Freezing Point
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Freezing Point (Chinese: 冰点, Bīngdiǎn)[1] is a news journal in the People's Republic of China which was the subject of controversy over its criticism of Communist Party officials and the sympathetic ear it lent to a Chinese historian who had criticized official history textbooks.
History and profile
Freezing Point was started in 1995 as a one-page publication and was expanded into a weekly magazine in 2004.[2][3] A weekly supplement to China Youth Daily, it was temporarily closed down by officials 24 January 2006,[4] but was allowed to reopen in March that year, though without its former editor Li Datong and without Taiwan-based columnist Lung Yingtai.[3][5]
The official reason for the January 2006 shutdown of Freezing Point was an article by history professor Yuan Weishi of Sun Yat-sen University (Zhongshan University).[4] The article dissented from the official view of the Boxer Rebellion.[5]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Pinyin translated with CozyChinese.COM
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External links
- Freezing Point on China Digital Times
- "Chinese Journal Closed by Censors Is to Reopen", The New York Times, 16 February 2006.
- "History Textbooks in China," by Yuan Weishi, and translations of articles on the closing of Bingdian, Feb. 2006 [1]
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