145. Bill Ristow, Independent Media in Exile (Washington, D.C.: Center for International Media Assistance, 2011), 11, http://cima.ned.org/sites/default/files/CIMA-Exile_Media_06-15-11.pdf. 146. References to CDT by name appear less likely to be censored than the other three outlets, whose names are included on a list of censored keywords tested by CDT in April and September 2011. Censorship regarding NTDTV is the tightest among the four. 147. Deutche Welles, “iSun Affairs blocked in China, microblog account shut down,” [Chinese], November 19, 2011, http://www.dw.de/%E9%98%B3%E5%85%89%E6%97%B6%E5%8A%A1%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%86%E 9%81%AD%E5%B0%81%E6%9D%80-%E4%B8%BB%E5%88%9B%E5%BE%AE%E5%8D%9A%E8%A2%AB%E 5%85%B3/a-15543653-1 Radio Free Asia, “iSun Affairs reportedly blocked, many publishers’ Weibo deleted,” [Chinese], November 18, 2011, http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yg-11182011090546.html. 148. Ibid 149. Email interview, July 13, 2013. 150. Lucy Hornby and Benjamin Kang Lim, “China Blocks Sun TV Signal in Content Crackdown,” Reuters, December 14, 2009, http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/12/14/us-china-tv-sun-idUSTRE5BD0UP20091214. 151. Clifford Coonan, “China Blocks Sun TV Network,” Variety, December 14, 2009, http://variety.com/2009/biz/ news/china-blocks-sun-tv-network-1118012696/. 152. Email communication with representative of iSun who wished to remain anonymous, August 12, 2013. 153. Verna Yu, “iSun Affairs Magazine Expands, Betting on Hard-hitting Reports,” South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), October 14, 2012, http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1059832/isun-affairs-magazine-expandsbetting-hard-hitting-reports. 154. International Federation of Journalists, “One ‘Boxun News’ Journalist Sentenced to Four Years’ Imprisonment; Another Given Suspended Sentence, Released after 13 Months in Prison,” IFEX, July 2, 2008, http://www.ifex.org/china/2008/07/02/one_boxun_news_journalist_sentenced/. Reporters Without Borders, “Held on Trumped-up Charges, Nanjing-based Journalist Finally Gets to See Lawyer,” IFEX, December 18, 2007, http://www.ifex.org/china/2007/12/18/held_on_trumped_up_charges_nanjing/. Sun has resumed some reporting since his release, but was detained for 15 days in April 2013 for shooting video footage at a protest against the expulsion of a dissident’s 10-year-old daughter from school. Reporters Without Borders, “Chinese Journalist Arrested for Distributing Video Footage of a Protest,” IFEX, April 29, 2013, http://www. ifex.org/china/2013/04/29/sun_lin_arrested/. 155. In the most prominent case, 13 Falun Gong practitioners have been put on trial in Dalian, Liaoning Province on such charges, and several leading human rights lawyers are reportedly defending them. “Falun Gong Adherents Face Trial for Satellite Dishes Amid Wider Crackdown,” China Media Bulletin: Issue No. 90, Freedom House, July 25, 2013, http://www.freedomhouse.org/cmb/90_072513#5. 156. “China Grants Controversial Boxun Founder Travel Visa for Mother’s Funeral,” eChinacities.com, May 27, 2013, http://www.echinacities.com/china-media/China-Grants-Controversial-Boxun-Founder-Travel-Visa-forMothers-Funeral. 157. “Apple Rejects NTD’s iPad App, for China App Store,” NTDTV, July 12, 2012, http://www.ntd.tv/en/news/
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