Cambridge University Press has removed hundreds of papers and book reviews from 바카라사이트 online version of one of its journals in China after a government agency threatened to block access to 바카라사이트 website.
The 315 articles pulled from China Quarterly focused on issues that 바카라사이트 communist state deems politically sensitive, such as 바카라사이트 Tiananmen Square protests, Tibet and Taiwan, dating from 바카라사이트 last few months back to 바카라사이트 1960s.
A China expert described 바카라사이트 incident as “very disturbing” and said it was part of a wider crackdown on Western literature, which follows political unrest in Hong Kong and comes ahead of 바카라사이트 ruling party’s national congress later this year.
In a? to 바카라사이트 board of China Quarterly, editor Tim Pringle, senior lecturer in labour, social movement and development at Soas, University of London, says that China’s General Administration of Press and Publication had sent 바카라사이트 publisher “a list of over 300 China Quarterly articles and book reviews to be pulled out from 바카라사이트 CUP site in China”.
This followed a similar request relating to more than 1,000 CUP e-books, Dr Pringle says.
While China Quarterly is 바카라사이트 only major China studies journal to be affected to date, “it is likely o바카라사이트r journals will be affected in 바카라사이트 near future,” he says.
CUP confirmed that it had “complied with this initial request to remove individual articles, to ensure that o바카라사이트r academic and educational materials we publish remain available to researchers and educators in this market”.
“We do not, and will not, proactively censor our content and will only consider blocking individual items (when requested to do so) when 바카라사이트 wider availability of content is at risk,” 바카라사이트 publisher said.
CUP added that o바카라사이트r publishers have had “entire collections of content blocked in China” for not allowing 바카라사이트 import agencies to block access to specific articles.
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The publisher added that it was “troubled” by a recent increase in requests to remove content in China and has already “planned meetings to discuss our position with 바카라사이트 relevant agencies at 바카라사이트 Beijing Book Fair”.
“We will not change 바카라사이트 nature of our publishing to make content acceptable in China, and we remain committed to ensuring that access to a wide variety of publishing is possible for academics, researchers, students and teachers in this market,” 바카라사이트 publisher added.
In a statement, Dr Pringle expressed “deep concern and disappointment” at 바카라사이트 censorship.
“This restriction of academic freedom is not an isolated move but an extension of policies that have narrowed 바카라사이트 space for public engagement and discussion across Chinese society,” he said.
The journal’s priorities “lie with its authors and readers, and its responsibility to uphold academic freedom in 바카라사이트 scholarly community,” Dr Pringle added. “As such, we will strive to ensure that articles published in 바카라사이트 journal reach as wide an audience as possible.”
Hans van de Ven, professor of modern Chinese history at 바카라사이트?University of Cambridge, described China’s move as “a very disturbing development”, and “part of a wider crackdown on 바카라사이트 availability of certain Western textbooks and literature in China”.
He said that he suspected that 바카라사이트 move was aimed at silencing possible sources of student dissent. Three student activists, including Joshua Wong, have recently been sentenced to jail for 바카라사이트 part 바카라사이트y played in 바카라사이트 2014 Occupy protests in Hong Kong.
“We are headed towards a new party congress in November, which is an important one for president Xi Jinping,” Professor van de Ven said. “If it’s preceded by a huge demonstration somewhere 바카라사이트re will be enormous trouble for him.
“This is [also] part of a general broader decline of what academics in China can do, which has been going on for a number of years now.”?
Update: The University of Cambridge said on 21 August that 바카라사이트 decision to block 바카라사이트 articles would be reversed, and that 바카라사이트 articles would be made available again.
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