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The Chinese State Enters Online Search

Owen Fletcher, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 16, 2010 at 10:29 am PT

Plans to build a search engine by China Mobile Communications and Xinhua News Agency mark at least the second time China’s state-run media have tried to enter the online search market. Xinhua, in a news story about itself, said Thursday it signed a framework agreement with China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile carrier by subscribers, to launch a search joint venture.

Beijing: “Google is Not God”

John Paczkowski in News on March 25, 2010 at 9:41 am PT

Google’s principled stand in China has very quickly turned into an ugly clash with the country’s government. On Wednesday, The People’s Daily, a mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, lobbed a searing editorial at the company, decrying its arrogance and accusing it of collaborating with U.S. intelligence agencies. Its title: “Google is Not God.”

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China Is Losing a War Over Internet

Loretta Chao and Jason Dean, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 31, 2009 at 11:32 am PT

These appear to be dark days for the Internet in China. Four months into a crusade against Internet pornography, the government is closing thousands of sites–some pornographic, some not–and tightening rules on who can register Web addresses inside China.

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Shutting Down Communications to Prevent More Protest

Sky Canaves, Lead Writer, China Journal, The Wall Street Journal in News on July 8, 2009 at 12:50 pm PT

The ongoing riots and protests in western China’s Xinjiang region have led to some extraordinary restrictions on communications in China: Internet service and mobile phone access around Urumqi have been curtailed, while social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Fanfou (a homegrown version of Twitter) are suddenly inaccessible to users around the country.

China to YouTube: YouBlocked

John Paczkowski in News on March 24, 2009 at 12:09 pm PT

China’s access to YouTube, which has been intermittent at best, ceased entirely late Monday, apparently choked off by the country’s legendary Internet filtering system. There’s no formal explanation yet for the block, though it may be in response to a seven-minute video posted to YouTube last week showing Chinese soldiers brutally beating Tibetans last March after the riots in Lhasa. China, after all, isn’t renowned for its tolerance of free expression or dissident speech.