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A year on from Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel: China still ‘under shadow of the future’ – NED
One year after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in absentia (above) to jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo, Carl Gershman assesses China’s impact on global democratic trends, prospects for reform and the influence of the Nobel award on Chinese society and official policy. It is common knowledge that China exerts an anti-democratic influence in world politics. Liu Xiaobo has said that China serves as “a blood transfusion machine” for smaller dictatorships in North Korea, Cuba and elsewhere. In addition to providing economic and political support to such regimes, Beijing shares tactics bi-laterally with autocrats such as Lukashenko in Belarus, Mugabe in Zimbabwe, …
NGOs defend media freedom against Kim Jong-Il’s regime
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an international media freedom NGO, visited the South Korean capital of Seoul in July to evaluate the level of media freedom and freedom of
Two news reports from North Korea offer vastly different accounts — BBG Watch
Two news reports from North Korea, two vastly different accounts. One of the reports, North Korea Kicks Open Press Doors for Taekwon-Do Championship, was produced by the Voice
From BBG website – Pyongyang is a vibrant city and busy with activity
BBG Watch, which is not in any way affiliated with the Broadcasting Board of Governors, wonders who signed off on the press release on the BBG official website,
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Anonymous: The laughter of Broadcasting Board of Governors members and other BBG ...