Category Archives: Media regulation

Is the fake news story fake news?

Last week’s Beijing TV story about steamed buns (baozi) made with cardboard instead of pork was picked up by TV stations around the world, but on Wednesday, Beijing TV issued a retraction and apology — the report had apparently been … Continue reading →

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Winners on the new Chinese Internet

China Web 2.0 Review is a blog that tracks Web 2.0 companies in China. It is written by Tangos and Luyi, two Chinese guys who follow the Chinese Internet closely.

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NGO website shut down in Beijing

China Development Brief is an online information service about development issues and NGOs in China. It was founded by Nick Young 12 years ago in Yunnan as a print newsletter. He moved to Beijing in 1999 and started a Chinese … Continue reading →

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Xiamen to kill off anonymous posting

Xiamen releases Measures to fight unhealthy and harmful information on the Internet (厦门市互联网有害信息和不良信息管理和处置办法). It includes a ban on anonymous posting.

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WordPress blog host unblocked

China’s Net Nanny seems to have unblocked the WordPress blog hosting service which has been inaccessible since February 2006. Weifang Radish is the only China-related blog hosted on WordPress that your correspondent knows of, but feel free to add others … Continue reading →

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Emergency reports and rumors

The law on emergency response (突发事件应对法草案) is revised, striking out a provision fining the media for unauthorized reporting. Commentary by Guo Guangdong (郭光东) and Lian Yue (连岳).

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Press freedom in Hong Kong, ten years on

The Beijing News (新京报) interviews Zhang Guoliang (张国良) about Hong Kong’s Wen Wei Po (文汇报).

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The media circus when a celebrity dies

Hou Yaowen (侯耀文) dies. He Dong (何东) writes about the media circus, comparing it to the death of Huang Ju (黄菊). Also, Sina apologizes for deleting the post.

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Blogsome sort of blocked

The Net Nanny, not satisfied with the recent blocking of Typepad, is on the rampage again. This time her target is the relatively unknown blog host, Blogsome.com. Strangely enough, not all blogs on the site are blocked, but many are, … Continue reading →

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Nanny’s little list

Ho hum, the Typepad blog hosting and software service was blocked in China sometime last week. This means that China Law Blog, Useless Tree, Kaiser Kuo and Tim Johnson’s China Rises are not accessible in Mainland China. Decentralization is key … Continue reading →

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