Philippine lawmaker Sarah Elago faces a daily barrage of Facebook posts linking her to communist rebels trying to overthrow the government. She says the claims are false, but they could get her killed anyway.
At least 10,000 people were killed in the Chinese army’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in June 1989, according to a newly released British diplomatic cable that recounts the bloodshed in gruesome detail.
China is considering a law that would punish those who “insult or slander heroes and martyrs,” according to a report Friday from the country’s top legislature.
China’s former internet czar, who oversaw a tightening of online censorship during his tenure, has become the latest top Communist Party figure to be ensnared in the country’s anti-corruption drive.
Senator Antonio Trillanes dismissed President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to declare the New People’s Army as terrorists as mere lip service.”
China has passed legislation to punish anyone who disrespects the national anthem with up to three years in prison, state media reported Saturday.
While Chinese President Xi Jinping and his cohorts chart the nation’s future at their leadership conclave in Beijing, his citizen army of red-armbanded foot soldiers are keeping an eye out for trouble outside.
Nightclubs have been raided, TV dramas targeted by censors and football matches postponed — China is tightening security and discipline to ensure a landmark Communist Party meeting passes off flawlessly.
Chinese authorities appear to have severely disrupted the WhatsApp messaging app in the latest step to tighten censorship as they prepare for a major Communist Party congress next month.
China has passed a law against mocking the national anthem, with cheeky singers facing up to 15 days in jail, state media reported Friday, a move that comes among a broadening crackdown on political dissent.
