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CCTV imagines a perfect world

Laughable propaganda about press freedoms from CCTV.

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Meticulous revolt

A review of the Shanghai maglev protests in The Washington Post

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Net Nanny vs. Great Firewall

GFW or Net Nanny?

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Danwei Picks: 2008-01-17

Liao Yiwu (廖亦武) in the Paris Review; Danone Asia head resigns; fortune cookie origin found in Japan; guide for online censors.

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Blogspot unblocked

Blogspot unblocked, again!

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The death of a foreign-run website in China

Nick Young, an Englishman who used to publish the China Development Brief, faces a Faustian bargain: Then came the offer. Song said he could provide funds to expand our publishing and make it “famous” while helping the world to understand … Continue reading →

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Proof that China censors online content?

China’s one, young netizen In mid-November, Financial Times ran an excellent piece by Mure Dickie about China’s censorship of online content. In it, Wang Guoqing, the vice-minister of the State Council Information Office, was quoted saying: “As I understand it, … Continue reading →

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‘Lust, Caution’ box office numbers in Beijing

SCREEN is an unofficial poll of audiences’ feedback on new released movie conducted by The Beijing News (新京报). They carried out an audiences’ poll about Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution (色戒) on its debut day (November 1) in a Beijing theatre. … Continue reading →

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Net Nanny takes her meds

China’s Net Nanny has unblocked the Google-owned blog host Blogspot. Blogspot has been blocked since June this year, but have a look at this Danwei post to see the on-again ogg-again approach the Nanny has taken to messing with the … Continue reading →

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Chinese bloggers endure harmony overload

China’s Net Nanny harmonizes the Internet before the 17th Party Congress, scheduled to start on October 15, 2007

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