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Great Firewall of China stories: 13 news summaries

 Obama: I Don't Really Do Twitter 

But the president wants the Chinese to be able to

Nov 16, 09 1:34 PM CST
(Newser) - If you’re one of Barack Obama’s 2.6 million Twitter followers, you’ve been suckered—the president says he’s never sent a tweet in his life. In a Q&A session in Shanghai, Obama was asked what he thought of China’s restriction of Twitter. “I... More »

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(AP) - China is postponing enforcement of a new rule mandating that all new computers be sold with filtering software. The rule was to go into effect tomorrow, but the official Xinhua News Agency said in a brief report today that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology had decided to delay... More »

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China • censorship • Internet filtering • Internet censorship • Great Firewall of China

 Tiananmen Sweeps Twitter 
 as Chinese Thwart Ban 

'Tiananmen' becomes one of site's most-discussed topics as users turn to proxies

Jun 10, 09 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - China's blocking of Twitter ahead of the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre last week didn't foil the country's computer-savvy youth for very long, the BBC reports. Users swiftly shared information about visiting the site through proxies or software applications, and the subsequent twittering made Tiananmen one of Twitter's most-discussed... More »

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China • social networking • Tiananmen Square • web censorship • Great Firewall of China • Twitter

China Orders PC Makers
to Bundle Web Filters

Newly required software strengthens Beijing's controls on Internet

Jun 8, 09 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Starting next month all computers in China must ship with software to block certain websites, the Wall Street Journal reports. The government says the move is to block "harmful" content such as pornography from young web surfers, but it could also be used to filter politically sensitive material. The... More »

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China • Internet • censorship • PCs • computer • Internet censorship • Great Firewall of China

 20 Years On, 
 Chinese Youth 
 Forget Tiananmen 

Democracy recedes for today's student generation

May 22, 09 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's now been 20 years since the Chinese army rolled into Tiananmen Square, killing hundreds of students in the final push to put down a growing democracy movement. Beijing is anxious as the June 4 anniversary of the massacre approaches; Google "Tiananmen" in Beijing and you'll likely find pages... More »

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China • censorship • Beijing • Tiananmen Square • massacre • Great Firewall of China • apathy • Jay-ZTV

China Reportedly Blocks YouTube

Tibet-related videos bring Great Firewall down on video site

Mar 24, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - YouTube is suddenly inaccessible for most of China, the BBC reports. Chinese censors have reportedly blocked the site after finding videos of soldiers beating Tibetans, including monks. China wouldn’t confirm whether or not the site was blocked, saying only that it “is not afraid of the internet.”... More »

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China • YouTube • censorship • Tibet • Internet censorship • Great Firewall of China

China Lashes Out at Search Engines Over Porn

Tries to crackdown on 'vulgar' content

Jan 5, 09 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - China is accusing Google, local rival Baidu, and other top search engines and Web portals of threatening public morals by linking to porn and other “vulgar” content, the Financial Times reports. Such Web censorship campaigns aren’t uncommon in China, but this is the first time it’s... More »

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China • Google • search engine • Baidu • Internet censorship • Great Firewall of China

 China Cracks Down 
 on Internet Cafes 

Users must be photographed for national database of Web surfers

Oct 17, 08 6:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - China has resumed a strict crackdown on Internet users less than two months after the Olympic Games, ending the more relaxed regulations that accompanied the international spotlight, reports the Times of London. All visitors to Internet cafes in Beijing will be required to have their photograph taken, reports the Times... More »

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China • Internet • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Internet cafes • Internet censorship • Great Firewall of China

GLOSSIES

China's Great, Baffling Failure: Public Relations

Beijing completely misses 'crass value of cultivating the press'

Oct 16, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s no secret that China is moving into position as a global superpower, writes James Fallows in the Atlantic, and this only further highlights its leaders’ baffling inability to understand how the country is viewed from the outside—and how to change those opinions for the better. Officials just... More »

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China • free speech • censorship • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Hu Jintao • Internet censorship • Great Firewall of China • Chinese Communist party

 China Lowers Internet Firewall

Beijing allows access to certain sites to appease Olympics

Aug 1, 08 8:22 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

OPINION

China Wikipedia Access Not So Impressive

Recent move isn't enough to meet IOC's request for openness

Apr 7, 08 1:55 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Chinese Get No Independent News on Tibet

Official story of foreign-incited riots is playing well at home

Apr 2, 08 1:46 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

EU May Name Censorship a Trade Barrier

Measure takes aim at the 'Great Firewall
of China'; would inject web into trade talks

Feb 28, 08 2:33 PM CST
(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... More »

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

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