Tag Archives: China

How extensive is the official crackdown on Chinese internet access?

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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 →

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China shuts 50 websites and social media accounts

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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 →

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State Security Indictments, Cult Trials Up in Xi Jinping’s 2013

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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

hrj20150107aZhao Haitong, seen in a detention center, was reportedly arrested in August 2013 and sentenced to 14 years in October 2014 for crimes including Continue reading →

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

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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 →

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What if ‘The Interview’ Took Place in China?

Posted on 01/04/2015 by | What if ‘The Interview’ Took Place in China?已关闭评论

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 →

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China seeks to export its vision of the Internet

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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 →

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Top Five China Books of 2014

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LAURA CHANG 12.23.14

As the editor of ChinaFile’s Books section, I have the privilege of meeting and interviewing some amazing writers covering China today—academics, Continue reading →

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Studying in China during the Cultural Revolution

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All this led to the emergence of a the Criticize Lin Criticize Confucius (Pi Lin Pi Kong) campaign, a campaign against a Communist general Continue reading →

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