Man using a laptop at a Beijing office of Sina Weibo, widely known as China’s version of Twitter, an early victim of President Xi Jinping’s ongoing campaign tighten online control, in April 2014 photo. AFP
China’s powerful internet regulator has moved to rein in the country’s search engines following the death of a young cancer patient who had used Baidu to find an untested ‘cure’ from poorly labeled sponsored results. Continue reading
China’s New Search Engine Rules Will Hamper, Not Protect, Web Users已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged Baidu, censorship, search engine, Wei Zexi
Internet surfers at a cybercafe in Beijing. Lists of names from WikiLeaks cables circulate on websites and popular microblogging platforms. AFP
A blogger and social media commentator who compiled meticulous daily lists of protests in China, making the results public via Google, Twitter and Weibo, has been incommunicado for nearly a week, along with his girlfriend, rights activists said on Tuesday. Continue reading
Chinese Blogger Who Compiled Protest Data Missing, Believed Detained已关闭评论
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Tagged Blogger, censorship, detention, incommunicado, Lu Yuyu, Twitter
Demonstrators call for press freedom in support of journalists from the Southern Weekend newspaper outside the company’s office building in Guangzhou, Jan. 8, 2013. AFP
The ruling Chinese Communist Party on Monday launched another volley of warnings to the country’s media that programs engaging in “mockery” of its policies or “speculation” about the news stories of the day could risk closure and other forms of sanction. Continue reading
China Warns TV Stations: Toe The Party Line or Face Disciplinary Action已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged censorship, Media, mockery, speculation, TV
Tsoi Wing-mui, author of a new book, The Secret Emotional Life of Zhou Enlai, points to a photo in December of last year of a young Zhou Enlai and a schoolmate. Photo: Reuters
The romance between Gu Hai (顧海) and Bai Luoyin (白洛因), two handsome gay senior high school students from the Web series Addiction (上癮), has caused a sensation in both China and Taiwan. Continue reading
Taipei Watcher: China’s censorship on homosexuality disappoints已关闭评论
Posted in Book Reviews, Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged censorship, homosexual, LGBT, Tsoi Wing-Mui, Zhou Enlai
Computer users sit near a monitor display with a message from the Chinese police on the proper use of the Internet at an Internet cafe in Beijing, China.
HONG KONG — The Chinese government has proposed taking part ownership of the country’s biggest Internet companies, and is subjecting American technology companies to mandatory reviews.Both moves are raising fears the government is attempting to exert even more control over web and tech firms in China. Continue reading
China Increases Scrutiny of Internet, Tech Companies已关闭评论
Posted in Internet Freedom
Tagged Apple, censorship, Facebook, internet
A cleaner sweeps ground in front of the Mausoleum of late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Square on the 50th anniversary of the start of the Cultural Revolution in Beijing, China, May 16, 2016.
Fifty years ago today, the Chinese Communist Party started the country down a path to the Cultural Revolution, which it said would bring about a more just society, but in practice led to complete social and economic disaster. Continue reading
Joshua Fatzick: China Silent on 50th Anniversary of Cultural Revolution已关闭评论
Posted in Culture, History, Press Freedom
Tagged censorship, Cultural Revolution, Joshua Fatzick, Mao Zedong
Police check the ID cards of netizens at an Internet cafe in Shandong province, July 31, 2013. ImagineChina
China’s police force has launched a whistleblower website targeting people who spread “rumors” online in a further bid to control what the country’s 700 million internet users see and post online. Continue reading
China Launches ‘Rumor-Busting’ Website to Enforce Party Line已关闭评论
Posted in Culture, Headlines, Internet Freedom, Press Freedom
Tagged censorship, netizen, Rumor-Busting
The now-closed Causeway Bay bookstore in Hong Kong, Jan. 10, 2016. AFP
The disappearances of five Hong Kong booksellers represent a “breach” of the terms of the city’s handover to China, known as the “one country, two systems” policy, the U.S. State Department said in a report this week. Continue reading
Cracks Appear in Hong Kong’s Status as Separate Jurisdiction: Reports已关闭评论
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Tagged booksellers, Causeway Bay Books, censorship, disappearance, Gui Minhai, Hong Kong
