Blog Archives for the tag Government of the People’s Republic of China

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China Unicom, reprimanded by Govt.

China’s second largest mobile phone provider, China Unicom, has been reprimanded by the Chinese government over unfair rules introduced last month. China Unicom is the only operator authorised to sell…

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Microblog marketing taking off in China

Sites like Sina Weibo, China’s largest micro-blogging website,  have been quick to capitalize on the void left by the blocking of Twitter by the Chinese government. Projections suggest that there will…

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China loses round in Green Dam case

A California court has delivered a setback to the Chinese government and others in the legal case brought by an US company by denying a motion to have the suit…

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China stops WikiLeaks reporting

While the world’s media are afire with yesterday’s WikiLeaks data release of secret US diplomatic cables, the local media in China are strangely quiet. The reason, according to a Twitter…

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Google: China web censorship will fail

Google’s Chief Executive, Eric Schmidt has said that China’s Internet population is growing too fast for Beijing to successfully monitor and control all activity. Schmidt,  speaking at the Council on Foreign…