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
Type of site
Liberal intellectual website[1]
FoundedJuly 19, 2000[2]
DissolvedJuly 25, 2006
URLwww.cc.org.cn

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]

Shut down

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On July 25, 2006, it was shut down by the Communication Administration Bureau of Beijing.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Susan L. Shirk (16 April 2007). China: Fragile Superpower: How China's Internal Politics Could Derail Its Peaceful Rise. Oxford University Press. pp. 80–. ISBN 978-0-19-983988-9. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Commentary on Chen Duxiu" (PDF). Twenty-First Century. 2005-02-28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ ""Century China" website forced to go offline". Apple Daily. 2006-08-03. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  11. ^ Clifford Coonan (Aug 4, 2006). "Writers criticise website closure". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on June 25, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  12. ^ 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.