Southern Weekly

The passing of a well-known newspaper censor in China reveals some of the difficulties Chinese face living under the control of the communist regime, and indeed the officials themselves.

16,000 pigs floating: Officials said that around 1,000 dead ducks were dumped in a Sichuan Province river.

Dai Zigeng, the publisher that was reported to have resigned recently after refusing to reprint state propaganda, was honored with the 2012 Most Influential Person award at a prominent Chinese media conference ceremony.

The publication of a list of propaganda guidelines enforced in China sheds light on the operations of the usually opaque system of media control.

A well-known Taiwanese singer, currently in China, was taken away for a talking to by Chinese communist security forces on Jan. 10, after she criticized the regime’s control of media.

Scores of protesters amassed in front of the headquarters of the Guangdong-based Southern Weekend to support media freedom after the newspaper’s front page was hijacked for official propaganda during the New Year’s holiday.

Editors in China are furious at a propaganda official’s changes to a New Year’s editorial at a well-known newspaper in the south.

Censors withheld an in-depth story on the Beijing floods produced by Southern Weekly, a Chinese newspaper based in Guangzhou known for bold reporting.