Tag Archives: media regulation

Apple’s answer to the Net Nanny of China

Apple deals with its Net Nanny problem.

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Google: No news in China today

No news in China today, according to Google.

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The CCTV Olympic extravaganza

An essay about CCTV’s live Olympic extravaganza.

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U.S. earthquake web page blocked?

An aftershock in Sichuan’s earthquake zone, and the a blocked web page.

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Reality TV woes and the 2008 China Media Yearbook

The Beijing-based media consultancy CMMI has released the 2008 Edition of their China Media Yearbook and Directory. The excellent “yearbook” section of the publication sports essays with summaries, analysis and forecasts on the development of China’s media and media policy. The book also includes a directory of China media business listings and a host of statistics and graphics on the media industry.

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More on the 50 cent army

More on China’s ‘fifty cent army’ of online propagandists.

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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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Guizhou riots: an overview

Links to the best articles about the mass incident in Weng’an, Guizhou Province on Saturday June 28, 2008.

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Wikipedia Chinese version unblocked

Wikipedia’s Chinese language version is accessible in Beijing right now.

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