Xiao Qiang

China to censor digital films

In a new censorship move, China has “stipulated a set of rules on broadcasting DV (digital video) productions via TV stations, cinemas, film festivals or exhibitions, and the Internet, in a bid to step up regulation of their content”. The clamp-down is being imposed, “in a bid to step up regulation of their content, according […]

Read More

China Cracks Down on Net Games (Wired)

This is a good article. “Responding to an unprecedented boom in computer game popularity, China’s government established a censorship task force this week to monitor the content of imported games for offensive or politically sensitive content. Ministry of Culture officials said all online and wireless games produced outside the country will now be subject to […]

Read More

Mobile phone games thrives in China (Xinhua)

The Ministry of Information Industry (MII) said recently that every four Chinese will have one mobile phone by the end of 2004. This Xinhua report is on mobil phone games: “With handsets popular enough in China and new devices like Short Message Service (SMS) being made full use of by younger subscribers, China’s mobile phone […]

Read More

Information war on Taiwan?

Taipei Times reported on a new book written by Taiwanese security official. In this book, the author claims that secret cells have been established in Taiwan by Chinese agents to test and sway public opinion. “According to the report, these secret operatives are posing as members of the general public and are actively expressing their […]

Read More

Nearly half Beijing homes have access to Internet (Xinhua)

“Broadband Internet access dominated the market in Beijing, as 63.8 percent of Beijing homes had access to Internet through broadband network. …… There are 10 million broadband Internet subscribers in China by the end of 2003, and the figure is expected to surge to 60 million ones by 2007. ” Please click here for the […]

Read More

CDT EBOOKS

Subscribe to CDT

SUPPORT CDT

Unbounded by Lantern

Now, you can combat internet censorship in a new way: by toggling the switch below while browsing China Digital Times, you can provide a secure "bridge" for people who want to freely access information. This open-source project is powered by Lantern, know more about this project.

Google Ads 1

Giving Assistant

Google Ads 2

Anti-censorship Tools

Life Without Walls

Click on the image to download Firefly for circumvention

Open popup
X

Welcome back!

CDT is a non-profit media site, and we need your support. Your contribution will help us provide more translations, breaking news, and other content you love.