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From the San Francisco Chronicle: Criticism of China’s limits on free speech online escalated Tuesday with the State Department and members of Congress taking steps to counter Internet censorship by repressive nations. The State Department weighed in on the hotly debated issue by announcing the creation of a task force that will study the use […]
Read MoreFrom a Washington Post editorial: SINCE JOINING the World Trade Organization in 2001, China has proved serious about honoring its commitments. It has rewritten laws and regulations to comply with WTO rules, so much so that the United States and the European Union, which bring high-profile cases against each other before WTO tribunals, have a […]
Read MoreFrom the AP, via the Miami Herald: The Bush administration on Tuesday announced it will step up enforcement of U.S. trade laws governing China, following a top-to-bottom review of America’s trading relationship with the Asian giant. The increased enforcement will be led by a new chief counsel for China trade enforcement within the office of […]
Read MoreFrom the BBC: A group of former senior Communist party officials in China have launched a scathing attack on the country’s handling of the media and information. In an open letter, the group denounced the recent closure of investigative newspaper Bingdian (Freezing Point). They said strict censorship may “sow the seeds of disaster” for China’s […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: Chinese authorities are determined to stop “harmful information” from spreading through the Internet, but the controls it places on Web sites and Internet service providers in mainland China do not differ much from those employed by the United States and European countries, a senior Chinese official responsible for managing the […]
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