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Tîbet: Chinese sources and foreign correspondents on the ground

A summary of first hand and translated sources about current events in Tîbet.

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Chinese Net Nanny on the rampage

Youtube is blocked, the websites of The Guardian and L.A. Times newspapers are not currently accessible in Beijing; we have reader reports of the Yahoo home page not loading from around the country. In addition, web pages with high numbers … Continue reading →

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Youtube blocked in China

Youtube blocked, March 2008.

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Money and angry youth to crush Nanny?

A video interview with Duncan Hewitt about Net censorship: ‘Money and angry people will play a growing role in the battle against China’s Great Firewall’.

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Has SARFT gone insane?

Banned. Maybe. SARFT‘s recent banning of Lust, Caution actress Tang Wei has caused a fuss in the entertainment industry in China and Hong Kong, and prompted Lust, Caution director Ang Lee to write a letter of protest about the blacklisting. … Continue reading →

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Blogspot accessible in Beijing

Blogspot back? Not likely.

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Further restrictions on foreign cartoons, and horror movies

New rules restricting horror movies and further restricting TV broadcast of foreign cartoons.

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How does China censor the Internet?

James Fallows writes in the Atlantic on the Golden Shield project.

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39 writers in prison

PEN, the international writer’s organization dedicated to ‘advance literature, to defend free expression, and to foster international literary fellowship’ has launched a campaign to free 39 writers who are ‘imprisoned in China for exercising their right to speak and write … Continue reading →

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China Telecom blocking Skype?

Is Skype being blocked by China Telecom?

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