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Threatened Voices Charts Bloggers Under Attack Around The World

Huffington Post | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: Blogs, Blogosphere, Bloggers-in-Danger, Bloggers, Internet Censorship, China Censorship, Censorship, Civil Rights, Blogging, Chinese Censorship, Bloggers in Danger, Threatened Voices, World News

Blogging from a fancy office in Soho, it is easy to forget how dangerous it can be for bloggers around the world to do their work. But just last month...

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What to Expect from President Obama's Visit to China

Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: China-U.S. Military Ties, U.S. Foreign Policy Toward China, Obama November Visit to China, Hu Jintao, Beijing, China Censorship, People's Liberation Army, China Human Rights, Barack Obama, Climate Change, China Rule of Law, Bilateral Agreement Between China and the U.S. On Climate Change, Robert Gates, Xu Zhiyong, China Currency Manipulation, Xu Caihou, Peking University, World News

While the White House has yet to release President Obama's schedule, expect President Obama and President Hu Jintao to discuss military ties, global economic health, climate change and human rights.

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China: "Kingdom of Dwarves" Theme Park Showcases Little People

GlobalPost | Kathleen E. McLaughlin | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: Drawf, China Theme Park, China Censorship, China, China Human Rights, Midget, Kingdom of Dwarves, World News

KUNMING, China -- The casting call went out across China earlier this year, in newspapers and online: Entertainers needed for a new theme park, no spe...

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China Cracks Down On Online Music

Marianne Barriaux | Posted 11.10.2009 | Technology

Read More: Online Music Store, Music Industry, China Censorship, Music, Online Music China, China, Technology News

BEIJING (AFP) - China has announced that all songs posted on music websites must receive prior approval and foreign lyrics must be translated into...

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China, Iran: World Leaders in Blocking the Internet

Thomas Crampton | Posted 10.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Herdict, Social Media, Twitter, Youtube, Internet Blockage, Mexico, Iran, Facebook, China, Flickr, China Censorship, Media News

Iran and China stand out in the reported number of blockages of Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and YouTube.

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China Blocks Websites In Effort To Stop Spread Of Information

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

Read More: China Censorship, China Internet Censorship, Twitter, Facebook, China Twitter, China Websites, China, China Facebook, World News

BEIJING — Two more Web sites dedicated to social networking went offline in China on Tuesday amid tightening controls that have blocked Facebook...

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GREEN DAM: China Scraps Filtering Software Mandate - For Now

AP | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

Read More: China Censorship, China Porn Software, China Filtering Software, Green Dam, China Porn, Technology, China Green Dam, China, Green Dam China, World News

BEIJING — China's state media says the government will postpone enforcement of a new rule mandating all new computers be sold with a filtering s...

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China Internet Boycott Planned For July 1

Reuters | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: China Internet Boycott, China Internet, China Google, Foreign Affairs, China Green Dam, China Internet Access, China Censor Intenet Access, China Censorship, China, Green Dam, Advocacy, World News

Chinese Internet users are calling on fellow web surfers to stay offline on July 1, the debut of a controversial software filter that critics say the ...

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China Disables Google Functions Over Porn Links

New York Time | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

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The Chinese government disabled some search engine functions on the Chinese-language Web site of Google on Friday, saying the site was linking too oft...

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Green Dam: China Backs Down Over Porn Censorship Software

guardian.co.uk | Jonathan Watts in Beijing | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Pornography, China Censorship, Internet Porn, China Porn Censorship, China Porn Softwar, Green Dam, China Porn, China Green Dam, Porn, China, Green Dam China, World News

Green Dam, which blocks access to porn and politically sensitive websites, will not be compulsory, state media reports...

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China Censorship Software Law Draws Fire At Home And Abroad

New York Times | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: Internet, China Censorship, China Censoring Software, China Media, Foreign Affairs, China Media Censorship, China Media Internet Censorship, Censorship, China, Advocacy, World News

China is facing a storm of protest at home and abroad over new regulations requiring all personal computers sold in the country to include software th...

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China Blocks Twitter Ahead Of Tiananmen Anniversary

Huffington Post | David Flumenbaum | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media

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China is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown with another crackdown -- a massive block on Twitter and all those social media s...

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China Blocks YouTube Due To Tibet Videos: Reports

BBC NEWS | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

Read More: China Censorship, China Web, Tibet Videos, Tibet Video, Tibet, Youtube, Foreign Affairs, China YouTube, China, China Tibet, China Tibet Youtube, World News

China is reported to have blocked the YouTube video-sharing website because it has been carrying video of soldiers beating monks and other Tibetans....

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Fck Your Mother Ship, Fck Censorship

Disgrasian | Posted 04.17.2009 | World

Read More: Internet, Grass Mud Horse, Double Entendres, Political Activism, Internet Censorship, Free Speech, Protest, China Internet Access, Chinese Government, Resistance, China Censorship, China Human Rights, Chinese Democracy, Chinese Censorship, China, World News

This is China we're talking about, so the video isn't just funny, punny wordplay. The grass-mud horse video has become a national symbol of resistance to authority and censorship.

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How Beijing Butchered Sean Penn's "Commie, Homo-Loving" Oscar Speech

David Flumenbaum | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment

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Around Asia, mentions of "gay" or "lesbian" were muted out of the Oscars broadcast. But the award for the most creative censorship method goes to China's CCTV for its work during Sean Penn's speech.

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Censorship In China: Finally, They Blocked My Site!

Neon Tommy | Zachary Franklin | Posted 03.26.2009 | World

Read More: Neon Tommy, China Censorship, China Press Freedom, China Migrant Workers National Stadium, China Olympics, China Great Fire Wall, China Tibet, Censorship, China, World News

When one thinks about the Great Fire Wall within the People's Republic of China, there is a misconception that what gets stopped at the Internet's "Pe...

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Baby Steps: Online Debate, Dissent, and Democracy

Alexander Davenport | Posted 03.08.2009 | World

Read More: China Internet Access, China Internet, China Censorship, China Human Rights, China, World News, World News

Seconds after Wen Jiabao, China's popular Premier, saw a Cambridge University student's shoe whiz by him, China's blogosphere exploded with opinions.

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China Censors Parts Of Obama's Speech

AP | ANITA CHANG | Posted 02.21.2009 | World

BEIJING — China censored its translation of President Barack Obama's inauguration speech, removing references to communism and dissent, and quic...

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Fair Trade Suffers When China Censors The Internet. It's Not Just A Human Rights Issue.

Michael A. Santoro and Wendy Goldberg | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Transition, Internet Policy, China, Internet Censorship, Google, Yahoo China, Microsoft, Baidu, China Internet Access, Google China, China Censorship, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft China, Myspace, Chinese Censorship, Politics News

We are accustomed to thinking of censorship purely as a human rights issue, but for information providers and technology companies, censorship acts as a trade barrier.

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China Blocks Access To New York Times Web Site

AP | Posted 01.20.2009 | World

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BEIJING — China has blocked access to the New York Times Web site, the newspaper said Saturday, days after the central government defended its r...

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China Bans Democracy, Declares War on Guns N' Roses

David Flumenbaum | Posted 02.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Chinese Democracy Release, Axl Rose, China Censorship, China Bans Guns N Roses, Guns N' Roses, Chinese Democracy, Chinese Censorship, Matt Sorum, Duff McKagan, Slash, Guns N' Roses: Chinese Democracy, Martin Scorsese, Axl Rose China, China Bans Chinese Democracy, China Guns N' Roses, Kundun, Entertainment News

It is unlikely that when Axl Rose selected the title for his album, he realized the depth of the parallels between Chinese democracy and Chinese Democracy.

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Reality Should Be Reported, Not Disregarded

Meghan Peters | Posted 09.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Government Controlled Media, Underage Chinese Gymnasts, Chinese Gymnastics, Olympics, China Media, Gymnastics, China Censorship, China, Media News

Media here in China are running stories about Chinese gymnasts defending their ages of "16," though the rest of the world knows about the 11-year-old.

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Hook, Line, and Sinker: NBC Swallows Opening Ceremonies Propaganda

Katherine Goldstein | Posted 09.09.2008 | Media

Read More: China Press Freedom, Olympics, Opening Ceremonies, China Censorship, NBC Olympic Coverage, Joshua Cooper Ramo, Opening Ceremony Commentary, Nbc, Opening Ceremonies Propaganda, "Josh Cooper Ramo", Zhang Yimou, Media News

The conscious decision to create a narrative that rewrites both Chinese history and reality is alarming -- but the fact that the NBC commentators unquestioningly went along with it is downright appalling.

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Human Rights Group Overtakes Beijing Radio Station For Protest

Times Online | Posted 09.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Reporters Without Borders, China Censorship, Olympics Protests, Human Rights, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, Reporters Without Borders Protest, China Human Rights, Media News

The world's best-known advocate of freedom of the media took its message to the heart of Beijing this morning, making a pirate broadcast on Chinese ra...

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