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China clarifies online-video ruling
News Chinese authorities have clarified the new regulations for online audio and video services originally announced at the end of December 2007. The recent clarification by the Chinese government, added Sreenivasan, is a signal that the authorities do...
[February 7, 2008, 10:50]
China web clampdown ahead of anniversary
News The Chinese authorities have tightened internet censorship ahead of Thursday's 60th anniversary of communist rule, according to reports. What the authorities are trying to portray as a big celebration is turning into a major headache for internet...
[October 1, 2009, 16:18]
Microsoft censors Chinese blogger
News She claimed the blog was actively removed by MSN staff rather than being blocked by Chinese authorities. In September last year, Yahoo was heavily criticised when it emerged that the portal company had provided information to Chinese authorities...
[January 4, 2006, 13:30]
China cracks down with 'swipe and surf' policy
News As further testament to the Chinese mainland's hard-line Internet control tactics, a Chinese province now requires cybercafe users to purchase identity cards which allow authorities to track their online activities.
[November 6, 2002, 10:39]
Yahoo's founder responds to China criticism
News Yahoo has been accused of providing evidence to Chinese authorities that led to the imprisonment of two It will be interesting to see how the Chinese authorities react when the 110 million Internet users there start building home pages and blogs as...
[March 9, 2006, 15:35]
China opens up to e-tail
News As such, Jennie-Marie Idler, European general manager of NeuStar Registry Services, which has partnered with the Chinese authorities to handle the registration process, told silicon.com that her company is expecting huge demand for the domains.
[March 11, 2003, 9:03]
Amnesty: ISPs must protect free speech
News Hancock also criticised "companies like Google, Microsoft and Yahoo [that] continue to do the bidding of the Chinese authorities and deny people in China their basic rights to freedom of expression and information — by censoring search results...
[February 19, 2007, 12:15]
Amnesty condemns tech firms over human rights
News Cisco and Sun Microsystems have reportedly cooperated closely with the Chinese authorities in building monitoring and filtering technology, to provide hardware used by the Chinese government which results in Chinese users not being able to access...
[June 1, 2006, 15:30]
Internet companies 'must respect free speech'
News More recently, according to Reporters without Borders, Yahoo had cooperated with Chinese authorities to identify and convict a pro-human rights journalist in China.In 2004, Reporters without borders criticised both Yahoo and Google for complicity...
[January 10, 2006, 16:25]
Google bows to Chinese censorship
News Google said on Tuesday it would launch versions of its search and news Web sites in China that censor material deemed objectionable to authorities there, reasoning that users getting limited access to content was better than none.
[January 25, 2006, 7:25]
Yahoo calls for 'effective' cybercrime laws
News We feel horrible about the political arrests of Internet users in China, but we believe it's better to be there and cooperate with the authorities than not be there.said Pembrooke. By cooperating with the authorities we can improve people's lives.
[March 31, 2006, 15:35]
Chinese whispers across London airwaves
Blog WCDMA has much better encryption and you can be sure the Chinese authorities will want to be able to intercept calls. What to make of a rumour alluded to by mobile phone industry watcher Cat Keynes, who at the bottom of a posting about Chinese 3G...
[January 21, 2009, 18:02]
Shanghai targets Internet-based economy by 2010
News Most of the country's high-tech is in manufacturing hardware, not software, and authorities have installed one of the strictest Internet filters in the world. The eight-year roadmap for the city's high-tech future was recently laid out by city...
[August 4, 2003, 9:25]
Finding your way with Chinese GPS
Blog Nature reports today that the Chinese authorities are cracking down on foreign researchers doing environmental monitoring in China. In short - you do it with permission, with a Chinese partner and to the benefit of the Chinese state, or you don't...
[February 20, 2008, 20:05]
Protectionism catching on in China?
Talkback This looks like a case of protectionism by the Chinese authorities, i see no other reason why they'd block the investment: it's a 1% stake, hardly a controlling stake, also this is an electronics company; not of strategic importance as i imagine...
[January 1, 2008, 20:39]
US Congress berates Yahoo in cyberdissident row
News Yahoo's chief executive Jerry Yang and executive vice president Michael Callahan faced a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing in Washington yesterday over providing misleading information to Congress last year as part of an investigation...
[November 7, 2007, 8:32]
Google bows to Chinese censorship
Talkback Censorship and oppression are Chinese exports we can definitely do without, and although Google's actions do not affect us directly here in the UK, I believe it is important for us all to show the Chinese authorities that their standards in this...
[February 2, 2006, 18:43]
Amnesty slams IT giants for Chinese 'hypocrisy'
News But its Yahoo.cn operation has co-operated with Chinese authorities and filters its Chinese search results. The Amnesty International report (click for PDF) includes no new information about the companies' co-operation with the Chinese Government...
[July 20, 2006, 17:40]
Did Chinese install spyware on Indian government computers?
Blog There has been speculation that this spyware attack may be linked to China, however it's important to realise that even if Chinese servers are involved that they may not necessarily be under the control of the Chinese authorities.
[February 16, 2009, 13:44]
China clamps down on Internet cafes to protect 'mental health'
News Maintaining its iron-clad stance on information censorship, Chinese authorities have now banned Internet cafes from sprouting up near residences and schools. The latest move further illustrates the paradox confronting the Chinese government.
[March 25, 2004, 7:55]
