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Foreign Investment Banned in China Online Gaming

October 13, 2009

via FT.com,
Foreigners would be banned from operating online gaming within China through wholly foreign-owned investments, joint ventures or any other forms of co-operation with local companies, the country’s publishing regulator said.

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China Web Sites Seeking Users’ Names

September 6, 2009

via NYTimes.com:
News Web sites in China, complying with secret government orders, are requiring that new users log on under their true identities to post comments, a shift in policy that the country’s Internet users and media have fiercely opposed in the past.

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China’s Anti-Blogging Strategy: Tell the Truth, and Fast

July 30, 2009

via New America Media,
Xinhua published an article titled “Ten Suggestions for Local Governments on How to Respond to Internet Opinion.” In a commanding tone, the article argued that local governments should release information early, “reporting facts fast, reporting causes with caution.” Crisis management is actually “crisis communication management,” it asserted. It cites that the “open [...]

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All Personal Computers to Pre-install Blocking Software

June 9, 2009

via WSJ,
China plans to require that all personal computers sold in the country as of July 1 be shipped with software that blocks access to certain Web sites, a move that could give government censors unprecedented control over how Chinese users access the Internet.

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