I’m trying to get more details, which I will post here as I learn them. Apparently the book’s discussion of totalitarianism and propaganda did not meet the approval of the Chinese authorities.
UPDATE: The book remains available in Hong Kong.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Bytwerk Book Banned in China
My book Bending Spines: The Propagandas of Nazi Germany and the German Democratic Republic has been translated into French and Chinese. The Chinese edition appeared in July, and Chinese contacts tell me that was banned shortly afterward by the Chinese government.
I’m trying to get more details, which I will post here as I learn them. Apparently the book’s discussion of totalitarianism and propaganda did not meet the approval of the Chinese authorities.
UPDATE: The book remains available in Hong Kong.
I’m trying to get more details, which I will post here as I learn them. Apparently the book’s discussion of totalitarianism and propaganda did not meet the approval of the Chinese authorities.
UPDATE: The book remains available in Hong Kong.
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