From China Daily: Beijing’s first government-backed Internet forum for homosexuals has slowly begun to take off, despite initial reluctance by authorities to give it too much publicity. Fu Qingyuan, an official with the Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Chaoyang District, said the centre created the forum two months ago but did not publicize […]
Read MoreFrom the Useless Tree blog: As recent cases of internet censorship and press closures remind us, the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) works hard to control the flow of information into and out of the country. It is failing, however. More messages, ideas and images are crossing the borders in both directions […]
Read MoreFrom Lian Yue blog, translated by Global Voices Online: China must just be one of the countries with the most televistion stations in the world, and at the same time has an audience with the least choice. Just take the remote control and flip through (if you find yourself so bored) and you will find […]
Read MoreFrom The Los Angeles Times, via smh.com.au: With their control over newspapers, television, magazines and the internet secure, censors in China are now turning their attention to the nation’s karaoke parlours. The Ministry of Culture has issued new rules to prevent “unhealthy” songs from ringing forth in the sing-along bars, and to safeguard intellectual property […]
Read MoreFrom the Economist: YOU might think that China’s media have been having a hard time in recent months: editors sacked, reporters jailed, new curbs announced on what they can report, new clampdowns on the internet. But is it as bad as it sounds? Even as the authorities attempt to tighten controls, the media keep fighting […]
Read MoreFrom New America Media: Technology has been a way to thwart the government’s efforts in controlling the public. In 1989, Tiananmen Square protesters used fax machines to reach out to the international press. Last year, 12,000 workers mobilized using cell phone text messages to go on strike against their company. The blogosphere’s high interconnectedness made […]
Read MoreFrom the China Media Project: The chaos of China’s present media environment, where paranoid control and censorship work alongside commercialization and fierce competition, can make for delightful surprises. Despite the daily obstacle course of orders and bans, independent voices do emerge in the Chinese media. Editorials are one of the best places to look for […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: Chinese authorities have announced their intention to step up their efforts to police and control the Internet and other communications technologies, including instant messaging and cellphones. Speaking at a conference in Beijing last Wednesday, Cai Wu, director of the powerful Information Office of the State Council, or China’s cabinet, said […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters TV: The Internet is a powerful tool. Not only does it give us information, but for pro-democracy movements around the world, it brings new ways for campaigning. In China, even government censorship is proving a weak match against the world-wide-web. [Full Text] See also Measures to tighten Web controls by South China Morning […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via Scotsman.com News: With the trees in bloom and the sun shining, students strolling the grounds of Beijing’s leafy university campuses shouldn’t have a care in the world. They’ve marked themselves out as China’s best and brightest by winning coveted places in college and are graduating into a country experiencing breakneck economic growth, […]
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