Monthly Archives: 1 月 2015

Who’s the true enemy of internet freedom – China, Russia, or the US?

Google BeijingEvgeny Morozov

Beijing and Moscow are rightly chastised for restricting their citizens’ online access – but it’s the US that is now even more aggressive in asserting its digital sovereignty
Beijing has restricted Gmail’s reach in China. Photograph: Sinopix/Rex Features

Saturday 3 January 2015 19.04 EST

Recent reports that China has imposed further restrictions Continue reading

What if ‘The Interview’ Took Place in China?

Sony Pictures' "The Interview" Opens On Christmas DayWhen it comes to censorship, it’s Beijing — not Pyongyang — that poses the real threat to Hollywood.

BY ISAAC STONE FISH

Isaac Stone Fish is Asia editor at Foreign Policy, where he edits, reports, and writes stories from across the region.
Previously a Beijing correspondent for Newsweek, Continue reading

Actor Ha back with film adaptation of Chinese novel

16-01(380)Actor Ha Jung-woo, second from left in the front row, and actress Ha Ji-won, to his left, in a scene from “Chronicle of a Blood Merchant”

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By Baek Byung-yeul

While Korea’s box office is occupied by heart-warming films like Continue reading

China seeks to export its vision of the Internet

NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE

china-Net-013BEIJING — THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Last updated Thursday, Jan. 01 2015, 5:59 PM EST

China, the country that perfected breaking the Internet, Continue reading

Prison Sentence for Maker of Documentary on Chinese Constitutional Rule

By EDWARD WONG

DECEMBER 30, 2014

[Video: Shen Yongping was given a year in prison after making “A Hundred Years of Constitutionalism.” Watch on YouTube.]

A Chinese filmmaker who made a documentary on the Chinese Continue reading