Category Archives: Media regulation

SARFT clamps down on “online TV stations”

The State Administration of Radio, Film and TV (SARFT) released an announcement on December 25, calling on a handful of online TV stations to cease and desist operating and calling themselves TV stations.

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Xinhua’s guidelines for political correctness

If you’re on the Mainland and can’t view Roland Song’s ESWN website because of the earthquake-induced broken cable, you will have missed this translation: Banned Terms in Xinhua News Reporting, a translation of a post on the popular Tianya forum. … Continue reading →

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New regulators minding the GAPP

New GAPP deputy directors The General Administration of Press and Publications (GAPP or 国新闻出版总署) is the Chinese government body that regulates print publications and the distribution of news to both print and Internet publications as well as video games, CDs … Continue reading →

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Gallery of airbrushed photos

A gallery of airbrushed images from 20th century Soviet and Chinese history.

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On not talking about Christmas

Zeng Pengyu writes about Chinese media not being able to mention Christmas in their reports.

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A curious correction

Oriental Outlook (瞭望东方周刊) apologizes for saying that the Guizhou provincial propaganda department issued a directive barring interviews over a murder case.

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Sketch of a media blackout

A look at the blackout China’s internet cops have put out on info about Gao Qinrong (高勤荣).

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When corruption investigations were all the rage

An essay inspired by the Gao Qinrong (高勤荣) case looks back at the anti-corruption campaigns of the early 1950s. Also, details about the Huang Yifeng Affair (黄逸峰事件) and a review of party regulations encouraging a critical press….in 1950.

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These films are not yet rated

Ng See-Yuen (Wu Siyuan, 吴思远) argues that Chinese movies are bland because there’s no rating system in place: they have to be acceptable for everyone, from children to the elderly, and they can’t criticize contemporary society. That’s why there are so many costume dramas.

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Apathy — Glimpses Inside the Chinese Media
by Ann Condi

What do people think when they are shown a tool to help them access off-limits sections of the Internet?

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by Ann Condi