Friday, August 31, 2012

China's rulers tolerate little overt political criticism

Police arrest protester in Lichuang, Hubei province, during a violent demonstration sparked by the alleged death of a local legislator (June 2011)
Tensions with US, Japan

2010 January - China posts a 17.7% rise in exports in December, suggesting it has overtaken Germany as the world's biggest exporter.
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China's rulers tolerate little overt political criticism
China's voices of dissent
How much freedom do Chinese people have?

The US calls on Beijing to investigate the cyber attacks, saying China has tightened censorship. China condemns US criticism of its internet controls.

2010 March - The web giant Google ends its compliance with Chinese internet censorship and starts re-directing web searches to a Hong Kong, in response to cyber attacks on e-mail accounts of human rights activists.

2010 September - Diplomatic row erupts over Japan's arrest of Chinese trawler crew in disputed waters in East China Sea. Japan later frees the crew but rejects Chinese demands for an apology.

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