China’s economy

This article is from Economist.com. It provides some very useful data links in this subject, however, one needs to pay to have access to these pages . A question here seems is: ” Is China’s growth returning to earth? ” From the article, some challenges China’s economy is facing are: “growth is straining China’s infrastructure: […]

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Blogger’s comment on censorship

After blogging the news “Chinese government creates web vigilante site,” I have made a comment about this on Many2Many site, where I am currently a guest blogger. Continuing this discussion, Adam Morris of Brainysmurf made a good analysis on this topic, much clearer than what I had said. Adam wrote: “a website that serves the […]

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Chinese government creates web vigilante site

“A number of government organizations including the Information Office of the State Council, the Ministry of Information Industry and the Bureau of Foreign Languages have launched a new website where netizens can report illegal or inappropriate information being disseminated online. The website will be run by the Internet Society of China (ISC). The new website, […]

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Washington Post on Du Daobin’s release

Philip P. Pan from Washington Post wrote about Du Daobin’s case on Saturday: “A mainland Internet essayist arrested last year after calling for greater democracy in Hong Kong was convicted of subversion but released with a suspended sentence Friday in an unexpected gesture of leniency by the Chinese government. ” The full article, entitled “China […]

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Asia hits the spam alarm (Asia Times)

“Anti-spam detectives find Asian countries and territories such as China, India, South Korea and Hong Kong to be the biggest sources for these nuisance mails selling anything from casino tokens to magic potions that enlarge certain parts of the anatomy. China’s Internet servers received 150 billion junk e-mails last year, according to a Reuters report […]

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China to censor digital films

In a new censorship move, China has “stipulated a set of rules on broadcasting DV (digital video) productions via TV stations, cinemas, film festivals or exhibitions, and the Internet, in a bid to step up regulation of their content”. The clamp-down is being imposed, “in a bid to step up regulation of their content, according […]

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Appeal hearing in Southern Metropolis News case opens (AFP)

Two editors with the Southern Metropolis News, who have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms on alleged corruption charges, have filed an appeal which is being heard today in Guangzhou. The charges against the two, and their colleague, editor Cheng Yizhong, appear to be retribution by local officials for the paper’s aggressive reporting on the […]

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China Cracks Down on Net Games (Wired)

This is a good article. “Responding to an unprecedented boom in computer game popularity, China’s government established a censorship task force this week to monitor the content of imported games for offensive or politically sensitive content. Ministry of Culture officials said all online and wireless games produced outside the country will now be subject to […]

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Mobile phone games thrives in China (Xinhua)

The Ministry of Information Industry (MII) said recently that every four Chinese will have one mobile phone by the end of 2004. This Xinhua report is on mobil phone games: “With handsets popular enough in China and new devices like Short Message Service (SMS) being made full use of by younger subscribers, China’s mobile phone […]

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Information war on Taiwan?

Taipei Times reported on a new book written by Taiwanese security official. In this book, the author claims that secret cells have been established in Taiwan by Chinese agents to test and sway public opinion. “According to the report, these secret operatives are posing as members of the general public and are actively expressing their […]

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