Category Archives: Media regulation

Phoenix Weekly gives Politburo member a promotion

Phoenix Weekly misidentifies Politburo member Li Yuanchao. Some schoolgirls in Shaanxi are rumored to have had their kidneys harvested.

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Nostalgia for Southern Media’s bygone days

Jiang Yiping (江艺平) gets booted from Southern Metropolis Daily. Lian Yue comments on meeting her when he was a new reporter.

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SARFT chills out?

An organization under media regulator SARFT has a funky favicon.

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SARFT shuts down 10 video websites, warns others for content

SARFT orders ten video websites to shut down.

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Tudou gets SARFT license

Tudou.com finally gets a video website license.

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Amnesty, RSF, BBC Chinese web pages unblocked

And the sun has come out and the sky is blue in Beijing.

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Internet regulator restructured

The new, revamped Ministry of Industrial and Information Technology.

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56.com back online

Video sharing website 56.com is back online, after more than a month of downtime, apparently because SARFT was displeased with the company.

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Youku gets video website licence

Youku.com, one of the big three video websites in China that did not previously have a licence from SARFT to operate has been granted the license according to a report by Hexun.com.

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New rules for online trading, auctions and e-commerce

Yesterday, Beijing Administration of Industry and Commerce announced on its website the draft of a set of new e-business regulations.

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