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Press Freedom and Cultures of Violence in Asia
When New Zealand journalist Jane Nye was stabbed by an intruder in her partner's Phnom Penh apartment in February, the attack had all the hallmarks of a botched robbery. Nye, managing editor of Cambodian Style magazine, was taken to Thailand for medical treatment. 

Censorship and China's Digital Revolution
Investors couldn't get enough of Internet stock Baidu.com when the five-year-old Web search company made its debut on the Nasdaq in early August, 2005. Shares in Baidu rocketed 354 per cent during the day’s trading, making it the hottest new listing on Wall Street for five years.