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  • August 2008

    • China Lowers Internet Firewall

      Time  |  Aug 1, 08 8:22 PM CDT

      China Lowers Internet Firewall

      (Newser) - Facing pressure from the Olympics, Beijing lowered its so-called Great Firewall today to allow access to some news and human rights websites, Time reports. But other sites—like those supporting Tibetan independence or the outlawed spiritual group Falun Gong—remain off-limits in China. And "everyone knows that the minute the circus is over, the walls will be put straight up again," one Chinese scholar said. More »

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      China  • Internet  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Great Firewall of China  • reporter conflict

  • April 2008

    • China Wikipedia Access Not So Impressive

      Ars Technica  |  Apr 7, 08 1:55 PM CDT

      China Wikipedia Access Not So Impressive

      (Newser) - It's good for Chinese Internet users that the government has lifted bans on Wikipedia and Blogspot, but the move isn't the great breakthrough it may seem to be. If the policy change was intended to fulfill requests from the International Olympic Committee for an open internet, it falls well short of any actual freedom of information, writes Jacqui Cheng for Ars Technica. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Tibet  • Wikipedia  • International Olympic Committee  • Internet censorship  • Great Firewall of China

    • Chinese Get No Independent News on Tibet

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Apr 2, 08 1:46 PM CDT

      Chinese Get No Independent News on Tibet

      (Newser) - China's media outlets have been getting their information about the recent unrest in Tibet solely from the state-controlled news agency, Xinhua. As a result, most Chinese citizens are buying the government's handling of what has been portrayed as mob violence plotted from abroad—when it's been covered at all, the Christian Science Monitor reports. More »

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      China  • Tibet  • censorship  • media coverage  • Xinhua  • Great Firewall of China

  • February 2008

    • EU May Name Censorship a Trade Barrier

      Ars Technica  |  Feb 28, 08 2:33 PM CST

      EU May Name Censorship a Trade Barrier

      (Newser) - The EU is out to hack down the Great Firewall of China, Ars Technica reports. A new proposal would classify the web censorship China and other oppressive regimes employ as a trade barrier, an approach its creator calls “unusual, but effective.” The measure already sailed through the European Parliament 571-38, and now awaits European Council confirmation. More »

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      China  • European Union  • censorship  • trade  • web traffic  • Internet censorship  • European Parliament  • Great Firewall of China  • web censorship

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