The Chinese Internet Century
An article in Foreign Policy looks at the future of a “permanently fractured web,” split between “two competing visions of the Internet: one open and global, the other highly controlled and often used for...
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James McGregor: The China Fix
From Time magazine: In my more than two decades in China, I have seldom seen the foreign business community more angry and disillusioned than it is today. Such sentiment goes beyond the Internet censorship and cyberspying that...
Read MoreChina Hits Back at Clinton on Net Freedom
The Chinese government has responded quickly and strongly to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech on Internet freedom yesterday. From Information Week: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu called remarks...
Read MoreChina to Pull Back ‘Avatar’ for Domestic Film
The New York Times has more on the removal of Avatar from theaters in China: The film, which can be viewed in standard format or in 3-D, will be yanked from theaters without 3-D technology in order to make way for a domestically...
Read MoreFar-Ranging Support for Google’s China Move; David Drummond Interviewed on NPR (Updated)
In an article about the support Google has garnered for opposing cyber attacks and censorship by the Chinese government, the New York Times points out that Google’s announcement this week was not a rash decision: In...
Read MoreWall Space: Interview with Rebecca Mackinnon
Last weekend, NPR’s On the Media interviewed Rebecca MacKinnon about the current state of Internet control in China. Listen here: : BOB GARFIELD: Now, actually on that subject, I wanted to ask you, certainly for 50 years...
Read MoreWang Chen (王晨): SCIO Outlines Core External Propaganda Work for 2010
China Media Project translates remarks by the head of the State Council Information Office (SCIO) about China’s goals for external propaganda work in 2010: At China’s annual national conference on external news and...
Read More“It’s Time To Stop the Absurd Promotion of John Naisbitt’s ‘China’s Megatrends’,” (Updated with Photo)
On the Diane Rehm show, the host interviews John and Doris Naisbitt about their book, “China’s Megatrends: The 8 Pillars of a New Society” According to the book’s promotional materials: China is creating...
Read MoreChinese Evade U.S. Sanctions on Iran
While an embargo bans companies who sell arms to Iran from conducting business in the U.S., many Chinese companies are skirting the rules to keep the trade routes open. The Wall Street Journal reports: A unit of state-owned...
Read MoreSouthern Metropolis Weekly: Top 10 Neologisms of 2009 (Part II)
From the Southern Metropolis Weekly, 2009-12-25, translated by CDT’s E. Shih. Part I is here. [From the introduction to Part 1: This year, we announce the top ten neologisms in cooperation with “Baidu Encylopedia,” using...
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