Editor says Cambridge University Press to restore articles
LONDON — Cambridge University Press agreed Monday to restore more than 300 politically sensitive articles that had been removed from the publisher’s website in China at the behest of authorities.
Tim Pringle, editor of “The China Quarterly,” told The Associated Press that the publisher agreed to repost the articles immediately. The action followed a petition circulating among academics calling on the university press to turn down censorship requests from the Chinese government.
“I am delighted by the support of the international academic community,” Pringle said.
Cambridge University Press said Friday that it had complied with a request to block certain articles from “The China Quarterly” within China. They touch on politically sensitive subjects, including the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution and the status of Tibet.