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| Title | China: Information on Hong Kong publication Cheng Ming including its availability in Shanghai and Quangzhou, type of articles, whether it was banned or censored by the PRC and, if so, the consequences for sharing a copy |
| Publisher | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Country | China | Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) |
| Publication Date | 1 November 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | CHN28213.E |
| Cite as | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, China: Information on Hong Kong publication Cheng Ming including its availability in Shanghai and Quangzhou, type of articles, whether it was banned or censored by the PRC and, if so, the consequences for sharing a copy, 1 November 1997, CHN28213.E, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ae6ac605b.html [accessed 27 May 2012] |
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Little information on the Hong Kong publication Cheng Ming could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
According to the World's News Media, Cheng Ming is a monthly current-affairs magazine published in Chinese (1991, 218). Information as to whether it was available in Shanghai and Quangzhou, the types of articles, whether it was ever banned or censored in the PRC and, if so, the consequences of sharing a copy could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Reference
The World's News Media. 1991. Edited by Harry Drost. Essex: Longman Current Affairs.
Additional Sources Consulted
Benn's Media Vol. 3: World. 1996.
Electronic sources: IRB Databases, Global News Bank, LEXIS/NEXIS, REFWORLD (UNHCR database).
The International Directory of Little Magazines and Small Presses 1995-1996 [Paradise, Calif.]. 1995.
3 oral sources did not provide information on the requested subject.
Resource Centre Country File (China). 1996 to present.
World Media Handbook [New York]. 1990.