In July we and several other media outlets reported on the closure of the China Development Brief, a non-profit newsletter based in Beijing that focused on NGOs, development and civil society. At the time the government’s move to shut down the publication–officially due to a violation of a law on conducting surveys–was seen as a result of official sensitivity to the power NGOs and their role in the “color revolutions” in Eastern Europe. China Development Brief founder Nick Young thought the closure might have been the work of mid-level government officials, and was hoping to appeal to higher powers to get the decision reversed. Austin Ramzy (’03) blogs for TIME’s The China Blog.

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