Chinese Censorship

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Fair Trade Suffers When China Censors The Internet. It's Not Just A Human Rights Issue.

Michael A. Santoro and Wendy Goldberg | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Transition, Internet Policy, China, Internet Censorship, Google, Yahoo China, Microsoft, Baidu, China Internet Access, Google China, China Censorship, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft China, Myspace, Chinese Censorship, Politics News

We are accustomed to thinking of censorship purely as a human rights issue, but for information providers and technology companies, censorship acts as a trade barrier.

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China Bans Lip-Synching in Response to Olympics Pseudo-Scandal

John Wagner Givens | Posted 12.08.2008 | World

Read More: Olympics, Lin Miaoke, China Olympics, Chinese Government, Freedoms in China, China Lip-Synching, Ministry of Culture, Lip-Synching in China, Chinese Censorship, China, Yang Peiyi, World News

The Chinese state has staked its legitimacy on providing economic growth, stability and an ever increasing stature for China on the world stage. The 2008 Olympics had to be flawless.

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China Bans Democracy, Declares War on Guns N' Roses

David Flumenbaum | Posted 11.24.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Chinese Democracy Release, Axl Rose, China Censorship, China Bans Guns N Roses, Guns N' Roses, Chinese Democracy, Chinese Censorship, Matt Sorum, Duff McKagan, Slash, Guns N' Roses: Chinese Democracy, Martin Scorsese, Axl Rose China, China Bans Chinese Democracy, China Guns N' Roses, Kundun, Entertainment News

It is unlikely that when Axl Rose selected the title for his album, he realized the depth of the parallels between Chinese democracy and Chinese Democracy.

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Monstrous Deals

Megan Shank | Posted 10.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Monster.com, tom.com, Democracy, Skype, China, Chinese Censorship, Tiananmen Square, Josh Silverman, Business News

For many companies working with Chinese firms on online products and services the hidden cost inherent in sticky ethics often emerges snarling.

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Yellow Peril Or Power? China Reconsidered (Again)

Chi Tung | Posted 10.01.2008 | Media

Read More: China Milk Scandal, Journalistic Bias, Yao Ming, Old Media vs. New Media, Chinese Culture, Food Politics, Old Media Death Watch, Chinese Government, Chinese Food, Mao Zedong, China, New Media, Bill Nye the Science Guy, China Human Rights, Chinese Censorship, Old Media, Media News

American media coverage of China tends to slant one of two ways: toward fat, happy and unquestioning globalization, or small-minded, unblinking provincialism.

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China Space Mission Article Hits Web Before Launch

Posted 09.25.2008 | Media

Read More: China, Space, Chinese Censorship, Chinese Government, Media News

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Beijing Police "Rough Up" Two AP Photographers, Detain More Activists

AP | AUDRA ANG | Posted 08.21.2008 | Media

Read More: Olympics, Beijing Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics, China, Chinese Censorship, Chinese Government, Media News

BEIJING — Police descended on a group of foreign pro-Tibet activists and some disgruntled business owners from Hong Kong on Thursday, taking bot...

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China Takes Away Bibles From American Christians

AP | GILLIAN WONG | Posted 08.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chinese Censorship, Religion in China, China Religion, Religious Persecution, China, Olympics, Politics News

BEIJING — A group of American Christians who had more than 300 Bibles confiscated by Chinese officials when they arrived in China is refusing to...

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A Snapshot of the Olympic Green 48 Hours Before the Games Begin

Courtney Woo | Posted 08.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Chinese Culture, China Media, China Journalists, China, Chinese Censorship, Interns, Today Show, Media News

To an impartial observer, the weeks of preparation at the Olympic Green and IBC are falling into place. Now, with two days to go, the only thing Beijing needs to hope for is good weather.

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On Navigating Beijing's Tight Security: Subways, Stadiums, Medications and Tampons

Courtney Woo | Posted 08.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Chinese Culture, China Media, China Journalists, Oprah, Students, China, Chinese Censorship, Interns, Media News

Security in Beijing tightens by the day as the Olympics approach. In early July, I went through zero security checkpoints a day. Today, I passed through security or had my badge checked a total of 8 times.

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The Great Olympic Swindle: How China Tricked the World on Press Freedom

David Flumenbaum | Posted 08.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Olympic Reporters, Freedom of the Press, Beijing Olympics, China Olympics, Press Freedom, China, Olympic Press, Censorship, Chinese Censorship, Censored Internet China, Olympics, Media News

By not demanding a free press during the Games, the rest of the world has conspired with China, giving its government the power to censor, not just for its own people, but now for ours.

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China's Olympic Insecurity

Jamie Metzl | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nationalism, Olympics, Falun Gong, Chinese Government, Suppressing Dissent, China and Tibet, China and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Uighurs, Chinese Censorship, Beijing Olympics, Politics News

The Chinese deserve their moment in the sun. If, however, the Tibetans, Falun Gong, or Uighurs in China cause a nationalist backlash, the ugly face of Chinese nationalism will be exposed.

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Huffington Post: Still Banned in Beijing

David Wallechinsky | Posted 08.03.2008 | Media

Read More: Huffington Post Blocked, Olympics, Beijing Olympics, HuffPost Block China, China Censorship, Censorship, China, Chinese Censorship, Media News

While the Chinese Communist Party has lifted the bans on the Amnesty International and BBC News sites, one site has continued to be totally blocked in Beijing: Huffingtonpost.com.

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Marketing, Nationalism and the Olympics Launch an Era of Volunteerism in China

Courtney Woo | Posted 08.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Chinese Culture, China Media, China Journalists, Students, China, Chinese Censorship, Interns, Media News

Combine economics with national pride and a little marketing, and you have the unprecedented turn out of volunteers on display at Beijing's 2008 Summer Olympics

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China Frees the Internet (Sort Of): Unblocks Amnesty, BBC, RSF Sites

Danwei | Posted 08.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Reporters Without Borders, Censored Internet, Olympics, Censored Web, Bbc, Amnesty International, China Internet Access, Chinese Censorship, Chinese Internet, Media News

The last two days have seen some serious complaints from the international media about China's ongoing Internet censorship, which was supposed to be s...

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Reporting for Volunteer Duty at Beijing's Olympic Broadcast Tower

Courtney Woo | Posted 07.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Chinese Culture, China Media, China Journalists, Students, China, Chinese Censorship, Interns, Media News

I reported for duty at Ling Long Pagoda along with the three other UNC volunteers. Our contracts read "broadcast coordination," but we soon find our post is more accurately termed "help desk assistant."

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A Media Intern Blogs Behind the Scenes at the Beijing Olympics

Courtney Woo | Posted 07.26.2008 | Media

Read More: Interns, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, Chinese Culture, China Journalists, China Media, Students, China, Chinese Censorship, Media News

A particularly risky move for China would be to grant hundreds of international journalism students inside access to its media operations during the Olympics -- but that's precisely what it's done.

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Digital China: Ten Things Worth Knowing about the Chinese Internet

Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Kate Merkel-Hess | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Internet, Chinese Media, Beijing Olympics, Chinese Culture, China Olympics, China Internet Access, China Bloggers, Censorship, China, Internet China, Chinese Censorship, Politics News

Thanks largely to the Olympics, 2008 will go down in history as a turning point year for China -- or, rather, one when the country passed several milestones, including for the Chinese Internet.

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Huffington Post Blocked in Mainland China

David Flumenbaum | Posted 06.19.2008 | Media

Read More: 2008 Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, Internet Censorship, Chinese Censorship, China, 2008 Beijing Olympics, Media News

As the Chinese government begins its pre-Olympics media crackdown, the Huffington Post appears to be the latest victim in a recent wave of Internet censorship.

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The Great Firewall

Peter Scheer | Posted 04.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Censorship, Chinese Censorship, Internet, China, Chinese Web, Business News

Make no mistake, China's censorship of the internet is a crime against liberty on a mass scale. Still, American firms can't just steer clear of the world's biggest market. What to do?

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China Expands Internet Censorship

Variety | Clifford Coonan | Posted 10.14.2007 | Media

Read More: Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Reporters Without Borders, China, Chinese Censorship, Internet Censorship, Media News

Chinese Internet censorship is getting more sophisticated and systematic, which has grim consequences for freedom of expression and media rights, acco...

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