China’s movie fans were thrilled and baffled after finding out on Wednesday that popular movie website IMDB (Internet Movie Database) had been unblocked by censors - an unexpected move many...
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Anticensorship campaigners have called on Iceland to ditch its proposals to ban pornography online and in print, labelling the plans "an affront to the basic principles of society".
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On Friday, the first day of the Chinese New Year, University principal Fang Binxing posted a greeting on weibo saying, “All the best to you in the year of the snake” and a poem praising his...
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China's ambassador to the UK defended the country's internet crackdowns on Friday during an interview with the BBC. He also denied that it was difficult for Chinese bloggers to publish their...
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China looks poised to launch another crackdown on its social networks after two newspapers carried editorials defending restrictions on the internet.
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