Persistent Censorship In China Produces Art of Compromise
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BEIJING -- Yan Lianke, one of China's most popular contemporary novelists, is busy composing a new book, using his trusty pen to scratch out line after line of Chinese characters for what promises to be another biting satire of life under the Communist Party.
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The great firewall of China often fails to block banned words finds a US study of its effectiveness.
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"Lost in Beijing" might have  the Chinese censors trying to wield their scissors, but Li Yu's  muddled sex drama is unlikely to cause an uproar, or make much  of a stir, anywhere else.
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Just in time for Halloween, Google&#39;s YouTube became available again in China Wednesday, two weeks after it was blocked.Although Chinese Internet regulators don&#39;t comment on why sites are blocked,&#160;YouTube&#39;s blocking&#160;seemed to be tied one or two events: the 17th Communist Party Congress, the Chinese Communist Party&#39;s most important meeting, held every five years; and the launching of YouTube&#39;s traditional language site in Taiwan, both during the same week in the middle of this month. The YouTube Taiwan site is also available in China.However, while YouTube can be viewed again, Blogspot is once again unavailable, one of several sites that see-saw between being allowed or prohibited. Although attempts to reach Blogspot&#39;s homepage rerouted to Blogger.com&#39;s simplified Chinese homepage, neither Blogspot owner Google&#39;s official blog nor the infamous Chinabounder blog -- which features the sexual exploits and political rantings of a foreign English teacher in Shanghai -- could be reached.Blocked throughout the recent changes&#160;is the English-language site of Wikipedia. Its Chinese-language site is&#160;almost always unavailable&#160;here.China regularly blocks access to Web sites that it finds objectionable, including those dealing with politically sensitive subjects such as the Falun Gong religious cult and independence for Taiwan and Tibet, along with some pornographic sites.&#160;
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China has released new rules governing the domestic distribution of news content by international media organisations, further beefing up state control of the press.
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China's gleaming skyscrapers and big Olympic plans hide the realities of political oppression. Take the case of Chen Guangcheng
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  Beijing, 17 December: China's army of Internet users and operators are beginning to question the practicality and purpose of new controls on network - mostly on-line - music.
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While much ire in the fight against net censorship and free speech restrictions falls squarely at the feet of the Chinese government, a new law in Zimbabwe should raise some eyebrows.
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The Chinese author of a book about long-dead Peking Opera stars has become the latest challenger to the ruling Communist Party's censors, daring them on Friday to explain their secretive ways before the law.
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China is debating whether to relax control of the Internet during the Olympics, allowing access to banned websites such as the BBC, a spokeswoman for the organising committee said Tuesday.
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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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China backs down from a censorship plan that required people to register on blog sites with their real names.
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New rules imposed by the Chinese government indicates that authorities are not loosening their grip on bloggers, something they indicated they might do.
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Amnesty International has warned the growing popularity of China's form of online censorship could prove harmful to free speech rights on the Internet.
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Comment is free: Xinran: The controversy over the posting of explicit images of celebrities reflects the resilience of old taboos outside the big cities
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China will intensify controls of the  growing numbers of bloggers using the Internet to lay bare  their thoughts, politics and even bodies, the country&#39;s chief  censor has announced.
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In an obvious effort to keep its citizens from seeing content that it hasn't already pre-approved, the Chinese government is about to block video sites it doesn't control.