Chinese Censorship

Are We Getting China-Africa Media Relations Wrong?

Iginio Gagliardone | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Ghana, Internet, Ethiopia, Censorship, Africa, Internet Censorship, China-Africa Relationship, Chinese Internet, Media Censorship, Chinese Censorship, World News
Iginio Gagliardone

While it is evident how China has been developing a distinctive domestic approach to the Internet and the role of media in society more generally, whether and how the ideas informing this approach are spreading is far less clear.

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The Words That Get Censored On Chinese Version Of Twitter (SLIDESHOW)

Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Video, Weibo, Censorship in China, Words Censored on Chinese Internet, Slidepollajax, Chinese Censorship, Words Censored in China, Blocked on Weibo, Chinese Internet Censorship, World News

The words that China's equivalent of Twitter doesn't want people searching for might surprise you. Disinformation, an independent media company i...

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Why Was The Word 'Salt' Banned In China?

Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Word Banned China, Word Banned, Weibo, China Weibo, Sina Weibo, China Censorship, Social Media China, Social Networking China, Chinese Censorship, Video, Books News

Chinese social media users weren't able to share many recipes for soup or french fries last year, as the term "iodized salt" was banned in an attempt ...

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The Rationale And Costs Of Chinese Censorship

Daniel Wagner | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: China Censorship, Censorship, China, Chinese Censorship, World News
Daniel Wagner

In light of the admittedly trashy programming that passes for much of 'entertainment' today in the West, it is easy to understand why the Chinese government wants to encourage the enrichment of television programming in China. However, this move comes with costs.

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China’s Parallel Online Universe

The Diplomat | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: China Internet, China Censorship, China, Chinese Censorship, China Social Media, World News

As the showdown escalated between Chinese security forces and residents of Wukan, where villagers revolted against the Chinese Communist Party, you di...

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Rebellious Chinese Director: Sell Out?

nytimes.com | EDWARD WONG | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Zhang Yimou, Zhao Liang Together, Chinese Dissident, Petition Zhao Liang, Chinese Filmmaker, Zhao Liang, Zhao Liang Sellout, Zhao Liang Petition, Together Zhao Liang, Chinese Art, Zhao Liang New York Times, Ai Weiwei, Chinese Censorship, Arts News

BEIJING -- The documentary film "Petition" by Zhao Liang is considered by many of its viewers to be a fearless work of art. Shot over 12 years, it sho...

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Ai Weiwei Gives First Interview To Communist Party Tabloid

Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: People's Daily, Social Media, Beijing, Twitter, Ai Weiwei Interview, Culturegrrl, Lee Rosenbaum, Atlantic Wire, Global Times, Ai Weiwei, Chinese Censorship, China, Ai Weiwei Detention, Arts News

China's Global Times has published an interview with beleaguered artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, but commentators are not convinced that it was the be...

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Ai Weiwei Breaks Gov't-Ordered Media Silence: Tweets About Detention

Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Ai Weiwei Twitter, Ai Weiwei Tweets Detention, Law, Social Media, Beijing, Twitter, Ai Weiwei Tweets, Google+, Jerome Cohen, Chinese Government, Ai Weiwei, Chinese Censorship, Arts News

Just days after Ai Weiwei's long-awaited return to Twitter, the celebrated Chinese artist appeared to break his legally-imposed media silence by tweet...

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San Diego Sits in for Ai Weiwei: China asks for Return of Chairs

John Seed | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Chinese Government, Ai Weiwei, Chinese Censorship, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Arts News
John Seed

Through the evening and into Friday morning, a total of 48 volunteer participants sat side-by-side in two traditionally styled Chinese chairs for one-hour periods.

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WATCH: Ai Weiwei's Most Political Works

Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Video, Conceptual Art, Sunflower Seeds, Bird's Nest, Lisson Gallery, Sculpture, London, Bbc Arts, Ai Weiwei, China, Chinese Censorship, Arts News

With the media's extensive coverage of Ai Weiwei's politically-charged detention in China, reports have consistently described the provocateur as the ...

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Sex Performance Lands Chinese Artist In Labor Camp

Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: China Censorship, Labor Camp, Art Whore, Beijing, Sex, Performance Art, Erotic Art, Global Times, Ai Weiwei, Cheng Li, Censorship, China, Chinese Censorship, Arts News

Cheng Li, a Chinese performance artist, was sentenced to one year of "reeducation through labor" (NSFW) for an explicit public performance on March 20...

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PHOTOS: Art In The Streets of Hong Kong For Ai Weiwei

The Huffington Post | Travis Korte | Posted 06.25.2011

Read More: Photos, Politics, World, Sunflower Seeds, Street Art, Sculpture, Protests, Ai Weiwei, Censorship, Ai Weiwei Protests, Chinese Censorship, Political Art, China, Arts News

Thousands of protestors took to the streets this weekend to protest the continued detainment of artist Ai Weiwei. The demonstrations, held in the some...

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Facebook Faces China Censorship Dilemma

Human Rights First | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Internet Freedom, Baidu, China, Censorship, Facebook, Business and Human Rights, Google, Facebook in China, Chinese Censorship, Technology News
Human Rights First

To date, Google, Godaddy, and a few others have been the only Internet companies to challenge China's restrictive policies. We hope Facebook follows their lead.

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Did The Chinese Government Ban Television Time Travel?

The Huffington Post | Steven Hoffer | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Television Censorship, Back to the Future, Time Travel, China Time Travel Ban, Censorship, China, Chinese Censorship, Time Travel Ban, World News

When it comes to time travel, the only obstacle greater than harnessing 1.21 gigawatts could be getting past the Chinese government. China's State ...

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The Sound of a Dog Not Barking

John Wagner Givens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Censorship, Middle East Protests, China, Censorship, Middle East, Chinese Censorship, Internet Censorship, Egypt Protests, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, Chinese Economy, China Economy, China-Egypt, World News
John Wagner Givens

One day millions of Chinese may take to the streets, more than likely in the context of a slowing economy and/or rising inflation, but don't expect the catalyst to be an external one.

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China, the Nobel Prize and the Road to Freedom

Dan Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charter 77, I.F. Stone, Vaclav Havel, Burma, Nobel Peace Prize, Charter 08, Aung San Suu Kyi, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Poland, Eastern Europe, Chinese Government, Liu Xiaobo, Czechoslovakia, Chinese Censorship, China, Impact News
Dan Siegel

Americans and the global community must keep its pressure weighing on Chinese officials to free Liu Xiaobo.

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China's Fifty Cent Party for Internet Propaganda

Usha Haley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Digital Media, Chinese Community Party, Chinese News, Chinese President Hu Jintao, The Huffington Post, Social Media, Internet Censorship, Media Spin, Twitter, Fifty Cent Party, China Human Rights, Chinese Censorship, Chinese Internet, Media News
Usha Haley

China is not the only country in the world to employ cyber police. But the scale of China's efforts is staggering, and social media now comprises the dominant online activity in China.

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Twitterpated: Censoring 140 Characters

John Wagner Givens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Human Rights, Censorship, China, Internet Censorship, Chinese Government, China Twitter, Chinese Censorship, World News
John Wagner Givens

How far has political discourse fallen that 140 characters, in a language as concise as Chinese, is considered sufficient space to provide political commentary that is not only worth reading, but worth censoring?

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Chinese Author May Risk Jail For Book Critical Of Premier

AP | CARA ANNA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yu Jie, Chinese Author, Books, Chinese Premier Wen Jibao, China's Best Actor, Wen Jiabao, Chinese Censorship, Books News

BEIJING — China's premier cultivates the image of a sympathetic "Grandpa Wen," but a new and unusually critical book claims he should be known a...

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Yu Jie: Dissident Chinese Author Taken Away By Police

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yu Jie, Chinese Author, Censorship, Chinese Censorship, China, Books, Books News

BEIJING (AP) - A best-selling author and essayist who is a fierce critic of the Communist Party was taken into custody by police on Monday for reasons...

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Isn't the UFC About Fighting? No Spine Here!

Heidiminx | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dan Hardy, Boycott, Marketing Blunders, Free Tibet, Ufc, Chinese Censorship, Religion News
Heidiminx

While in India, I'm still amazed how useful Facebook is for news. Similar to my Michael Vick post, I became aware of ridiculous cowtowing via a FaceBo...

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China's Google Syndrome

Libby Liu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Press Freedom, GoDaddy.Com, Censorship, Internet Freedom, Chinese Censorship, China, Article 19, Cyber Attack, Cyberattacks, World News, Internet, Free Speech, China Free Speech, World News
Libby Liu

So successful is China's model of internet censorship that other authoritarian governments strive to emulate it. And Google's move brings attention to this reality.

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Google's Decision Shows New Trend In Western Reluctance to "Kowtow" to China

washingtonpost.com | John Pomfret | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Chinese Business, Google-Hong-Kong, Google China, Google Censorship, China Human Rights, Chinese Censorship, Business News

The showdown between Google and the world's most populous country marks a turning point in one of the great alliances of the late 20th century -- the ...

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Google vs. Confucius

Nicolas Berggruen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Confucianism, Google, Google in China, Google Leaving China, Google China, China Censorship, Chinese History, Chinese Censorship, Technology News
Nicolas Berggruen

China may have invented the first printing press in 593 and published the first woodblock-printed newspaper in 713. But in 2010 it wants to curb the newest information innovation led by Google.

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Coca-Cola Co. Denies Involvement in Murder and Rape, Blames "U.S. Judicial System"

Eric Michael Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alien Tort Statute, Coca-Cola, Labor, Human Rights, Charles Taylor, Alien Tort Claims Act, Burma, Unocal Corp, Chuckie Taylor, Guatemala, Yahoo!, Coke, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Unions, Chinese Censorship, Shell Oil, Politics News
Eric Michael Johnson

Coca-Cola has long marketed itself as synonymous with American values. But after recent allegations that it covered up acts of murder and rape at a Guatemalan subsidiary, Coca Cola may face up to justice.

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