From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 08:01:43 -0400

Editors of book series stop publishing with Springer Nature to protest
its acquiescence to Chinese government censorship demands.

The editors of the book series Transcultural Research have
discontinued publishing the series with Springer Nature to protest its
decision to accede to the Chinese government’s censorship demands.

The Financial Times first reported last year that Springer Nature had
blocked access in China to more than 1,000 articles in two political
science journals dealing with sensitive subjects in China such as
Taiwan, Tibet and the Cultural Revolution. The publisher issued a
statement at the time acknowledging that “a small percentage of our
content (less than 1 percent)” was limited in mainland China in order
to “comply with specific local regulations.” Springer Nature -- which
publishes the flagship science journal Nature -- defended the decision
to limit access to certain content in China on the grounds that
otherwise it would “run the very real risk of customers [in China] not
being able to access any of our content.”

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