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 […]
Read MoreThis 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 […]
Read MoreThis profile of Wang Keqin, one of China’s most aggressive investigative journalists, gives a good portrayal of what journalists are now allowed to report on in China – and what risks they face for doing so.
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreTaipei 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 […]
Read More“Broadband Internet access dominated the market in Beijing, as 63.8 percent of Beijing homes had access to Internet through broadband network. …… There are 10 million broadband Internet subscribers in China by the end of 2003, and the figure is expected to surge to 60 million ones by 2007. ” Please click here for the […]
Read MoreToday is the fifteenth anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre, David Callaway from CBS MarketWatch wrote a op-ed piece entitled “Tiananmen hangs over China boom” Here are some quotes from his article: “The idea that a booming economy will push the hard line government into suddenly deciding to release its grip on power in exchange for […]
Read MoreSalon has written a long piece about blogging in China, which tries to answer the question: “On the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, blogs are booming in China. But are they making any difference?” The full article is here. Registration is required, but non-subscribers can get a free day pass.
Read MoreUnicef representatives from Vietnam and China launched a campaign to stop the trafficking of girls and women. Vietnam is one of the main sources for trafficked girls who are sold as wives in China.
Read MoreIn the Scotsman, 1989 student leader Wang Dan writes: “Now, reflecting on the events of 15 years ago, it is clear to me as never before that the Tiananmen massacre was an unavoidable step in the long path to a free China, and that true political reform can never come from within the Communist Party. […]
Read MoreAsia Times has published two articles about the lasting effect of the Tiananmen Square protests on Chinese society and politics. The first, It’s the Money, not Tiananmen that Counts, argues that the lingering memory of the 1989 crackdown continues to underlie discussions of economic development and political reform in China today: “While both the Chinese […]
Read More“Police are quickly clamping down on attempts to mark the crackdown A leading Chinese doctor who criticised the Communist Party’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has disappeared on the eve of its 15th anniversary. Jiang Yanyong is one of several potential critics thought to have been taken from Beijing or put under house arrest ahead of […]
Read More“On the 15th anniversary of China’s suppression of student protesters in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, few in the West seem aware that Beijing is again confronting a growing volume of popular protest. Even more surprising, reports of this widespread protest are being confirmed by China’s own police forces, which used to routinely deny […]
Read MoreAsia Times looks behind the reasons why China recently backed down on enforcing its own standards for wireless technology, citing protests from both American businesses and Chinese consumers. The full story is here.
Read MorePhilip Pan reported in the Washington Post that Jiang Zemin has been wielding significant power behind the scenes to rein in moves toward democracy in Hong Kong and independence in Taiwan. In recent weeks, three prominent talk show hosts in Hong Kong have quit, citing pressure and threats they received from mainland officials.
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