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Xu Zhiyong and What His Detention Means for Rule of Law in China

Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Hu Jintao, People's Republic of China, Rule of Law, Tax Evasion, Chinese Democracy, Public-Interest-Lawyers, Communist Party, Beijing, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Sichuan Earthquake, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese Government, Anti-Discrimination Law, Xu-Zhiyong, China National People's Congress, Rule of Law China, World News
Elizabeth Lynch

The Chinese Communist Party is unified by one principle: to remain in power. Any organized effort, even if within the confines of the law, will be viewed as a threat to the CCP's authority.

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F*ck Your Mother Ship, F*ck Censorship

Disgrasian | Posted 04.17.2009 | World

Read More: Internet, Grass Mud Horse, Double Entendres, Political Activism, Internet Censorship, Free Speech, Protest, China Internet Access, Chinese Government, Resistance, China Censorship, China Human Rights, Chinese Democracy, Chinese Censorship, China, World News
Disgrasian

This is China we're talking about, so the video isn't just funny, punny wordplay. The grass-mud horse video has become a national symbol of resistance to authority and censorship.

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R.I.P. Seattle P-I: First Major Newspaper to Go Web Only

Shelly Palmer | Posted 04.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Chinese Democracy, Hearst Corp, Kevin Cogill, Shelly Palmer, AT&T, Standards and Poor, Axel Rose, Cisco, Council for Research Excellence, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Media News, Riaa, Mediabytes, Server, Guns N Roses, Media News
Shelly Palmer

The P-I will become an experiment of sorts for Hearst, who will try to figure out whether or not the company can cut overhead and increase ad rev on a web-only model.

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Blogger Pleads Guilty In Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy Leak Case

AP | Posted 01.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Guns N Roses, Chinese Democracy, Guns N' Roses: Chinese Democracy, Media News

LOS ANGELES — A man accused of leaking nine unreleased tracks from the Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" has pleaded guilty to a federal c...

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Social Instability, Mass Unrest in China: Not Anytime Soon

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 01.15.2009 | World

Read More: Chinese Democracy, Economic Turmoil in China, Chinese Protests, Chinese Government, Mass Unrest, China, Chinese Culture, World News
Tom Doctoroff

In China, exports have hit a wall, with tens of thousands of small manufacturing companies closing their doors, throwing millions of migrant workers out of work. Is China ready to explode?

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China and Rock from John Denver to Axl Rose: A Top 5 List

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 12.30.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Democracy, Guns N Roses, Music, Axl Rose, China, Chinese Democracy, Entertainment News
Jeffrey Wasserstrom

I think that this Rose (album) by any other name would have been quite different in terms of impact in China.

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Dr. Pepper Vs. Axl Rose In War Of Hype

New York Times | Posted 12.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Dr. Pepper, Chinese Democracy, Axl Rose, Music, Entertainment News

It took Axl Rose 14 years to complete the latest Guns N' Roses album. But it took his lawyers only two days to take Dr Pepper to task for not making g...

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Why Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy Marks The End Of An Era

Tony Sachs | Posted 12.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Bill Haley, Walt Disney Co, Wal-Mart, Ipod, Nirvana, Billboard Magazine, High School Musical, Lil Wayne, Rock Around the Clock, Chinese Democracy, Elvis Presley, Best Buy, The Beatles, Thriller, Music Industry, AC/DC Black Ice, Heartbreak Hotel, Sgt. Pepper, Guns N' Roses, Marvin Gaye, Nevermind, Soundscan, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

Would the Sixties be the sixties without the Beatles? Would teen culture as we know it exist without Elvis? And can any record, no matter how brilliant, have a similar impact today? Somehow, I don't think so.

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China Bans Democracy, Declares War on Guns N' Roses

David Flumenbaum | Posted 02.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Chinese Democracy Release, Axl Rose, China Censorship, China Bans Guns N Roses, Guns N' Roses, Chinese Democracy, Chinese Censorship, Matt Sorum, Duff McKagan, Slash, Guns N' Roses: Chinese Democracy, Martin Scorsese, Axl Rose China, China Bans Chinese Democracy, China Guns N' Roses, Kundun, Entertainment News
David Flumenbaum

It is unlikely that when Axl Rose selected the title for his album, he realized the depth of the parallels between Chinese democracy and Chinese Democracy.

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Chinese Media Blasts Guns N' Roses Album

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 12.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: China, Guns N' Roses, Chinese Democracy, Music, Entertainment News

READ MORE ON CHINA'S WAR ON GUNS N' ROSES HERE AP STORY: BEIJING - A newspaper published by China's ruling Communist Party is blasting the latest Gu...

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Cheer Up, Axl, You're Not that Irrelevant

Jason Notte | Posted 12.22.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Guns N Roses Slash, mp3 Blogs, Beyonce, Lil Wayne, Hit Parader, Chinese Democracy, Barack Obama, Motley Crue, Velvet Revolver, mp3, Appetite for Destruction, Slash Velvet Revolver, Dr. Pepper, U2, Dr. Pepper Free Soda, Scott Weiland Velvet Revolver, Guns N Roses, The Spaghetti Incident, Use Your Illusion, Guns N' Roses, Kerrang, Entertainment News
Jason Notte

Sometime in the near future, a young man will ride the L train between wearing a bandanna around his neck, $100 jeans with a studded belt and a crisp, new Guns 'n' Roses T-shirt.

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Chinese Democracy REVIEWS - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

washingtonpost.com | Allison Stewart | Posted 12.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Guns N Roses, Free Dr Pepper, Axl Rose, Chinese Democracy, Business News

WashingtonPost.com By this point you've probably already listened to, and made up your mind about, "Chinese Democracy," the maledicted multi-mill...

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Free Dr Pepper - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

newsroom.mtv.com | Posted 12.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Free Dr Pepper, Dr Pepper, Chinese Democracy, Business News

Now that the November 23 release date for Guns N' Roses' oft-delayed, more-than-a-decade-in-the-making album, Chinese Democracy, seems to be a reality...

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Guns N' Roses Album "A Shipwreck" And "A Loud Last Gasp"

New York Times | Posted 12.22.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Guns N Roses, Axl Rose, Chinese Democracy, Guns N' Roses, Music, Entertainment News

"Chinese Democracy" (Geffen) is the Titanic of rock albums: the ship, not the movie, although like the film it's a monumental studio production. It's ...

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Google Says Ad-Words Recession Resistant: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 20, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 12.21.2008 | Media

Read More: Google, Summit Entertainment, Alan Cohen, Omd, Mediabytes, Cbs, Recession, Guns N Roses, Adwords, Chinese Democracy, Shelly Palmer, Fcc, Twilight, Initiative, Media News, Nfl Networks, Comcast, Media News
Shelly Palmer

Google is urging clients not to give up on digital ads during the recession. In a conference today in London, Google VP Nikesh Arora will note that ...

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Guns N' Roses Album Debuts On MySpace

AP | Posted 12.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Chinese Democracy, Guns N' Roses, Music, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Guns N' Roses is spreading democracy to the world. The protracted wait for "Chinese Democracy" is over, as all 14 tracks of the l...

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Axl Rose and the Return of the Great American Bad Ass

Matt Stewart | Posted 12.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Guns N Roses, Bad Asses, Axl Rose, Chinese Democracy, Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tupac, Rap, Entertainment News
Matt Stewart

I'm not fifteen and pissed off anymore, and today's fifteen year-olds don't seem as pissed off as I was at their age. America has changed, and I have too.

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Guns N' Roses Finally Releasing "Chinese Democracy." Really.

AP | Posted 11.23.2008 | Entertainment

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NEW YORK — After years of delay, Guns N' Roses is finally releasing "Chinese Democracy." Geffen Records has announced that the band's eagerly a...

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Blogger Arrested For Streaming Unreleased Guns N' Roses

AP | ANTHONY McCARTNEY | Posted 09.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Chinese Democracy, Guns 'N Roses, Kevin Cogill, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — A blogger suspected of streaming songs from the unreleased Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" on his Web site was arrested We...

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Rock Band 2 Setlist Revealed

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.22.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Rock Band, Rock Band 2 Setlist, Rock Band 2, Rock Band 2 Songs, Guns N Roses, Rock Band Setlist, Bob Dylan, Video Games, Chinese Democracy, Entertainment News

Fans of the original Rock Band are in for a treat. The setlist for the sequel, Rock Band 2 has been kept under wraps until now, but Microsoft recentl...

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