Chinayouren charts the occurrences of the word “China” in various world media outlets in 2009: Within the general rising trend, 2009 has gone back to reasonable levels of media attention, partly because Xinjiang and...
Read MoreAl Jazeera English reports on efforts by Ai Weiwei and other activists utilizing the Internet to make change: In a country where media outlets are entirely state-controlled, growing numbers of Chinese people are going online to...
Read MoreLoretta Chao and Jason Dean reports on the Wall Street Journal: These appear to be dark days for the Internet in China. Four months into a crusade against Internet pornography, the government is closing thousands of sites—some...
Read MoreWhile 2009 has undoubtedly been the harshest year yet for Internet control in China, it is interesting to read the following unofficial account of how the Internet came to China. The following excerpt is from “Informal...
Read MoreFrom guardian.co.uk: One of China’s most independent editors today announced that she had taken the reins at a prominent general news magazine two months after splitting with a former publication over budget control and...
Read MoreIn China, several political bodies are in charge of Internet content control. At the highest level, there is the Central Propaganda Department, which ensures that media and cultural content follows the official line as mandated...
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China has issued new Internet regulations, including what appears to be an effort to create a “whitelist” of approved websites that could potentially place much of the Internet off-limits to Chinese...
Read MoreIn China, several political bodies are in charge of Internet content control. At the highest level, there is the Central Propaganda Department, which ensures that media and cultural content follows the official line as mandated...
Read MoreIn China, several political bodies are in charge of Internet content control. At the highest level, there is the Central Propaganda Department, which ensures that media and cultural content follows the official line as mandated...
Read MoreFrom Time: The year 2009 will not be remembered as the year Chinese censors decided to lighten up. This week, the Chinese agency that oversees the country’s Internet-domain-name registry announced it will limit the system...
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