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There are several recent pieces on China's internet controls that are worth reading if you haven't already looked at them. First, "How China Polices the Internet" at Financial Times, gives an interesting account of what David Bandurski has called China's... ...full story at China Beat

from China Beat on Mon, Aug 17 2009

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26 Jun 09		NY Times on Internet restrictions in China » Danwei The New York Times has published a comprehensive account of recent Chinese government meddling with the Internet, from Green Dam to Google bashing and new restrictions, issued by the Ministry of Health, on sexual health websites. Link picked...
15 Jan 09		Internet in China becomes ever more practical » People's Daily With the arrival of the 3G era, China's wireless Internet will experience explosive growth trends, according to the "23rd Statistics Report on the Condition of China's Internet Development" published by the China Internet Network Information Center...
29 Jan 07		China deletes nearly 3,000 pieces of harmful on-line information in 2006 » Xinhua China's Internet watchdog received over 140,000 complaints of harmful on-line information and ordered for the deletion of 2,745 pieces in 2006, the China Internet Association announced Monday.
20 Oct 08		China: Photographs and scanned ID cards at Internet Bar » Global Voices The Beijing government has implemented new regulations requiring all first-time visitors to any of the city’s more than 1,500 internet bars to have their pictures taken and their ID cards scanned on site. - More from David Bandurski, China Media Project.
31 Jan 07		China's Internet back to normal? » Peking Duck There was a front-page headline in China Daily yesterday proclaiming China's Internet was almost fully recovered from the havoc caused by a broken cable off the Taiwan coast. In at most two more weeks, the article said, the Internet here...

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