[Asis-l] Statement on Chinese Censorship

[Lydia Middleton]

Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) President, Lynn Silipigni Connaway and the ASIS&T Board support the decision by Cambridge University Press to resist censorship and reinstate the more than 300 China Quarterly articles the Chinese government instructed them to block. ASIS&T stands behind the many academics and scholars who petitioned Cambridge University Press to take this action, which would have limited Chinese scholars' access to research.
ASIS&T condemns censorship and the limitation of access to information in all forms. We value academic freedom and the right of authors to have their work published without restriction. ASIS&T is against any efforts by governments or other authorities to restrict the free flow of scholarship and information throughout our global society.
For more information on this issue, please see: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/aug/21/cambridge-university-press-to-back-down-over-china-censorship