Category Archives: Media regulation

Suing the Net Nanny

Ready to play? As reported earlier on Danwei, a Shanghainese man is suing his Internet connection provider China Telecom because his U.S. hosted website was blocked, and China Telecom will not or cannot explain to him why. His is writing … Continue reading →

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Mountains, seas, and official reading material

Wen Jiabao (温家宝) visits Northeast Normal University (东北师范大学); photo has the Classic of Mountains and Seas (山海经) blurred out.

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Net scandal: student hits teacher video

Screen shot from a mobile phone video From Roland Soong: At 4pm on May 25, a video was posted on the Internet. In this video, there were more than 20 students in a classroom for a geography lesson. The students … Continue reading →

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The blogger’s self-discipline pledge

The Internet Society of China is soliciting public opinions about its draft “Blog Service Self-discipline Public Pledge,” which sets forth the framework for making a civilized blogosphere. The provisions apply to Internet blog service providers (BSP) within China’s borders. The … Continue reading →

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A recruitment ad for virtual cops

Ran Yunfei (冉云飞) and Huang Yilong (黄一龙) write about recruiting Internet cops in Chengdu. (专职’天网’监控管理员)

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For sale: A simple dwelling for plain folks. 3.75 million.

Beijing bans ostentatious (炫富) language in real estate ads. Mansion (豪宅), luxury (奢侈), supreme (至尊) and so forth.

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Yu Guoming on Internet politics

Yu Guoming (喻国明) interviewed in Globe magazine (环球).

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Equality for foreign periodicals, but there’s a GAPP

Liu Binjie, the man from G.A.P.P. As mentioned earlier on Danwei, the International Federation for Periodical Press (FIPP) just concluded its 36th World Magazine Conference in Beijing. At the conference, GAPP official Liu Binjie promised foreign periodicals that China will … Continue reading →

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The Times to Murdoch-bashers: We’re doing fine

Below is the text of a letter from Robert Thomson, editor of The Times of London, to Jim Ottaway, whose family founded Ottaway Newspapers, now owned by Dow Jones. This letter is in connection with various complaints about Rupert Murdoch’s … Continue reading →

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Death comes for ghost story magazines

Death Note (死亡笔记) and seven other illegal magazines get confiscated by Beijing’s Industry and Commerce bureau.

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