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====Date: [[:Category:1995 - 2005|1995 - 2005]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====
====Date: [[:Category:1978|1978]] - Present====






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====Subject: [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====
====Subject: [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]]====






====Medium: [[:Category:Print Journalism|Print Journalism]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====
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'''Dates of Action:''' December 2003
'''Dates of Action:''' December, 2003




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'''The Incident:''' The Chinese government banned Mu Zimei's forthcoming book.  The announcement came on Friday, stunning online booksellers who were backed up with orders.  The Chinese government ordered the cyber-merchants not to fulfill the requests.  This is not surprising after reviewing China's record in banning sex-related works.  In 1994 the government banned a sexually explicit novel, "The Abandonded Capital," written by acclained author Jia Pingwa.  And in 2000, another sexually explicit novel, "Shanghai Baby," written by Zhou Weihui, was banned <P>
'''The Incident:''' The Chinese government banned Mu Zimei's forthcoming book.  The announcement stunned online booksellers who were backed up with orders.  The Chinese government ordered the cyber-merchants not to fulfill the requests.  This is not surprising after reviewing China's record in banning sex-related works.  In 1994 the government banned a sexually explicit novel, ''The Abandonded Capital,'' written by acclained author Jia Pingwa.  And in 2000, another sexually explicit novel, ''Shanghai Baby,'' written by Zhou Weihui, was banned. <P>






'''Results of Incident:''' Mu Zimei has ceased contributing to her online diary and her sex column to prevent further controvery.  <P>
'''Results of Incident:''' Mu Zimei has ceased contributing to her online diary and her sex column to prevent further controversy.  <P>




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