White Paper Outlines Potential Uses of AI
At China’s recently held fifth annual World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, tech companies...
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
New Blockchain Regulations Raise Censorship Concerns
The Cyberspace Administration of China has released draft regulations—since translated by Asia...
China Bans Sensitive, Long, and ‘Weird’ Company Names
New guidelines from the State Administration for Industry and Commerce forbids the registration of...
China Reinforces Great Firewall With New VPN Rules
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Sunday announced the launch of a 14-month...
China Rejects Worry Over Draft Web Domain Rules
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology previewed a draft revision to...
China Previews Murky Web Domain Rules
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology this week posted a draft revision to...
Foreign Media Face New Rules; State Media Echo Xi
On February 15, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television...
Xi’s State Media Tour: “News Must Speak for the Party”
While China’s leadership has long seen the media as the CCP’s “throat and...
Netizen Voices: Information Disclosure Request Denied
After an anonymous netizen filed an official application to the Ministry of Industry and...
China to Require App Developer Registration
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has announced the implementation of...
Netizens Defend Free Weixin Service
China’s three mobile telecom operators want to charge a fee to the more than 300 million users of Weixin, Tencent’s popular mobile chatting application, according to a government official. From Reuters: China’s...
Chinese Report Warns of Android Invasion
A white paper (PDF) by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s China Academy of Telecommunication Research has warned of excessive dependence on the Android mobile operating system, and accused its developer...
Fruit Knives, Taxi Windows in Pre-Congress Crackdown
With the start of the 18th Party Congress less than two weeks away, Barbara Demick catalogues the broad range of restrictions imposed on Beijingers to ensure that all goes harmoniously. From the Los Angeles Times: Since last...
China Daily Counts Rare Earths’ Environmental Cost
As the US, EU and Japan pursue a WTO case against China for allegedly abusing its near monopoly over rare earth supplies, China Daily argues that tightening control is a necessary environmental protection measure, not an...
Chinese Apple Stores have Highest Traffic, Revenue
Last summer, Lenovo founder Liu Chuanzhi told the Financial Times that Apple was losing out in China, and that—luckily for him—founder and CEO Steve Jobs “doesn’t care about China.” Apple’s most recent...
China Internet Filter Challenged in Rights Uproar (Updated)
The ongoing saga on the battle on the government requiring pre-installed software for filtering new computers in China (the software dubbed the Green Dam) by July 1, and the netizens and companies that oppose the infringement,...
China Requires Pre-Installed Internet Filter on All New Computers (Updated)
From Xinhua: China said Tuesday it would have all new computers in China pre-installed with a filter software, in a bid to protect minors from “unhealthy information” from the Internet. All computers produced or sold...
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