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4 March 2011

China: Tracking mobile users' movement

Written by Oiwan Lam · Advocacy

According to Beijing Morning Post on March 2 2011, China Mobile Beijing would turn 17 million mobile phone into monitoring devices. The monitoring system could detect the population flow 24...

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9 February 2011

China: Censorship instructions in January 2011

Written by Oiwan Lam · regulation

In China, censorship instructions are issued by a number of government and CCP authorities. The China Digital Times has translated a number of censorship instructions issued in January 2011 to...

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30 January 2011

China: Bridging news on Egypt

Written by Oiwan Lam · Feature

On 28 of January, when commenting on the political situation in Egypt, the spoke person from Chinese foreign ministry stated that the Chinese government will continue to support the Egyptian...

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27 January 2011

China: Censorship pressure from the private sector

Written by Oiwan Lam · Feature

It is well known that online content providers in China have to follow censorship instructions from various government authorities. However, with the rise of private public relation company, there is...

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14 January 2011

China: A man arrested for micro-blogging about Taxi driver strike

Written by Oiwan Lam · Arrest and Harassment

According to NDdaily, a man, known as Mr. Zhou, was arrested for micro-blogging a Taxi driver strike at Xianning city in Hubei province on December 19, 2010 under the charge...

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5 January 2011

China: An alleged list of banned SMS terms

Written by Oiwan Lam · Feature

Elaine Chow from Shanghaiist reports on an alleged list of banned SMS by major mobile companies in China in 2010. The documents, distributed by @zuola via Twitter, are claimed to...

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4 January 2011

Taiwan restricting the press?

Written by Bhumika Ghimire · law

Reports suggest Taiwan is restricting the press and Freedom House has downgraded the island nation in its annual global free press report. According to The Christian Science Monitor, “Freedom of speech and...

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