Word of the Week: State of Anxiety on Radio, Film, TV
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
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Tech Firms Boost Censorship as Legal Challenge Proceeds
The New York Times’ Raymond Zhong reported this week on a popular news, blog, and...
Media to Push Socialist Values Over Western Lifestyles
China this week rolled out new rules on entertainment news as top lawmakers reviewed a draft of...
Media Regulator Announces New Resolve and TV Rules
This year has seen a series of efforts by the Xi Jinping administration to strengthen the voice of...
New TV Rules Ban “Abnormal Sexual Behavior”
At the Hong Kong Free Press, Karen Cheung reports on wide-ranging new rules that will ban content...
Newspaper Editor Fired Over Front Page Double Meaning
An editor at the liberal Southern Metropolis Daily has been fired after the paper’s Shenzhen...
How Xi Jinping is Bringing China’s Media to Heel
Last month saw signs that the steady tightening of media control under Xi Jinping’s...
Foreign Media Face New Rules; State Media Echo Xi
On February 15, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television...
CCTV Anchor Faces ‘Serious’ Punishment for Mao Joke
At a private dinner party in April, star CCTV anchor Bi Fujian sang a parody of a “model...
Nowhere to Pun Amid Crackdown on Wordplay
At the Wall Street Journal, Te-Ping Chen reports that the State Administration of Press,...
China to Limit Foreign TV Shows on Streaming Sites
The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT)’s...
China Tightens Leash on Mainland & Hong Kong Press
As one set of new press regulations follows another, The Telegraph’s Malcolm Moore describes...
For Press Passes, Journalists Must Now Pledge Secrecy
China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television...
Minitrue: Rules for Media on State Secrets
The following censorship instruction, issued to the media by government authorities, has been...
China Tightens Information Sharing Rules for Media
Update: For a full translation of the SAPPRFT regulations covered below, see the Chinalawtranslate...
China Bans Unauthorized Critical Media Coverage
Reuters reports on a new rule from the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and...
Bye Bye Vibrating Bras: China Limits Infomercials
Following measures to curb violence in children’s cartoons, China’s media regulator has...
Pleasant Goat Smacked With Regulatory Frying Pan
At China Real Time, Laurie Burkitt and Lilian Lin report new moves to make children’s...
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