, you can't damage the national interests of the country. Second, you cannot damage benefits to Chinese consumers," he said.
"What we cannot accept is those who get into China's market and make money from it, yet hurt China at the same time.
"We welcome all internet companies that follow Chinese laws to enter China."
His remarks came after Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said in Shanghai last week that the company was "already in China" because it was helping Chinese companies increase their overseas exposure.
Facebook has been inaccessible on the mainland since 2009.
Other global social media sites including Twitter, YouTube and Instagram have been blocked more recently by the Communist Party.
Lu yesterday pledged to "govern online space in accordance with the law", as laid out in the party's fourth plenum which wrapped up last week.
Websites pledges to tighten comments management
Xinhua, November 7, 2014
Twenty-nine major Chinese websites have promised to better manage the comments of their users as authorities call for a clean Internet.
Representatives from the 29 web portals, including Tencent.com, Sohu.com, 163.com and the official website of Xinhua News Agency, signed the letter of commitment at a meeting organized by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) on Thursday.
These websites promised to ensure that "their users register, post and write comments with their real identity," according to the commitment letter.
They also "promise to and sincerely ask all users to consciously abide by the 'seven bottom lines' -- law and rules, socialist systems, national interests, citizen's legitimate rights, social public order, morality and authenticity of information -- when posting."
The letter asks them to remind web users not to release 18 categories of information that "are against basic principles established by the Constitution," such as information jeopardizing national security, leaking national secrets or instigating ethnic hatred or discrimination.
Web users will be warned, suspended from releasing content, and may have their posts deleted and accounts shut down if they violate regulations. They may also face judicial investigation if their release of information is deemed criminal.
"The management of posts and comments in line with the law concerns the guidance of online public opinion," said deputy CAC director Ren Xianliang, adding that it is key to "administering the Internet according to law."
Websites are responsible for users' posts and comments, said Ren, adding many foreign websites have formulated detailed rules for online release and made the rules and other management measures conspicuous to users.
Chinese cartoonist Wang Liming stays in Japan amid fears for safety
Satirical cartoonist decides not to return to China because of fears for his safety and crackdown on freedom of expression there
PUBLISHED : Thursday, 06 November, 2014, 9:55pm
UPDATED : Friday, 07 November, 2014, 10:50am
Kyodo in Tokyo
A Wang cartoon evokes the 1974 patriotic film Shining Red and the television animation Pleasant Sheep and Big Big Wolf. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Prominent Chinese cartoonist Wang Liming has begun a new life in Japan out of fears for his safety and intensifying restrictions on freedom of expression at home.
Wang, 41, known as "Rebel Pepper," has gained prominence via social media since releasing sarcastic and critical works about Chinese politics online in 2009. He has about one million followers on Weibo.
His path to a new life in Japan began unexpectedly. During a trip to the country in May - his first journey outside China - he released some caricatures about the courtesy of Japanese and other favourable impressions of the country. But trouble started when his artworks were denounced by a website linked to the official People's Daily.
Chinese cartoonist Wang Liming
The party mouthpiece posted a column criticising Wang as a pro-Japan traitor on August 18, and the column was carried by several other Chinese websites within a few hours.
He was ousted from social media networks, with his Weibo account becoming inaccessible, and he received a number of email threats that he would be killed if he returned to China. Wang said he gave up on returning to China within the past month.
"I thought I'd be detained at the airport and felt fear for my physical safety," Wang said. He added that he was also worried about the safety of his wife who was accompanying him.
Wang has obtained work as a researcher at a university in the Kanto region of greater Tokyo with the help of his supporters. He has begun studying Japanese and continues to draw cartoons.
China watchers said President Xi Jinping's administration saw freedom of expression in cyberspace as a threat and drew up seven "bottom line" rules prohibiting criticism of the party in the summer of 2013.
Authorities have been closing websites of bloggers dealing with social issues and detaining them.
Wang received a number of warnings about his cartoons and was detained and subjected to a midnight raid by authorities after drawing cartoons on issues such as the territorial disputes between Japan and China, and the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
After one period of police detention last year, Wang responded by posting a series of sketches depicting his treatment. They showed the cushioned walls and uncomfortable steel chair in the police interrogation room, and the small, spartan cell in which he spent the night.
"Their way of taking away people's freedom of expression and persecuting them for one-sided reasons suggest a return to the Cultural Revolution period" from 1966 to 1976, he said.
"I realised how wonderful freedom is while in Japan," he said.
"I wonder why [I have to be called] a traitor for conveying thoughts on Japan as I felt," Wang said. "We're not allowed even to make a joke about the government and bureaucrats. I'm pessimistic about the future of China."
Wang discussed the motivations behind his satire when he spoke to Post Magazine last year. "They [the police] tried very hard to find out if my unruly comments online were propelled by a certain overseas anti-China force," Wang said.
"But the expressions were made only out of my impulse to comment on current affairs."
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