China in 2009 was the land we all hoped it would be: the enemy, the friend, the brilliant tactician, the bumbling oaf. China is such a mix of strength...
tech.yahoo.com | Posted 11.25.2009 | Technology
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...
James M. Lynch | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living
The level of compulsion for texting, instant messaging and emailing rests in the same pleasure centers of the brain as do other addictions like gambling, narcotics and alcohol.
Wall Street Journal | Posted 08.07.2009 | World
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...
AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 08.01.2009 | Media
BEIJING — In a rare reversal, China's government gave in to domestic and international pressure and backed down Tuesday from a rule that would h...
Reuters | Posted 07.23.2009 | World
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 ...
Christian Science Monitor | Posted 05.02.2009 | World
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...
Disgrasian | Posted 04.17.2009 | World
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.
Alexander Davenport | Posted 03.08.2009 | World
Seconds after Wen Jiabao, China's popular Premier, saw a Cambridge University student's shoe whiz by him, China's blogosphere exploded with opinions.
Michael A. Santoro and Wendy Goldberg | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
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.
Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 01.17.2009 | World
The Chinese government has begun blocking access to certain websites that it had previously allowed Internet users to access, reports the New York Ti...
Danwei | Posted 08.10.2008 | Media
The last two days have seen some serious complaints from the international media about China's ongoing Internet censorship, which was supposed to be s...
Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Kate Merkel-Hess | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics
Thanks largely to the Olympics, 2008 will go down in history as a turning point year for China -- or, rather, one when the country passed several milestones, including for the Chinese Internet.
Yang Jianli | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics
Since the earthquake struck, I have had one question foremost in my mind: How can we help the Chinese government do the right thing, and sure the Chinese people are not doubly victimized?
Fox News | Trish Turner | Posted 05.09.2008 | Politics
Sen. Sam Brownback says the Chinese government is pressuring U.S. hotels in Beijing to monitor their Internet traffic in the run-up to the Olympic gam...
newyorker.com | Evan Osnos | Posted 12.10.2009 | World