The Xinjiang government has passed a new regulation banning online discussion of separatism there. There has been no Internet access in Urumqi and other parts of Xinjiang since the riots on July 5. From AFP: The bill passed by...
Read MoreChina Media Project looks at foreign media reporting of new rules allegedly allowing more media access in Shenzhen: The China Daily article, which carried the hopeful title “Law will guard journalists’ right to know,” quoted...
Read MoreBBC reports that officials in Shenzhen are being required to be more accountable to the media: From 1 December, officials could be sacked or reprimanded if they do not respond quickly to media requests. Chinese media is tightly...
Read MoreChina Media Project writes: Interested in trying your hand at the fine art of press censorship? The city of Zhuzhou, in China’s inland Hunan province, wants you. A notice posted on one of Zhuzhou’s official news sites yesterday...
Read MoreChina Media Project writes about “Control 2.0,” the government’s new propaganda strategy, and coverage of the recent riots in Shishou, Hubei: By getting the information out, officials can get the “peripheral...
Read MoreFrom AFP: A drought in Tibet has intensified into the region’s worst in three decades, leaving thousands of hectares parched and killing more than 13,000 head of cattle, China’s state media said Saturday. The report...
Read More“A powerful internet – and public demand for honest reporting – is driving the state media to ever-greater levels of openness.” From the Guardian: On the night of 9 February, China Central Television’s new...
Read MoreFrom the Wall Street Journal’s China Journal blog: China’s Xinhua News Agency is lecturing Western media outlets for ignoring risks, covering up lies, protecting the powerful and clouding the truth. The context: China’s...
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 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...
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