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"I think our policies and laws regarding foreign journalists is very clear. In your work and exchanges with us we have briefed you on relevant Chinese laws and regulations which is also the basis for your work in China. With regard to relevant issue I think relevant media and journalists are clear about that …."

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei on the expulsion of Al Jazeera’s Melissa Chan from China

Little Explanation for Al Jazeera Correspondent’s Expulsion - China Digital Times (CDT)

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"Active Weibo critics, please forgive my presence. I am the leaf accompanying the flower. The cause I support is the house itself, while you are the decoration and paintings inside."
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"Until you married, there were no basic human rights. No right to have sex before marriage. No house allocated by your danwei [government work unit] before marriage….The future is different. Those who can bear the shortcomings and sufferings of men will get married. Those not, single.” - Wu Di"
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"This is why the dog who has fallen into the water is still being beaten."

- Steven Tsang, director of China Policy Institute at the University of Nottingham in England, on Bo Xilai

Bo Xilai, Gu Kailai Targeted in Propaganda Campaign - China Digital Times (CDT)

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"China’s Internet is open to all, users enjoy total freedom online. China has gained 500 million netizens and 300 million bloggers in a very short period of time, which shows the attraction and openness of China’s Internet"
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"In recent years, the Neijiang Public Security Bureau has taken progressive action with its online information system to orchestrate the control of key Internet users, placing those users in positions where they are easily caught."
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"One word for your post: barf."

A netizen responds to Global Times editor Hu Xijin when he declares his trust in the Central Committee amid the scandal over Bo Xilai.

Hu Xijin: When I Trust the Party Central Committee - China Digital Times (CDT)

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"How similar it is to the Holocaust committed by Hitler on the Jews!"

- official Chinese media on the Dalai Lama’s comments condemning mass migration of Han Chinese to Tibet.

China Accuses Dalai Lama of Nazi Policies - China Digital Times (CDT)

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"You’re There but You’re Not Existing"
Ai Weiwei on his current status in the eyes of the Chinese government. Ai Weiwei: “You’re There but You’re Not Existing” - China Digital Times (CDT)
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"If we permit secret detention, then a law enforcement agency can always place the hat of a suspected terrorist on an arrested person …. We believe that exposing all judicial proceedings to the bright light of the sun will not cause the sky to fall upon us, but will actually guide our society to the place where it may be illuminated by the rule of law and the supremacy of human rights."

Chen Jieren on proposed revisions to China’s Criminal Procedure Law

Does China’s New Detention Law Matter? - China Digital Times (CDT)

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