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On the last working day of 2007, China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) jointly issued the Administrative Provision on Internet Audio-Visual Program Services. According to the Provision, online video business operators have to obtain programming permits from the authority or perform required procedures. Companies applying for internet audio-visual service permits must be "legal persons, fully state-owned or state ownership-controlled, with no law breaching records in the prior three years".

China's State Administration of Radio, Film, and TV (SARFT) is allowing James Bond to grace screens across China for the first time in nearly 45 years.

With all 20 previous films having been denied, Casino Royale and its new Bond will be introduced to the PRC January 30th and is sure to be a hit.

Canine cuisine is being sent to the doghouse during next month’s Beijing Olympic Games.

Dog meat has been struck from the menus of officially designated Olympic restaurants, and Beijing tourism officials are telling other outlets to discourage consumers from ordering dishes made from dogs, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.

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China on Sunday expanded massively its censorship of the flow of news from foreign sources into the country, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Probably from the beginnings of the Cold War to its end, millions of people in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe listened to the USIA´s radio flagship, the Voice of America (VoA). At least when compared to what people under direct or indirect Soviet rule...

Two Hong Kong producers are saying that mainland China needs to establish a film rating system ASAP.

If China does, moviemakers will be able to produce more good films, have more opportunities and explore ...

Shang Wenjie's selection as China's "Super Girl" was reported on SINA.

Shang had no previous voice training but majored in French at Fudan University. She won China's version of "American Idol" by ...

China's national bird selection is creating a flap with the public. It's not about the bird, but its name.

The country's State Forestry Administration (SFA) suggested the avian symbol of China should be the dandinghe in Chinese, otherwise known as the Japanese crane, but people aren't happy with its associations with Japan.