The Century China ,[ 3] whose domain name was www.cc.org.cn ,[ 4] was a Mainland China -based liberal intellectual website [ 5] founded on July 19, 2000, focusing on humanistic thought and social sciences .[ 6]
Century China was once the most influential intellectual website in China.[ 7] It was organized by the Beijing Zhongqing Future Community Culture Development Research Institute[ 8] and co-organized by the Institute of Chinese Culture of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.[ 9]
Century China had the mission of "building a rational and open public space for speech",[ 10] and its central doctrine was to be "free, independent, democratic, tolerant and rational".[ 11]
On July 25, 2006, it was shut down by the Communication Administration Bureau of Beijing.[ 12]
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^ Susan L. Shirk; Director of the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation Susan L Shirk; Emeritus Professor of Political Science Charles O Jones (16 April 2007). China: The Fragile Superpower . Oxford University Press . pp. 80–. ISBN 978-0-19-530609-5 . Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021 .
^ Yongming Zhou (2006). Historicizing Online Politics: Telegraphy, the Internet, and Political Participation in China . Stanford University Press . pp. 162–. ISBN 978-0-8047-5128-5 . Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-18 .
^ Susan L. Shirk (16 April 2007). China: How China's Internal Politics Could Derail Its Peaceful Rise . Oxford University Press . pp. 80–. ISBN 978-0-19-804178-8 . Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021 .
^ Wang Ying; Chen Yueguang; Oriental Magazine (2002). 2001-2002, Oriental, Humanities Memo . Guangming Daily Publishing House. ISBN 978-7-80145-531-4 . Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-18 .
^ Andrew B. Kipnis; Luigi Tomba; Jonathan Unger (2009). Contemporary Chinese Society and Politics . Routledge. pp. 86–. ISBN 978-0-415-45751-4 . Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-18 .
^ "Popular forum rushes to go offline after closure order" . South China Morning Post . Jul 26, 2006. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2021 .
^ "Century China was ordered to be shut down" . BBC News . 2006-07-26. Archived from the original on 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2021-04-18 .
^ " "Century China" website forced to go offline" . Apple Daily . 2006-08-03. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-18 .
^ Clifford Coonan (Aug 4, 2006). "Writers criticise website closure" . The Irish Times . Archived from the original on June 25, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2021 .
^ Lionel M. Jensen; Timothy B. Weston (2007). China's Transformations: The Stories Beyond the Headlines . Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 13–. ISBN 978-0-7425-3863-4 . Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-18 .