Springer Nature blocks access to certain articles in China
BEIJING (Reuters) - Springer Nature, which publishes science magazines
Nature and Scientific American, said on Wednesday it had pulled access
to a small number of articles in China to comply with regulations,
adding that it viewed the move as regrettable but necessary.
The decision comes after Britain’s Cambridge University Press (CUP)
said in August it had removed from its website in China about 300
papers and book reviews published in the China Quarterly journal,
after a request from the Chinese government.
CUP, the publishing arm of elite Cambridge University, later reversed
its decision and reposted the articles, following an outcry from
academics, who attacked the decision as an affront to academic
freedom.