An image of two Chinese athletes hugging during the Asian Games is being censored by Chinese social media after the athletes' race lane numbers inadvertantly formed a reference to the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.

Chinese censors rush to block 'Tiananmen' image of hugging athletes at Asian Games

A former journalist from China and also a fierce critic of country's online censorship has been jailed for a year and a half, his wife claims. Zhang Jialong, who had once asked the United States to assist in ''tearing down'' China's online censorship has now been sentenced, his wife told AFP on Saturday.

Chinese critic who urged US to 'tear down' China's censorship jailed

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Chinese censors rush to block 'Tiananmen' image of hugging athletes at Asian Games

Chinese critic who urged US to 'tear down' China's censorship jailed