Censorship in China

24 Jan 2013

The latest group of mainlanders angered by the "great firewall" is the software-developer community, with its favourite code-sharing site, US-based GitHub, blocked since Monday.

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China censors cut 40 minutes off science fiction epic Cloud Atlas

23 Jan 2013

State media censors will edit out a hefty 35-minutes of film from German science fiction drama Cloud Atlas before its release next week, Shanghai-based Dongfang Daily reported on Wednesday.

Blocking of coding site has Chinese programmers up in arms

23 Jan 2013

Chinese censors might believe the Great Firewall is their best tool to block everything online that might threaten state security from outside. However, the wall has in fact become a powerful...

State media slams censors after Skyfall cuts

23 Jan 2013

Xinhua has published a rare admonishment of government censors for cutting and manipulating scenes in the latest James Bond movie, which hit mainland cinemas this week.

Southern Weekly agrees to autonomy deal, says censor

22 Jan 2013

Guangzhou's outspoken Southern Weekly has regained some of its editorial autonomy, according to a censor at the newspaper.

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Southern Weekly gives awards to stories scrapped by censors

The outspoken Southern Weekly honoured the five "best censored stories" of the past year at its annual meeting yesterday.

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New editor appointed at paper to calm dispute over censorship

A more open-minded editor-in-chief has stepped in to run the daily operation of Southern Weekly in the aftermath of the row between its editorial staff and propaganda officials over interference...

Rare display of mainland media defiance of censorship

For those who pinned high hopes on a new generation of Communist Party leaders, the winter of suffocating media control has come too soon.

Global Times attacked over editorial on Southern Weekly

The Global Times, a nationalist tabloid newspaper on the mainland, has come under unprecedented criticism from internet users and journalists following its publication of an editorial on Monday...

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China targets celebrities over speech freedom comments in censorship row

As Southern Weekly published its first edition yesterday following a row over editorial intervention by propaganda officials, mainland-based celebrities who showed support for the newspaper were...

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China's brave journalists stand up to censors