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NBA: ‘Hong Kong Human Rights? Nah! We Prefer Chinese Money’

A week back, the general manager of the NBA Houston Rockets team, Daryl Morey, posted a tweet in which he extended support for the protestors in Hong Kong. Shortly thereafter, he deleted the tweet and apologized for it as China took strict steps against the team. The NBA is running scared of losing revenue from ...

Jack Roberts

ESPN Sports.

UN Secretary-General Defiantly Silent on Topic of Tiananmen Massacre

With human rights organizations commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre, one would think that the United Nations would make a strong statement regarding the incident. But to the contrary, the UN has chosen to remain silent, refusing to condemn the Chinese communist government for the brutal crackdown. Silence on Tiananmen António Guterres, the UN ...

Max Lu

The United Nations.

Google’s Continued Support of China’s Great Firewall

Google has banned virtual private network (VPN) product adverts in China because of local legal restrictions. The action, however, seems to lend credence to the rumors that Google plans on re-entering the Chinese market with a censored search engine to work around China’s Great Firewall. Following policy or helping censorship efforts? Under its new policy, ...

Jack Roberts

The Google logo.

Beijing Banning TV Dramas for Not Being Communist Enough

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) obsession with censorship has now resulted in a complete ban of all costume drama series from TV. The shows were banned because they lead impressionable young Chinese onto “wrong paths.” Banning TV dramas Since 2012, the Chinese government has placed strict rules on broadcasting palace dramas. Such shows only account ...

Max Lu

A scene from Yanxi Palace.

Chinese Movie Industry Censoring Ghosts, Tattoos, and Time Machines

China has one of the most heavily censored movie industries in the world, thanks to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). However, Beijing’s censoring of any content that violates the CCP’s ideologies means that Chinese movies do not get the same level of international appreciation that Hollywood films do. After all, people go to movies to ...

Max Lu

A Chinese actress.

China Is Now Censoring Books of Australian Publishers

After gaining complete control over Chinese society and censoring everything they don’t approve of, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is extending its censorship worldwide, with Australia as its number one victim. The Chinese regime is now reportedly censoring books by Australian publishers, refusing to print them if the books contain keywords identified as “controversial” by ...

Armin Auctor

A plethora of books.

Ai Weiwei’s Segment Cut From Movie Anthology to Appease Beijing

Chinese political dissident Ai Weiwei’s segment from the movie anthology Berlin, I Love You was cut from the film’s American release after producers were concerned about a backlash from Beijing. Producers were worried that including Weiwei’s segment would harm their prospects to secure funding for future movies. Censoring Ai Weiwei “The reason we were given ...

Jessica Kneipp

Ai Weiwei.

Chinese Growing Up Without the Proper Knowledge or Desire for Freedom

China has strong censorship policies in place that prevent citizens from accessing websites like Google, Facebook, or any other services that the communist government deems harmful. As a result, millions of young Chinese are growing up without having a proper knowledge of Western societies’ freedom of democracy, history, or free speech. Censorship instead of freedom ...

Nspirement Staff

No More Foreign Content in Chinese Textbooks

With the trade war against the U.S. still going strong, China is introducing new policies that seek to control foreign content in school textbooks and media. The move is a clear signal that Beijing would rather keep its public ignorant of global realities if it means that the Communist Party can continue in power. Controlling ...

Nspirement Staff

Writing Chinese characters.