Communist authorities have shut down a newsletter that monitored non-government groups working to improve Chinas record on environmental and labor issues, the publications British founder said Wednesday. The closure of the Beijing-based China Development Brief, which published Chinese and English-language versions, comes amid efforts to limit dissent ahead of a sensitive party congress later this year.

Unbelievable! China Development Brief has been (at least to me) a tremendous source of valuable information to the the small but growing China centered NGO community. Heck, there have been more then a few times that I’ve clicked through its Job Vacancies section in hopes of finding a better job. Moreover, as long as I’ve been a reader of the Brief, I have never seen any story in it remotely anti-Chinese government. So it seems strange that the government suddenly singled it out for termination. In any event, it is a sad day for China and we China watchers

China Muzzles Nonprofit Newsletter