From the PBS Newshour: “The state’s online censorship and surveillance is as severe and powerful as it can be, probably more now than at any other time,” said Xiao Qiang, director of the China Internet Project...
Read MoreIn a roundtable discussion at the University of California, Berkeley, on March 18th, participants presented their observations and shared their experiences relating to the rise of the Internet and its interplay with...
Read MoreOn the same day that YouTube has been blocked in China, a Xinhua report claims that a video released last week showing graphic footage reportedly of police in Tibet abusing protesters is fake. From AP: The official Xinhua News...
Read MoreThe New York Times looks at fears of unrest in China as a series of sensitive anniversaries approaches: This year commemorates not only the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan revolt. June brings the 20th anniversary of the...
Read MoreOctober 1, 2009 will mark the PRC’s 60th anniversary. Major plans are already underway, with such names as Zhang Yimou among those on board. The Los Angeles Times reports on the upcoming event, as well as other politically...
Read MoreFrom the Guardian: Three men set themselves on fire in the heart of the capital, Beijing, today, official media reported. The men ignited a fire inside their car at 3pm on the busy junction of Wangfujing, a popular shopping...
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China, wary of growing unrest and facing “multiple security threats”, called for unity in its armed forces on Sunday and absolute obedience to the Communist Party. The call came at a Central Military...
Read MoreCNN interviews Rebecca Mackinnon, noted China Internet analyst and assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong’s Journalism and Media Studies Centre, on the recent Internet crackdown in China: CNN: What do you think...
Read MoreAsia Times takes a look at what’s in store for China in 2009, a year full of anniversaries and historical significance (and potentially rising social unrest): Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities will organize grand...
Read MoreThis next installment in the CDT series on important issues facing China in 2008 concerns the state of human rights in China. See also these previous China 2008 articles: China and the Developing World, Nationalism, Internet...
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