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I’m certainly not familiar with Australian politics or law, but is it not surprising that the Australian court would grant the injunction in the first place?

• CPAhem 9y ago
  Australia has some of the most draconian anti-libel laws in the English-speaking world. A judge recently sent a blogger to jail for 4 months for "libel" even though the truth of the matter was not disputed. A book on Chinese bribing of Australian politicians has been withdrawn after defamation threats from these politicians. This was largely unreported in the Australian press, only in the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/world/australia/china-australia-book-influence.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/world/australia/china-aus...
  • em3rgent0rdr 9y ago
    Could you point me to a source about the defamation threats that hampered this story from being published in Australia.
  • jlawer 9y ago
    Was on the front page of abc's news site... not sure how unreported that was : http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-13/academic-claims-hes-been-silenced-by-chinese-government/9142694 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-13/academic-claims-hes-be...