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BBC hits out at Chinese broadcast blocks

...and website pages. The latest satellite broadcast to be blocked by the Chinese authorities was a piece on BBC World News on Wednesday about blind... Read more

4 May, 2012

Google closes Motorola buy

...the spotlight by regulators in the EU, the US and China, with Chinese authorities the last to give Google the go-ahead on 21 May... Read more

22 May, 2012 by Ben Woods
Google-Motorola deal clears Chinese hurdle

Google-Motorola deal clears Chinese hurdle

...Chinese authorities have given the greenlight for Google to ratify its purchase of... Read more

21 May, 2012 by Kevin Kwang

China increases online surveillance and censorship

...has never appeared outwardly squeamish about adhering to the directives of the Chinese authorities. Google has been the most recalcitrant of the US web giants... Read more

7 November, 2011

Google embroiled in Kazakhstan kerfuffle

...originated in China, and a censorship-related spat between Google and the Chinese authorities last year led the search provider to temporarily redirect visitors to... Read more

8 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Home Office sets out plan to block websites

The government is considering plans for the web blocking of certain sites, such as those dedicated to Islamic fundamentalism, on state-funded networks Read more

8 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Google alleges China Gmail hack

...480,000 Trojan server IP addresses found, 221,000 were outside China. Chinese authorities found 13,782 zombie server IP addresses, with 6,531 of... Read more

2 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Rare earth embargo to set electronics prices soaring

...press agency for the People's Republic of China — reported that Chinese authorities are considering tightening pollution criteria for rare earth miners and closing... Read more

9 November, 2010

Google takes new tack in China

...the licence being renewed, saying that the paperwork was currently with the Chinese authorities. "We have to wait to learn from the [Chinese] government," said... Read more

29 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner
Before You Land in China 1.0

Before You Land in China 1.0

...rich middle class and an easing of restrictions on movement by the Chinese authorities are both fueling this travel boom. China has become one of... Read more

1 March, 2012

China will censor text messages

Chinese authorities plan to monitor text messages, adding them to a list that... Read more

22 July, 2003 by Staff

China breaks up Black Hawk hacking ring

Chinese authorities have broken a hacking-tool dissemination ring, according to state media... Read more

8 February, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Finding your way with Chinese GPS

Nature reports today that the Chinese authorities are cracking down on foreign researchers doing environmental monitoring in China... Read more

20 February, 2008

US Congress berates Yahoo in cyberdissident row

...role in disclosing former journalist and cyberdissident Shi Tao's identity to Chinese authorities. Shi Tao was arrested in November 2004 after sending a government... Read more

7 November, 2007 by Marcus Browne

Yahoo calls for help over Web censorship

The search company accused of passing information to the Chinese authorities wants the US government to help the IT industry cope with... Read more

13 February, 2006 by Tom Espiner

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