From Reuters, via The Washington Post: Google Inc. (GOOG.O) is committed to doing business in China despite criticism the company has faced for abiding by Chinese government censorship restrictions, co-founder Sergey Brin said this week. On Tuesday, after a session with several U.S. senators to discuss telecommunications legislation, Brin made comments that prompted some journalists […]
Read MoreBelow is an article I wrote for the latest issue of Dangerous Assignments, the magazine of the Committee to Protect Journalists. The full issue, which also features a cover article on China’s Hidden Unrest, can be...
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times (link) The US says a planned expansion of its controls on the export of high-technology goods to China will not be a burden for US companies, and has dismissed claims that its restrictions on high-tech exports are fuelling the trade deficit with China. David McCormick, US undersecretary of commerce for industry […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily (link): A senior Chinese Government official Wednesday called for domestic companies and industry associations to collaborate in cracking down on irregularities and crime in the country’s telecoms and Internet networks. It will all be part of a wider campaign to “clear” the cyberspace and telecoms networks, according to Xi Guohua, deputy chief […]
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times (link): For the staff at the Universal Hilton Hotel, the scene was business as usual: security guards barking into their headphones, holding back angry photographers and frustrated reporters trying to sweet-talk their way into the inner sanctum. But the person everyone was fighting to see ” a diminutive, gray-haired woman […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese), translated by CDT (link): China’s official stance on the third generation telecommunications has become clearer, although when to release licenses and what operational framework to adopt remain uncertain. “It’s a definite trend for China to develop 3G,” said Zhang Xinsheng, an official with the Ministry of Information Industry, during […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times (link) Chinese leaders, eager to improve relations with the United States ahead of the first ever visit there by President Hu Jintao later this month, have dispatched a large delegation of businessmen and economic officials both to display China’s buying power and to cool protectionist sentiment in Congress, officials said […]
Read MoreSince the “Rules on the Administration of Internet News Information Services” came out last September, government control over online content has intensified. Following are three recent examples of how the local authorities have acted on the regulations, and the subsequent reactions from the website editors and supporters. Example 1: The popular “Aegean Sea” (Áà±Áê¥Êµ∑Ôºâwebsite was […]
Read MoreFrom csmonitor.com: It’s an age-old business dilemma caught up in the new age of globalization: When governments demand something that compromises the interests of customers, what’s a company to do? That’s the question now before American telecommunications and Internet companies. This week, for example, Internet giant Google is launching a new search service in China […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: A plan to register millions of prepaid mobile-phone users in China will bring new inconveniences to subscribers, including foreigners, but could offer opportunities for foreign-invested telecommunication companies, industry experts say. The Ministry of Information Industry is working on a way to register an estimated 200 million mobile-phone users who pay in advance […]
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