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China's Internet Censorship Gets "Worse And Worse" Ahead Of 60th Anniversary

tech.yahoo.com | Posted 11.25.2009 | Technology

Read More: China Internet, China Internet Blocks, Great Firewall, China National Day, China Internet Access, China Twitter, China 60th Anniversary, China, Technology News

The heightened security comes ahead of a massive military parade Beijing will hold in the heart of the city next week to celebrate China's 60th annive...

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Chinese Digital Lives: A Parallel Universe of Ambitious Release

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

Read More: Chinese Brands, China Internet, China Digital Scene, Nike, New Generation Chinese, Chinese Culture, Chinese Mobile Phones, China, Chinese Youth, China Bloggers, Chinese Psychology, World News
Tom Doctoroff

Cyber space is a chance to have a second life. It is a fantasy-driven virtual journey, albeit one that mirrors real world aspirations of "standing out while fitting in."

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Chinese Internet Addict Beaten To Death

Telegraph | Malcolm Moore | Posted 09.04.2009 | World

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Three supervisors who were trying to cure Deng Senshan of his compulsive computer use have been arrested after he died on Sunday....

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Thoughts on Facebook from China

Olivia Sterns | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

Read More: Google, China Internet, Internet, Baidu.com, Beijing, China Media Censorship, Internet Censorship, Baidu, China Media Internet Censorship, China, Shanghai, World News
Olivia Sterns

It's not news that the Chinese government actively works to prevent the free flow of information, but what I did find surprising were the mixed emotions about it amongst the Chinese I met.

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China Uighurs Protest Coverage Shows Changes In State Media Blocks

Wall Street Journal | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

Read More: China Uighurs, China Internet, Twitter, China Twitter, China Uighur Protests, China Media, Xinjiang Province, Foreign Affairs, China Media Censorship, Uighur, China Internet Access, China Media Internet Censorship, Xinjiang, China, Uighurs, Advocacy, World News

News of Sunday's riots in Urumqi, the capital of China's far west Xinjiang region spread quickly on the Internet, where users posted amateur photos an...

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Internet Down In Chinese Riot City

Reuters | Posted 08.06.2009 | Media

Read More: China Internet, China, Urumqi, ÜRüMqi-China, Media News

Internet users have not been able to go online in Urumqi, the northwestern Chinese city hit by ethnic violence that killed at least 140 people, reside...

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China Accuses Google Of Spreading Pornography

AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 07.26.2009 | Media

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BEIJING — China accused Google Inc. on Thursday of spreading pornography after Chinese users were unable to connect to the search giant's Web si...

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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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US Makes Official Complaint To China Over Internet Censorship

Financial Times | Posted 07.23.2009 | Media

Read More: China Internet, Beijing Internet Censorship, China Internet Censorship, China, Internet Censorship, Media News

The US has complained officially to China over its strict new internet censorship rules as tension builds over an issue causing consternation among in...

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Beijing Hiring Army Of Internet Censors

Financial Times | Posted 07.19.2009 | Media

Read More: China Internet, Internet Censorship, Beijing, Media News

The city of Beijing is planning to hire thousands of internet censors in a fresh sign of the authorities' attempts to tighten their grip on cyberspace...

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China Blocks YouTube, Again

Christian Science Monitor | Posted 05.02.2009 | World

Read More: China Internet, China YouTube, Foreign Affairs, China Internet Access, Youtube, China Blocks Youtube, China, Advocacy, World News

The Internet is justly said to be the freest space available for self expression in China. Yet a report (PDF) released Wednesday finds the Chinese In...

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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
Alexander Davenport

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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World Online Survey: Chinese Spend Most Time Online, Americans Come In Fifth

BBC NEWS | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

Read More: Leisure Time Online, Chinese Internet Users, Chinese Blogs, World Online Survey, China Internet, Technology, Online Survey, American Internet Users, World News

A survey of more than 27,000 web users in 16 countries has shown that the Chinese spend the largest fraction of their leisure time online. However,...

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US Internet Companies Agree On Code Of Conduct For Repressive Regimes

Los Angeles Times | Jim Puzzanghera | Posted 08.13.2008 | Media

Read More: China Internet, Internet Companies, Media News

It's been a journey longer than the meandering, months-long trip the Olympic torch is taking to Friday's opening ceremonies in Beijing. But Google, Ya...

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