2015-09-23
An undated photo of Chinese feminist activist Li Tingting, one of five women’s rights activists released in April after a month in detention.
AFP
One of the five Chinese feminists detained for planning an anti-sexual harassment campaign and since released on “bail” said on Tuesday that the authorities Continue reading
21 September 2015
Apple has said it is taking steps to remove malicious code added to a number of apps commonly used on iPhones and iPads in China.
It is thought to be the first large-scale attack on Apple’s App Store.
The hackers created a counterfeit version of Apple’s software for Continue reading
Apple’s App Store infected with XcodeGhost malware in China已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged App Store, Apple, censorship, China, Internet Freedom
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1.Mr. Xi Jinping, as chief of Party, State and the Military, from where do you get your paycheck? From the Party, or government, or military? Are all the budgets for the Party, Government and the military collected from taxpayers?
2. You have consistently emphasized that the PLA cannot be nationalized, because it belongs to the Party. If so, then why is the army paid by government budget, which come from taxpayers? Continue reading
64 Questions for Xi Jinping-Proposed by Initiatives for China/Citizen Power for China已关闭评论
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Tagged China, Human Rights Activists, Human Rights Lawyer, Xi Jinping
2015-09-17
(From L-R) Chinese dissidents Wang Rui, Lu Ning, Su Qianlong, Shi Jian, Wang Rui and Yang Lu Yini prepare to leave Taiwan for Guam in a sailboat, September 2015.
Photo courtesy of Chen Rongli
Last month, three Chinese dissidents from the southwestern megacity of Chongqing escaped by boat to Taiwan, Continue reading
FILE – Passengers look through windows on a bus painted with an advertisement for Google in Beijing, China.
Reuters
September 10, 2015 10:04 AM
SINGAPORE/BEIJING—Google Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai has made no secret that he wants to get back into China via Google Play, the app store for its Android mobile operating system.
But it’s unlikely to be a smooth ride.
Google largely pulled its services out of China Continue reading
Google Won’t Have Easy Return to China已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged China, Google, Internet Freedom, Return
8 September 2015
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Frontman Jon Bon Jovi had said he was ‘excited’ to be playing China
Bon Jovi’s first ever concerts in China have been cancelled by government officials, the BBC has learned.
No reason was given, but media reports Continue reading
By MURONG XUECUN August 21, 2015
In the fall of 2011, a friend and I got on to discussing Tibet. “Do you know,” he said, “that Tibetans are setting fire to themselves?”
I had spent from 2005 to 2008 in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, but I had never heard of acts of self-immolation. My friend filled me in on the ghastly details, Continue reading
MURONG XUECUN: Scaling China’s Great Firewall已关闭评论
Posted in Internet Freedom, Murong Xuecun
Tagged censorship, China, Great Firewall, Internet Freedom, MURONG XUECUN, Scaling
2015-08-19
Chinese police have arrested more than 15,000 people to date for cyber crimes, including hacking and fraud, while activists said the crackdown is also linked to the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s ongoing war on online public opinion.
“More than 15,000 criminal suspects were detained in investigations of more than 7,400 Internet crimes by police departments and agencies,” the country’s ministry of public Continue reading
China Holds More Than 15,000 For Alleged Cyber Crime: Police已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, unclassified
Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom
