General Administration of Press and Publication

11 Mar 2013

The proposal, made yesterday for consideration by the National People's Congress, would see the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) combine with the General Administration...

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Crackdown on use of online news sources

11 Nov 2011

The central government is tightening rules on journalists, saying it is part of a campaign to curb fake news, but journalists say it is another move to step up censorship.

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Media regulator comes to rescue of press

28 Jun 2011

China's media supervision body yesterday rejected the recent suggestion by the Health Ministry to blacklist journalists who were found to have written incorrect reports.

1:35PM

Publications to become businesses

10 May 2011

The mainland has launched a nationwide campaign to transform more than 6,000 non-political newspapers and periodicals - all except the main party publications - into enterprises by the end of this...

9:40AM

State voices support for media rights after attacks

2 Aug 2010

The mainland's media watchdog has said reporters' rights to 'exercise checks and balances' in public matters must be protected - a stance that analysts say might produce an environment for a...

11:43AM

Former Caijing chief to start business magazine

3 Dec 2009

The former editor of Caijing magazine, Hu Shuli, and her team are poised to launch a weekly business magazine.

6:27AM

Opinion

Hari Kumar

Workers pay the price for our bargains

5:20AM

Howard Winn

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

3:47AM

online games

Reading comprehension

Read the questions carefully and select the correct answer(s)

1 Who ordered the shutdown of World of Warcraft service on the mainland?

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7:03PM

Nationwide blitz on unauthorised Net games planned

Beijing will launch a nationwide crackdown by the end of the year to identify and remove unauthorised internet games, state media reported yesterday.

7:57AM

Beijing silences violent Net games

For mainland gangsters in Omerta, the world's biggest online mafia game, the coming national holiday seemed an ideal time for a crime spree.

6:18AM

Print media dinosaurs threatened with extinction as they become a financial burden

Newspapers affiliated with central government agencies and powerful industry associations were not only mouthpieces for the authorities, but also cash cows under the command economy.

6:18AM

Reforms legalise thriving private publishing houses

The flourishing world of private publishing houses has for the first time become legal on the mainland, under regulatory guidelines for industry-wide reforms.

7:35AM

Work safety bureau took hush money over pit death

The State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS) is bearing the brunt of criticism after an investigation showed that a Shanxi coal mine at the centre of a hush money scandal also paid a SAWS...

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