Stories about China from April, 2009
Info-Rhizome: Report on Independent Media in the Chinese-speaking World
I have just announced the launching of Info-Rhizome: Report on Independent Media in the Chinese-speaking World at interlocals.net. Individual can download free copy from here. The book is consisted of...
China: Free Wu Baoquan
Soon after Wang Shuai's defamation case spread widely via media report and got strong public support, the Henan province police apologized to Wang and he was given a symbolic compensation...
China: Netizen jailed for 8 days for mocking local government
A 24 year-old netizen Wang Shuai was jailed for 8 days for posting pictures that mocked at illegal land requisition in Henan Ningbao county in 6 March. Latest update on...
Boycotting Ultraman and SARFT's regulations taking effect
Last week, the State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT)'s latest regulations demanded that “all movies, T.V soap opera, animation, video documentary could not be uploaded to the Internet...
China: Tightening control over Internet audio-visual content
Although Youtube has been unblocked, the China administration is determined to control audio and video content circulated in the Internet. On March 30, the State Administration of Radio Film and...
