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Book censorship is a method of censorship which has been employed in China since the start of the Qin dynasty (221 to 206 BC). [6] Both domestic and foreign books which do not meet the central government's requirement will be censored and forbidden to be published.
Since the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" came into effect on July 1, 2020, there have been media reports that Hong Kong Public Libraries and school libraries have removed books and periodicals from their shelves, and Hong Kong Correctional Services has also listed some books and periodicals as banned books.
Censorship and self-censorship are closely related in politically controlled organizations like universities and schools in China. [204] Educational institutions within China have been accused of whitewashing PRC history by downplaying or avoiding mention of controversial historical events such as the Great Leap Forward , Cultural Revolution ...
Two years later, a hobbyist accused of selling illegal publications from Hong Kong and Taiwan publishers on Kongfuzi, China's biggest website for used books, was fined 280,000 yuan ($39,000) for ...
First, it is recorded in Li Si's memorial that all technological books were to be spared. Secondly, even the "objectionable" books, poetry and philosophy in particular, were preserved in imperial archives and allowed to be kept by the official scholars. [6] In some categories of books, history suffered one of the greatest losses of ancient times.
Now in its 40th year, Banned Books Week calls attention to censorship in the literary world.
There have reportedly been nearly 700 attempts to censor library materials and services in the first eight months of this year.
See also: Book censorship in China#List of censored books. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. G. Works by Gao Xingjian (1 C, 3 P)