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Sundance: 5 festival documentary favorites

5 films shown at the famous Sundance festival that are already hits with critics and audiences
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In Pictures: Weiwei: Artist and provocateur
Five famous jailed dissidents in China: Ai Weiwei to Liu Xiaobo

Chinese authorities have cracked down on dissent in hopes of preventing a popular uprising in China like those that have erupted in the Middle East. Sweeping arrests of prominent dissidents have been part of the campaign and have earned the Chinese government widespread internal and international criticism. Who are some of these activists being put behind bars?

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Confab in Silicon Valley: How to move from 'dumb mob' to 'smart mob'

In early March, leading thinkers in the private and public sectors gathered in the epicenter of California's Silicon Valley – Palo Alto – to take in a bird's eye view of how social media is affecting governance. Social media can empower people, but turning a 'dumb mob' into a 'smart mob' is another matter.
Vint Cerf of Google on Internet rights – interview

In an interview, Vint Cerf of Google says individuals do not have a right to connect to the Internet, nor does a person have the right to eliminate information that's already on the Web. About China: 'There is much more openness and tolerance of criticism' than the West generally believes.
Is China opening up?

China's highest state body has started to consult the public, opening the door on its secretive legislative process, even if only a crack.
Weibos: China clamps down on popular microblogs

Weibos are the freest place in China to speak. Now Chinese authorities are moving to curb that freedom.
Sundance: 5 festival documentary favorites

5 films shown at the famous Sundance festival that are already hits with critics and audiences
Global News Blog
The essay that has Chinese talking: 'On Wanting Freedom'

A Chinese race-car-driver-turned-politico has unleashed a firestorm on the Web with a volley of edgy blogs over the weekend. 
Beijing Welcomes You: Unveiling the Capital City of the Future

The rise of China's capital city may be the story of a new era. And it isn't over yet
Wen spreads China's billions in Europe but can't buy goodwill

On tour through Europe, which ended today in Germany, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao inked deals worth billions, but also faced questions on human rights abuses.
Germany says it will talk trade as well as human rights with China's Wen Jiabao

China is a key trading and investment partner, especially given the European debt crisis. But German officials say they will address human rights during Premier Wen Jiabao's visit.
Hu Jia released after years in Chinese prison

Hu Jia, a prominent Chinese political activist, was released after 3-1/2 years in prison. Under the terms of his release he will not be able to speak to media for one year.
Global News Blog
Ai Weiwei's release elicits calls for China to free more dissidents

Many world leaders and activists are using Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's release to urge China to ease restrictions on dissent.
Ai Weiwei released on probation under 'depressing' conditions

Ai Weiwei has been released from detention after 2-1/2 months in an unknown location. Conditions of his probation prevent him from speaking about his ordeal, forcing him to avoid the press.
Global News Blog
Artist Ai Weiwei released, Chinese police say

After more than 2-1/2 months of detention, prominent dissident and artist Ai Weiwei has been released because of his 'good attitude in confessing,' according to Chinese state media.
Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 05/11
Ai Weiwei: Can an artist change society?

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's provocative work spotlights human rights and pushes government boundaries.
Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 05/02
In Pictures: Weiwei: Artist and provocateur
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How wrong is Time's most influential people list?

Really wrong. Time has a strange definition of 'influence.'
Five famous jailed dissidents in China: Ai Weiwei to Liu Xiaobo

Chinese authorities have cracked down on dissent in hopes of preventing a popular uprising in China like those that have erupted in the Middle East. Sweeping arrests of prominent dissidents have been part of the campaign and have earned the Chinese government widespread internal and international criticism. Who are some of these activists being put behind bars?
After Ai Weiwei's arrest, a hard hitting Chinese author remains undeterred

Li Chengpeng belongs to a new breed of Chinese authors who have to come to prominence in the era of the Internet. His novel brought social criticism, widely available online, to a broad print audience – uncharted waters in China's censorship regime.
Ai Weiwei: Why does he make Chinese authorities nervous?

The famous Chinese artist and political dissident Ai Weiwei hasn’t been heard from since his arrest Sunday by Chinese authorities.
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China puts Ai Weiwei, co-designer of Olympic 'Bird's Nest' stadium, under house arrest

Ai Weiwei, one of China's best-known artists who has become an increasingly vocal critic of the Chinese government, was about to leave for his Shanghai studio.
The Adam Smith Institute Blog
The key to a newer, freer China?

Chinese pro-democracy dissident Liu Xiaobo just won the Nobel Peace Prize (from prison) and vocal Chinese artist Ai Weiwei gets exhibition space at the Tate Modern.
China sentences quake activist Tan Zuoren

Tan Zuoren, who had investigated school collapses that killed thousands of children in China’s massive 2008 earthquake, was sentenced to five years.