China Media

Bearing Witness 2.0: You Can't Spin 10,000 Tweets and Camera Phone Uploads

Arianna Huffington | Posted 08.13.2009 | Media


Arianna Huffington

When deadly riots broke out in China last week, the Chinese government sprang into message control mode. It choked off the Internet, blocked Twitter, and deleted updates and videos from social networking sites. At the same time, it invited foreign journalists to take a tour of the area. The Chinese have clearly learned the lessons of Iran. READ MORE Shattering the Right vs. Left Prism Once Again: The Wall Street Journal Goes After Goldman and the Bank Bailout Even the capitalist Bible is taking shots at Wall Street darling Goldman Sachs. We've now reached the point where the only people defending the administration's Wall Street policies are the people benefiting from them -- or their good friends, Tim Geithner and Larry Summers. READ MORE

China Uighurs Protest Coverage Shows Changes In State Media Blocks

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...

China Censorship Software Law Draws Fire At Home And Abroad

New York Times | Posted 07.11.2009 | World


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...

China Censoring Software Now Required Pre-Installed On All PCs

New York Times | Posted 07.09.2009 | World


China has issued a sweeping directive requiring all personal computers sold in the country to include sophisticated software that can filter out porno...

China Bans Foreign Financial News Services

Financial Times | Posted 06.01.2009 | World


China raised the spectre of renewed international trade friction over market access for foreign financial information providers as the government said...

China's Lively Blogosphere Has A Field Day With Shoe Throw

Times Online | Jane Macartney in Beijing | Posted 03.06.2009 | World


China's blogs were abuzz after a shoe-throwing protest at Premier Wen Jiabao in Cambridge yesterday - as state television finally showed footage of wh...

Through China's Own Voices: How People Are Feeling Now That the Party's Over

Courtney Woo | Posted 09.27.2008 | Style


Courtney Woo

Perhaps it's too early to feel melancholy; instead, China is enjoying the afterglow. It has already moved on with more experience and confidence than ever before.

The "Politics" of an Olympic Pastime: Pin Trading at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Courtney Woo | Posted 09.23.2008 | Media


Courtney Woo

Pin trading has consumed almost everyone at the Olympic Green---volunteers, managers, broadcasters, technicians and myself included. I originally resisted this Olympic pastime until I discovered its political undertones.

Despite Threats of Detention, Ticket Scalping Continues at Beijing's Subway Stations

Courtney Woo | Posted 09.22.2008 | Media


Courtney Woo

Today, dozens of scalpers stood alone or in pairs inside the underground tunnel leading out of the subway to the Olympic Green Line. Some held signs asking to buy tickets, but most were looking to sell.

Why the Big Fuss Over Food at Beijing's Concession Stands?

Courtney Woo | Posted 09.20.2008 | Living


Courtney Woo

The concession stands at Beijing's sporting venues and Olympic Green sell only pre-packaged snacks, typical American stadium fare like chicken fingers and greasy Italian sausages are nowhere to be found.

The Corporate "Green Olympics": Sponsors Use Green Messaging in Their Pavilions

Courtney Woo | Posted 09.19.2008 | Business


Courtney Woo

If Beijing were to choose a representative for its "Green Olympics," China Sinopec would win gold.

Reality Should Be Reported, Not Disregarded

Meghan Peters | Posted 09.15.2008 | Media


Meghan Peters

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.

A Snapshot of the Olympic Green 48 Hours Before the Games Begin

Courtney Woo | Posted 09.08.2008 | Media


Courtney Woo

To an impartial observer, the weeks of preparation at the Olympic Green and IBC are falling into place. Now, with two days to go, the only thing Beijing needs to hope for is good weather.

On Navigating Beijing's Tight Security: Subways, Stadiums, Medications and Tampons

Courtney Woo | Posted 09.06.2008 | Media


Courtney Woo

Security in Beijing tightens by the day as the Olympics approach. In early July, I went through zero security checkpoints a day. Today, I passed through security or had my badge checked a total of 8 times.

Marketing, Nationalism and the Olympics Launch an Era of Volunteerism in China

Courtney Woo | Posted 08.10.2008 | Media


Courtney Woo

Combine economics with national pride and a little marketing, and you have the unprecedented turn out of volunteers on display at Beijing's 2008 Summer Olympics

Reporting for Volunteer Duty at Beijing's Olympic Broadcast Tower

Courtney Woo | Posted 02.19.2009 | Media


Courtney Woo

I reported for duty at Ling Long Pagoda along with the three other UNC volunteers. Our contracts read "broadcast coordination," but we soon find our post is more accurately termed "help desk assistant."

A Media Intern Blogs Behind the Scenes at the Beijing Olympics

Courtney Woo | Posted 08.03.2008 | Media


Courtney Woo

A particularly risky move for China would be to grant hundreds of international journalism students inside access to its media operations during the Olympics -- but that's precisely what it's done.