China Media Bulletin: Issue No. 62

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

HIGHLIGHTS

* False data hide severity of China’s economic troubles

* Forced abortion stirs netizen outcry, husband missing after interview

* Netizen sues after Bo Xilai joke costs him year in labor camp

* Hong Kong editor’s performance fuels broader press freedom concerns

* U.S. Congress considers Chinese media visa caps

China Media Bulletin: Issue No. 61

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

HIGHLIGHTS

* Media payoffs pave way for Chinese IPOs, report finds

* Apple’s digital assistant flunks tests on taboo topics

* Huawei and ZTE face bribery verdict in Algeria, inquiry by U.S.

* Beijing to fund Hollywood film featuring Chinese superhero

* Harvard study reveals censors’ focus on ‘collective action’

China Media Bulletin: Issue No. 60

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

HIGHLIGHTS

* Internet censors cast wide net on 1989 massacre anniversary

* Google informs Chinese users of blocked search terms

* China Telecom breached by hackers

* Rare petition to free Falun Gong practitioner draws harassment, arrest

* Hong Kong media offer extensive coverage of Tiananmen anniversary

China Media Bulletin: Issue No. 59

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

HIGHLIGHTS

* Censors allow greater discussion of Great Leap Forward

* State TV host’s xenophobic remarks draw backlash

* Microblog service unveils point-based self-censorship system

* In United States, Chen Guangcheng embraces open media

* ‘Men in Black 3’ censored, China tycoon buys U.S. theater chain

China Media Bulletin: Issue No. 58

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

HIGHLIGHTS

* State media fuel nationalism in China-Philippines standoff

* In online letter, party veterans urge sacking of security, propaganda officials

* Chinese state-owned paper to launch African edition

* Chinese blogger makes cross-strait comparisons after Taiwan visit

* Perry Link, Freedom House blog warn against assumptions of regime stability

China Media Bulletin: Issue No. 57

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

HIGHLIGHTS

* State media criticize U.S. role in Chen Guangcheng case

* Al-Jazeera reporter expelled, foreign journalists obstructed

* Propaganda official to head liberal media group

* Trading in People’s Daily Online shares halted after price surge

* Dismissing privacy risks, Evernote plans China data center

China Media Bulletin: Issue No. 56

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

HIGHLIGHTS

* People’s Daily leads loyalty campaign after Bo Xilai ouster

* Despite censorship, social media play critical role in Chen Guangcheng affair

* Sina reports risks of real-name registration failure

* China-Philippines naval standoff prompts hacker war

* Freedom House releases Freedom of the Press 2012

China Media Bulletin: Issue No. 55

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

HIGHLIGHTS

* State media parsed for signs of further party purges

* CCTV host off air after microblog post on tainted yogurt

* Communist Party paper’s website listed on Shanghai exchange

* China’s propaganda chief on international tour

* SEC probing Hollywood’s China deals for possible bribery

China Media Bulletin: Issue No. 54

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

HIGHLIGHTS

* State media push anticorruption line in Bo Xilai case

* Unexplained outage briefly severs China from global internet

* To curb online discussion of Bo Xilai, censors ban ‘tomato’

* Activist warns of mounting China-Africa media ties

* Next ‘Iron Man’ film to be a Chinese coproduction

China Media Bulletin: Issue No. 53

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

HIGHLIGHTS

* State media break silence on Bo Xilai fate

* Microblog comments suspended to allow rumor ‘cleansing’

* Ai Weiwei video project forced offline

* Police notice warns of torture for Tibetan separatist speech

* Hackers strike Chinese government sites

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China Media Bulletin: Issue No. 62