After Blogdriver reopened on March 15, Blogcn and BlogBus also went back online yesterday, ending a week-long government purging campaign against “wayward” Blog content. BlogBus, after staying offline for eight days, pleaded with its customers “not to post any news about current events, sensitive content or political comments” in a message posted on its front […]
Read MoreThe Chinese government has stated its intention to check all Internet bars across the country from February to August. It will intensify monitoring and crack down on Internet bars that operate without a license, allow juveniles to enter, or permit the spread of “filthy information.” Click here for the full story.
Read More“For years, China has been trying to end Microsoft Corp.’s monopoly on its computers. It has tried to develop its own operating system. It has appealed to the patriotism of consumers. Now, it is turning to the law. Officials say a new law will be announced by this summer requiring a minimum percentage of software […]
Read More“But few signs emerge of major attitude change BEIJING — For new Chinese leaders who promise to listen more to ordinary people, it’s a request they don’t want to hear: to declare that their political forefathers were wrong to crush the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy movement. The government faces new prodding this month with the […]
Read More“HANGZHOU, China — On a Saturday night as the disco beat pulsated at a popular gay bar, this prosperous industrial city was set to enter the modern, cautious age of AIDS awareness due to the efforts of local health officials and visiting experts from Chicago. The first evening did not go exactly as anticipated. While […]
Read MoreThe Mercury News reported today that Peking University’s School of Software, which opened in October 2002 as part of an ambitious effort by China to develop its technical brainpower. According to the report, Peking University is one of 35 Chinese universities chosen three years ago by the central government to build software colleges. And “U.S. […]
Read MoreI spoke with an executive working for a major Chinese blog service provider today, and learned that the reason authorities ordered the closure of four major blog Web sites was discussions about Dr. Jiang Yanyong’s letter in some personal blogs they hosted. Two blog service probiders Blogcn and Blogbus, remain offline with a message apologizing […]
Read MoreThe New York Times reports that China’s thirteen new constitutional amendments address property and human rights concerns. However, “Chinese legal experts and even lawmakers said the changes, which were decided in closed-door sessions of the governing Communist Party last fall and formally approved Sunday, would not remove government restrictions on protest. China’s Constitution is subordinate […]
Read More“China’s first local law on the prevention of AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, will take effect in Yunnan Province in southwest China on Monday. According to the law, the province will provide disposable injection needles for drug users and condoms will be available either for free or at a lower price in all its […]
Read MoreAfter Jiang Yanyong’s letter was publicized on the internet last week, an AP reporter in Beijing raised a question about Jiang’s petition to China’s premier today. Wen Jiabao did not respond directly to the question. Instead, he said that the survival of the country and the Communist Party “hung in the balance” during the 1989 […]
Read MoreMarch 12, 2004 “A 46-year-old professor and lawmaker at China’s annual session of parliament has taken the unusually bold step of setting up his own Web site as a forum for discussing social problems. The existence of Zhou Hongyu’s site, www.hongyu-online.com , signalled that Beijing had quietly broadened limits on what can be discussed on […]
Read MoreSince China’s annual People’s National Congress convened on March 5, the Chinese government has blocked chinese-language Internet versions of the Wall Street Journal and Deutsche Welle. Both Deutsche Welle and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have repudiated this limitation of access during the congress and in the larger context of growing censorship. RSF also spoke out […]
Read MoreWithin a week four major Chinese blog host sites have been shut down. China Newsmen, who claims to be the country’s first primarily news blog site, has been shuttered twice and since reopened with a new URL. Blog Bus and Blogcn have apologized to their registered users saying they had to suspend service temporarily due […]
Read MoreNumerous efforts are under way in the West to help Chinese web users get around China’s censorship of the internet, reports BBC technology correspondent Clark Boyd. The full text is here.
Read MoreThis is the English translation of Dr. Jiang’s letter, retained from CND. It is a powerful document. “Chairman and vice chairmen of the National People’s Congress [NPC] Standing Committee Chairman and vice...
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