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China internet censorship
Father of China’s ‘Fifty-Cent Army’ Admits to Corruption Charges
Corruption is not the most serious offence he committed when in office.
Chinese Military Recruit College Students as Propagandists
Chinese regime spends billions of dollars every year on maintaining social stability.
Chinese Internet Users Mock Beijing’s New Citizens Censors
Public security bureau in Beijing introduced new citizen group to stifle online freedom of speech.
China’s Main Anti-American Writer Just Got a Promotion
Zhou Xiaoping, a popular Chinese blogger known for being critical of the United States, now heads what some believe to be a regime propaganda body.
China’s Notorious ‘Fifty Cent Party’ Is Given New Proportions
China’s Communist Youth League reportedly oversees 10 million online propagandists, many of them young people attending school.
China’s Internet Users Hail Google for Banishing Chinese Security Certificates
Google bans the certificates issued by the China Internet Network Information Center.
Hollywood Studios Suing China’s Xunlei for Breaking Anti-Piracy Deal
One of China’s top Internet companies, Xunlei, also runs one of its top tools for downloading pirated films. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is now suing Xunlei for violating an anti-piracy deal they signed in June 2014.
China Says It Will Force Internet Users to Register Their Names
China is going to “thoroughly implement” a long-discussed real name registration system on the Internet in 2015, signaling the latest attempt by the authorities to further rein in the free-flowing medium that so often makes the regime the butt of its jokes.
Member of Chinese Business Elite Calls for an End to Internet Blockade
Well known Chinese real estate mogul Pan Shiyi calls for an end to China’s Internet censorship.
