China is leading the global trend towards cyber sovereignty, a norm based on the use of technology to control what sort of information can be accessed and exchanged within a national boundary and by whom. Several recent reports...
A recent WeChat post reveals that some Chinese schools and universities are using special software to identify and punish students who “scale the wall”—that is, circumvent China’s Great Firewall (GFW) to access overseas websites...
Chinese internet regulators are purportedly considering new methods to safeguard users’ personal information online. Their solution, however, involves giving the government greater control over user data. The proposal has...
The story of this year’s Two Sessions was that it has become ever more scripted by the Party, with Xi Jinping at its core. At the annual gatherings of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) and advisory Chinese People’s...
Information control and national security have long gone hand in hand for the Chinese government, especially under Xi Jinping. Last year was marked by a notable increase in government attempts to restrict information flows in...
Surveillance in Chinese cities is ubiquitous, with highly visible security cameras trained on most every intersection, public space, and building, but over the past decade, it has been seeping into the countryside as well. In an...
An anonymous Chinese tech and politics blogger known as program-think (编程随想) has reportedly been detained in China after evading identification and arrest for more than 12 years. program-think, whose Blogspot posts included...
In China, the smartphone has quickly become the key to unlocking public transportation, medical care, and entrance into restaurants or other public spaces. The coronavirus crisis has only accelerated the shift, with QR health...
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
Since the introduction of new regulations in January, 2017 has seen a steady campaign against...
At South China Morning Post, Eva Li reports that authorities in Chongqing have released details of...
As China promotes its vision of internet management abroad, including in Moscow last month, The...
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology previewed a draft revision to...
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology this week posted a draft revision to...
The New York Times’ Paul Mozur reports that mobile Internet users in Xinjiang have had their...
In August, China’s State Internet Information Office passed a new set of Internet...
chinaSMACK translates a NetEase photo gallery documenting the rise and fall of China’s...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
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