With the unmanned Shenzhou 8 on the verge of its Tuesday launch, a spokeswoman for China’s space program announced plans for up to two manned space missions in 2012. From Reuters: The rendezvous and docking exercises...
The Committee to Protect Journalists reports the closure on Tuesday of Aizhi.net the website of AIDS rights group, the Aizhixing Research Foundation. The municipal information office informed the website’s founder, Wan...
Since yesterday, “李慧镝” became the most rapidly increased searched term on Google.cn. But Chinese netizens immediately noticed that the actual search results in both Baidu and Google.cn show no results, except one...
Hu Shuli, who has been much in the news recently, has picked the seven most powerful people in China as part of a Forbes Magazine report on the world’s most powerful (in which President Hu Jintao ranks second and...
China Media Project looks as two recent developments that don’t bode well for Chinese journalists: This year, Journalist’s Day has come and gone with little cause for celebration among journalists in China who harbor...
Li Changchun, Politburo member and top media control official, comments on the role of Chinese media. From AFP: In a speech on Sunday to mark Journalists’ Day, Li Changchun — who is seen as the country’s...
Searching “Hu Jintao” on Google’s Chinese blog search produces the message: “Your search results may be related to content which does not accord with relevant laws, regulations or policy, and therefore cannot be...
China Media Project comments on recent reports that the Chinese government is planning to bolster its overseas media presence with a 45 billion yuan expansion: SCMP coverage last week suggested Chinese authorities are interested...
The Washington Post reports that a recent plea from Propaganda chief Li Changchun to Hu Jintao to close down Yanhuang Chunqiu magazine, which had published an article criticizing the Party’s monopoly on power, was...
Politburo member and propaganda chief Li Changchun is paying a visit to Zhengzhou, the scene of a riot last week which involved university students. From People’s Daily.com: Senior Chinese official Li Changchun has urged local governments and schools to improve services for college students, including quality food supply at reasonable prices in canteens. Li, a […]
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