Freedom House’s biweekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People’s Republic of China



HIGHLIGHTS

* Party outlets reject constitutionalism amid ideological clampdown

* Online censors seen testing new tactics before Tiananmen anniversary

* Officials’ evolving responses to pollution protests play out online and off

* Little progress on cybersecurity, human rights at Obama-Xi summit

* Chinese diplomats harass French journalist, TV station after Tibet report

 

Freedom House’s biweekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People’s Republic of China



HIGHLIGHTS

* New party directives call for more rigid ideological controls

* Official investigated for misdeeds after reporter’s online exposé

* Magazine production halted after labor camp revelations

* Protest over migrant worker’s death spurs online censorship

* Chinese netizens flood White House petition site

Freedom House’s biweekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People’s Republic of China



HIGHLIGHTS

* State media tripped up by tale of Xi Jinping cab ride

* Netizens, internet firms respond to Sichuan earthquake

* State seeks netizen tips on corruption, arrests anticorruption activists

* Apple removes app with banned books on Tibet and Xinjiang

* China-based hacking continues as U.S. weighs stronger response

Freedom House’s biweekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People’s Republic of China



HIGHLIGHTS

* New rules restrict journalists’ use of microblogs, foreign sources

* Daring exposé on labor camp spurs outcry before censors descend

* Netizens and censors grapple with bird flu outbreak

* Netizen anger staves off fees for free service WeChat

* China release of ‘Django Unchained’ quashed without explanation

Freedom House’s biweekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People’s Republic of China



HIGHLIGHTS

* Editors sacked over North Korea, Taiwan articles

* Apple apologizes to blunt a coordinated attack in state media

* New surveillance ‘grid’ imposed on Tibet, activist released from prison

* Hollywood alters zombie, superhero films for China release

* Sale of Next Media’s Taiwan outlets falls through

Freedom House’s biweekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People’s Republic of China



HIGHLIGHTS

* As new premier urges media scrutiny, censorship continues

* Netizens mock presidential ‘election,’ lone dissenting vote

* CCTV accused of fabricating anti-Apple microblog posts

* Mobile phones screened in Tibet, patriotic singer imprisoned

* Confucius Institutes plan further global expansion

Freedom House’s biweekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People’s Republic of China.

HIGHLIGHTS

* Dissidents confined before Congress session

* Top investigative reporter forced to quit ‘Economic Observer’

* Tech company leaders join legislative, advisory bodies

* Official report says Google improperly dominates smartphone market

* Zambia reportedly seeks Chinese help on internet surveillance

Freedom House’s biweekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People’s Republic of China.



HIGHLIGHTS

* Key bloggers barred from social media after ‘sensitive’ remarks

* Investigative report describes illegal web-deletion business

* Short-lived ‘fan club’ blog belies Xi’s call for public critique of party

* Report traces U.S. cyberattacks to Shanghai military unit

* Taiwan regulator rejects cable merger, proposes antimonopoly rules

Freedom House’s biweekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People’s Republic of China



HIGHLIGHTS

* State media grapple with skepticism over economic data

* Regulator bans TV ads for luxury ‘gifts’

* ‘Surveillance state’ breeds distrust in Chinese society

* Uighur scholar barred from leaving for U.S.

* More U.S. news outlets report China-based hacking

Freedom House’s weekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People’s Republic of China



HIGHLIGHTS

* As media tout Xi’s focus on ethics, leak shows hard line on regime security

* Journalists respond to false rumor of Bo Xilai trial

* Qihoo hit by competition warning, removal from iTunes store

* Netizens petition U.S. to bar entry for China firewall creators

* Hong Kong journalists organize to block corporate privacy bill