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Censorship Forecast in Beijing
On March 15 Sky TV news correspondent Mark Stone was detained on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square while doing a live broadcast.
Cyber Cop Celebrates Cyber Monday (Illustration)
In this latest installment of Cyber Cop, through a misunderstanding the Chinese regime internet policeman is ecstatic about the coming of Cyber Monday.
There’s a Partyline App For That! (Illustration)
What might the Chinese Communist Party’s “Great, Glorious, and Always Correct Mother Nation Harmony First” smartphone map app look like?
Gu’s Iceberg (Illustration)
Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced former politburo member Bo Xilai, was recently found guilty in the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood.
Virtual Reality of Chinese Internet Cop Pt. 4: History Crasher (Illustration)
What would happen if one of China’s 40,000 Internet Police carried out his virtual duties in the real world?
Zhou Yongkang’s War Room (Illustration)
Zhou Yongkang sits in the “war room” pondering his own demise, and that of his comrades who orchestrated the persecution of Falun Gong. Now that he is being investigated, he engages his onetime boss and chief persecutor—Jiang Zemin. Yet, there’s a snag in the plan...
Virtual Reality of a Chinese Internet Cop Pt. 3: Bridge Over Troubled Routers (Illustration)
What would happen if one of China’s 40,000 Internet Police carried out his virtual duties in the real world?
Chen’s ‘Protector’ (Illustration)
Will Chen Guangcheng really be safe and have guaranteed free passage out of China with his family, considering how the Chinese regime has treated him over the past eight years?
Virtual Reality of a Chinese Internet Cop Pt. 2: Policing the Playgrounds (Illustration)
What would happen if one of China’s 40,000 Internet Police carried out his virtual duties in the real world? What if he was so plugged into his role of “purifying” the Internet, that he couldn’t help but act out those responsibilities in his daily life?
Virtual Reality of a Chinese Internet Cop Pt. 1: Blind Date (Illustration)
What would happen if one of China’s 40,000 Internet Police carried out his virtual duties in the real world? What if he was so plugged into his role of “purifying” the Internet, that he couldn’t help but act out those responsibilities in his daily life?
The Fight For Information Control: Bo’s Baidu ‘Bat’ and Zhou’s Google Hack (Illustration)
Illustration: Bo Xilai using the “Baidu Bat” to damage Xi Jinping’s reputation.
Zhou and Bo Hiring: Scapegoat Wanted (Illustration)
Illustration: Zhou Yongkang is next on the Chinese regime’s purge list, following Bo Xilai. Unless Zhou can find a scapegoat, he'll be bearing full responsibility for his crimes ... and the pair are keen on finding scapegoats.
Bo Xilai Scandal: The Elephant In The Room (Illustration)
Bo Xilai was considered a rising star and possible future leader of the Chinese Communist Party before he was recently purged by his cronies. But when considering Bo’s case, there’s an elephant in the room: his being sued for torture and crimes against humanity in 13 countries.
China’s Battle for the Internet: Whack-a-Mole Times 1.3 Billion (Illustration)
Whack-a-Mole Times 1.3 Billion: The Chinese regime is being forced to stretch ever further in its efforts to keep critical information away from the eyes of the Chinese viewing public.
Zhou Yongkang, Bo Xilai, and Wang Lijun Walk the Plank (Illustration)
Illustration: In the Chinese Communist Party’s current power struggle, Hu Jintao’s faction of the Chinese Communist Party appears to be ousting some of the most bloodthirsty cadres of Jiang Zemin’s group: Wang Lijun, Bo Xilai, and, according to rumours, Zhou Yongkang.
The Modern ‘Games’ of China (Illustration)
The Beijing Olympics are four years gone, yet a variety of curious ‘games’ continue to play out in China with an array of characters including regime heavies Zhou Yongkang and Bo Xilai. Here we explore some of them.