China unveils curbs on foreign news distribution
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China announced rules on Sunday   requiring foreign media to seek approval from its state news   agency to distribute news, pictures and graphics domestically,   and warned against reports that "endanger national security."
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BEIJING, Sept. 12 -- Journalism and human rights groups on Tuesday blasted China's efforts to further control the distribution of news and financial information by foreign news agencies, saying revised regulations showed that the government was tightening censorship.
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International rights groups denounced   new Chinese curbs on the dissemination of foreign news as a   step backward ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when   thousands of journalists will descend on the country's capital.
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The move is expected to dampen prospects for a long list of companies that have focused on taking advantage of the Chinese market.
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China is tightening controls on its booming online game industry, requiring distributors to closely monitor game contents after some were found that included forbidden religious or political material, a state news agency said Tuesday.
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Reporters Without Borders said in its annual report on press freedoms that conditions for the news media and for journalists had deteriorated in China.
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China's new rules on online video and  audio content banning violent, pornographic and fake material  are aimed at promoting the Internet's "healthy" development,  according to a government statement.
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China will allow only state-run Web sites to broadcast video or radio through the Internet, tightening the governmentâs regulatory grip over the media content offered there.
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China relaxes rules for foreign journalists ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, allowing them more reporting freedom.
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The Internet, mobile phones and other new technologies are making it harder for China&#39;s communist rulers to block negative news, a top government official said in comments published Monday.
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Press freedom groups voice dismay at moves by China to increase restrictions on foreign news agencies.
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China is extending a ban that virtually locks out all foreign cartoons from airing between 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. in a bid to protect its fledgling domestic cartoon industry
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Beijing authorities extend broadcast restrictions on foreign-made cartoons
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Days after banning &quot;sexually provocative sounds&quot; on television, China has now stopped networks showing &quot;saucy&quot; adverts for push-up bras and figure-hugging underwear ahead of a major Communist Party meeting next month.
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HONG KONG -- China has decided to restrict the broadcasting of Internet videos _ including those posted on video-sharing Web sites _ to sites run by state-controlled companies and require providers to report questionable content to the government.
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China announced rules on Sunday  requiring foreign media to seek approval from its state news  agency to distribute news, pictures and graphics domestically,  and warned against reports that "endanger national security."
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  Beijing, Feb.