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BEIJING — In early November, when Beijing played host to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, city officials closed hundreds of factories and forced millions of vehicles Continue reading
Credit Jing Wei
BEIJING — In early November, when Beijing played host to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, city officials closed hundreds of factories and forced millions of vehicles Continue reading
HELEN GAO:China Sharpens Its Censorship Blade已关闭评论
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Tagged censorship, China, HELEN GAO, Internet Freedom
January 31, 2015 at 4:31 PM EST
Jonathan Landreth, managing editor of ChinaFile, the Asia Society’s online magazine, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the Chinese crackdown on the country’s access to the Internet this week. Continue reading
How extensive is the official crackdown on Chinese internet access?已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom
Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:41am EST
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has closed 50 websites and social media accounts for violations ranging from pornography to “publishing political news without a permit”, Beijing’s cyberspace watchdog said on Tuesday.
The government is pursuing a crackdown on unwanted material online. Critics say the increasing restrictions further limit free speech in the one-party Communist state. Continue reading
China shuts 50 websites and social media accounts已关闭评论
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Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom
published: December 30, 2014
On December 26, 2014, I reposted on my Facebook page a video of Tibetan Buddhist monk Kalsang Yeshe’s self-immolation that occurred on December 23 [in Tawu county, Continue reading
Tsering Woeser:Faith in Addition to Face – To Facebook, Inc.已关闭评论
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Tagged Facebook, Tsering Woeser
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
Who’s the true enemy of internet freedom – China, Russia, or the US?已关闭评论
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NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Last updated Thursday, Jan. 01 2015, 5:59 PM EST
China, the country that perfected breaking the Internet, Continue reading
China seeks to export its vision of the Internet已关闭评论
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Tagged China, Internet Freedom
4:35 pm HKT Dec 31, 2014
Just as scrutiny of how Facebook treats China-related content is mounting, the social-networking service on Wednesday suspended the account of a prominent Chinese dissident writer, citing its policy against nudity.
Liao Yiwu, who lives in Berlin, said Wednesday Continue reading
Amid Scrutiny, Facebook Suspends Chinese Dissident’s Account已关闭评论
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Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser has accused Facebook of censoring a post which included images of the recent self-immolation of Kalsang Yeshi, a 37-year-old monk who set himself Continue reading