Thanks to Josh Chin for submitting the following post to CDN: Lu Yuegang, a reporter for the China Youth Daily who writes often about the plight of the country’s have-nots, has just fired off an open letter demanding political reform to the secretary of the Communist Youth League, according to a recent post on Radio […]
Read MoreVia Asia Media: “A series of national internet forums have been cancelled as advertisers and sponsors shied away from an area which is experiencing tighter government controls” Click here to read the news on South China Morning Post today.
Read MoreVia Washingtonpost.com: “The chairman of one of China’s biggest securities companies has been replaced in an effort to rescue the ailing state-owned brokerage, officials and media reports said Thursday. The decision to replace Zhou Jipu as chairman of Huaxia Securities marks the second shake-up this year of a major Chinese brokerage following the government takeover […]
Read MoreI have just mentioned Dr. Jiang Yanyong at Many2Many, and now received this email from an old friend, Alan Gleitsman. Alan said in his email: ” Dr. Jiang Yanyong, a 72 year-old Chinese military surgeon and never a dissident in any conventional sense, has been apprehended by the Chinese government and, his family fears, may […]
Read MoreUnder the guidance of Randy Kluver, of Nanyang Technological University, this panel revealed that the effect of the net on Chinese political culture is terribly similar to that in the United States. There’s a digital divide — Bu Wei, of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said 28 percent of people in Beijing were net […]
Read MoreWas 2003 the “Year of the Internet”? This panel thinks so. Nine years after the net was introduced to the country, public opinion has started to use it to impose its will on the political system. Xiao Qiang,...
Read MoreBy Louisa Lim BBC correspondent in Beijing A Chinese court has sentenced the former general manager of an outspoken newspaper to 12 years in prison for bribery and corruption. In China’s tightly-controlled media market, the Southern Metropolis News was one of the most fearless papers. The newspaper has repeatedly embarrassed the authorities by exposing official […]
Read MoreWith the 2008 Olympics looming, a minister from the British Foreign Office has urged China to facilitate Chinese access to the BBC. Chinese officials won’t cop to intentionally blocking BBC radio waves and website content, but they’re not denying it either. The Communist Party is notorious for quashing news that doesn’t jibe with its message. […]
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