Government Provides Outline of Major Restructuring Plan
A new proposal put before the National People’s Congress realigns the structure of the...
Mar 13, 2018
A new proposal put before the National People’s Congress realigns the structure of the...
Jul 22, 2016
Last week, senior staff at the reformist journal Yanhuang Chunqiu were replaced by its supervising...
Jul 18, 2016
Last week, staff at the high-profile reformist journal Yanhuang Chunqiu threatened a lawsuit after...
Jul 16, 2016
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Feb 3, 2016
At South China Morning Post, Nectar Gan reports a newly published warning from former...
Apr 23, 2015
At China Real Time, Te-Ping Chen and Josh Chin report a new crackdown on hiring strippers to...
Mar 31, 2015
Seven video sharing websites will be investigated and punished for hosting animated series that...
Apr 21, 2014
As long-anticipated official availability of foreign consoles in China nears, Games In...
Apr 28, 2013
They have served as crucibles for the country’s online culture and as schools and sanctuaries for its marginalized migrant workers. But according to a new report from the Ministry of Culture, China’s Internet cafés...
Mar 4, 2013
Among the most anticipated policy unveilings at the ongoing Two Sessions is the likely consolidation of some of China’s 27 ministries and countless lower-level government bodies. The State Administration for Radio, Film...
Jan 29, 2013
China Daily’s Shen Jingting reports rumblings within China’s Ministry of Culture about a possible end to the 13-year ban on game consoles which have made Sony and Nintendo shares jump. The bureaucratic tangle...
Dec 18, 2012
Speculation that China’s incoming leaders would sweep Mao’s remains from the political stage turned out to be ill-founded, but the Chairman will be missing from a touring Andy Warhol exhibition when it reaches the...
Sep 29, 2011
The Confucius Prize, established last year in an apparent response to Liu Xiaobo’s selection for the Nobel Peace Prize, has been cancelled, according to the Associated Press: An official with the Ministry of Culture’s...
Jul 31, 2010
China’s Ministry of Culture has issued new rules [CN] regulating online gaming. From Xinhua: China’s first regulation governing the booming market of on-line games will take effect on Sunday, which is expected to...
Jul 10, 2010
The New York Times reports: Like many cities in China, Guangzhou has built a top-notch performing arts arena in the hopes of lifting its cultural credentials and offering new forms of live entertainment to the increasing numbers...
Mar 9, 2010
Caixin looks at Netease’s struggle to get the game World of Warcraft back online in China and the bureaucratic turf wars that the gaming industry must navigate: NetEase is a veteran of Chinese online gaming, with seven...
Nov 19, 2009
According to a statement released yesterday, the Ministry of Culture has set some standards [CN] to regulate online games. From AFP: China has vowed to tighten supervision of its fast-growing online games market, saying some...
Nov 3, 2009
Reuters reports on a growing tiff between the Ministry of Culture and the General Administration for Press and Publications (GAPP) over regulation of the online game World of Warcraft: The rare public turf war between the two...