The oldest publishing house in the world has bowed to pressure from the Chinese government, censoring academic sources related to Chinese history and the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
Cambridge University Press’s (CUP) China Quarterly journal has removed academic resources related to Tiananmen Square, the Cultural Revolution, Taiwan, and other topics at the Chinese government’s request, according to an email that came to light Friday. The decision follows a series of crackdowns within China, and CUP is not the only organization to acquiesce to President Xi Jinping’s promise to exercise Communist Party “guidance” over all media.
“We can confirm that we received an instruction from a Chinese import agency to block individual articles from China Quarterly within China,” CUP said in a statement following the internal email’s release. “We complied with this initial request to remove individual articles, to ensure that other academic and educational materials we publish remain available to researchers and educators in this market.”
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