February 19, 2019
China & the World
Xi Study App Highlights Party Influence Over and Through Tech
Chinese tech companies’ ties with Party and state authorities are coming under increasingly close scrutiny as, in the recent words of the Center for a New American Security’s Ashley Feng, the lines between them are "dangerously blurred [by] Chinese domestic laws and administrative guidelines, as well as unspoken regulations and internal party committees." Faced with criminal charges against his company in the U.S. and a multi-front battle to ...February 21, 2019
Filmmakers Cut Ai Weiwei Over Political Fears
Just following news that a film by Zhang Yimou about the Cultural Revolution was excluded from the Berlin Film Festival, possibly at the behest ...
China-NZ Ties Face Troubles Following Huawei Ban
At The New York Times, Charlotte Graham-McLay reports on concerns in New Zealand that relations are fraying with its close ally and top trading ...
February 15, 2019
University Protests Raise CCP Influence Concerns
This week Uyghur activist Rukiye Turdush gave a presentation at Ontario’s McMaster University about the current conditions in Xinjiang, ...
February 15, 2019
- Cultural Revolution-era Film Pulled From Berlinale
- Indian, Russian Net Controls Spark China Comparisons...
- Swedish Envoy Recalled After Controversial Meeting
- Tencent’s Reddit Stake Stirs Censorship Fears...
- Sinopsis: Huawei’s Lawfare by Proxy
- Turkey Condemns Xinjiang Camps as Concern Grows
- Beijing’s Global Media Drive a “Threat for Democracies”...
- Australia Denies Passport to Chinese Businessman
- US-China Tech Rivalry Creating ‘Splinternet’...
- Minireview: 2018 in Censorship (Oct-Dec)
- New Site Tracks Gaps in Apple’s Chinese App Store...
- EU Delegation Visits Xinjiang as Abuses Continue
- U.S. Announces Charges Against Huawei (Updated)
- Citizen Journalist Sentenced; Foreign Media Harassed...
- Minireview: 2018 in Censorship (Jan-Oct)
- Chinese-Australian Writer Detained in China
- Soros Calls Xi Democracy’s Greatest Opponent
- U.S. Advances Meng Wanzhou Extradition Process
