Category Archives: Media regulation

SARFT pulls all commercials at two TV stations

Posted on 2007-06-23 by Joel Martinsen

SARFT (广电总局) orders stations in Ningxia and Gansu to stop commercial advertising. Commentators express skepticism.

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More Chinese mockery of Net Nanny

Posted on 2007-06-19 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Danwei recently reported on a virtual voodoo doll that Chinese netizens have been using to ‘torture’ the Net Nanny or GFW (Great Firewall). Yesterday the excellent online news roundup website Memedia posted this week’s summary. It included the following graphic … Continue reading →

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How much freedom of speech do Chinese netizens have?

Posted on 2007-06-19 by Joel Martinsen

Xiong Peiyun (熊培云) on La République des Esprits (思想国) writes about Netease and comment pruning in the Shanxi brick kiln slave case.

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Chinese Internet responses to slave children case

Posted on 2007-06-18 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The case of the children enslaved at a Shanxi brick factory has been widely reported in the Western and Chinese media, and is all over the Internet in both Chinese and English languages (a good summary by Chen Peijin of … Continue reading →

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Copyright protection for online content

Posted on 2007-06-18 by maya

Beijing Business Today recently reported on China’s accession and ratification of two U.N. Internet-related treaties, the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty. Together, the two treaties require signatory countries to provide copyright protection for computer programs, … Continue reading →

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Taiyuan cultural authorities confused by Pangu’s Olympics song

Posted on 2007-06-16 by Joel Martinsen

Punk group Pangu (盘古 or Punk God) has a song ‘Fuck the Olympics’ (奥你妈的运) that gets banned by mainland authorities, sort of.

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A Flickr fix

Posted on 2007-06-16 by maya

Nanny may not willingly take her meds, but nothing’s stopping the kids from slipping her a mickey. Regarding Nanny’s recent filtering of Flickr.com, Stewart Butterfield, co-founder and general manager of Flickr.com, offered some advice on a recent CNET News.com blog … Continue reading →

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Wang Shuo’s public complaint against TV censors

Posted on 2007-06-15 by Joel Martinsen

Wang Shuo (王朔) accuses the film censors at national TV stations of requiring bribes for approval of shows.

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Wikipedia unblocked

Posted on 2007-06-15 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The English version of Wikipedia is accessible in China. The Chinese version at zh.wikipedia.org is still blocked. Ash in Qingdao and Feng 37 in Guangzhou have confirmed that the ‘unblock’ is nationwide. Below is a brief history of the ongoing … Continue reading →

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Wendi Deng profile author on Antiwave

Posted on 2007-06-11 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The lads at Chinese podcast website Antiwave have interviewed Eric Ellis, author of the profile of Rupert Murdoch’s wife, Deng Wendi. As reported on Danwei, the publication of the profile — originally commissioned by Good Weekend — was later canceled … Continue reading →

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