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People's Daily Builds 'Giant Penis' Building; Censors Block Internet Sniggering

When it comes to office buildings, does size really matter? It just might, if China's main state-run newspaper has its way. The People's Daily is used to breaking news, but...

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2 weeks 6 days ago

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Hollywood in China--What's the Price of Admission?

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Interesting dialog between Jonathan Landreth, Ying Zhu, Jeremy Goldkorn and Shai Oster, discussing Dreamworks teaming up with state-run China Film Group to make an animated film called "Tibet Code".

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Arts & Entertainment

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3 weeks 5 days ago

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China's Spielberg Calls Out Censors During Awards Ceremony

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It is ironic yet befitting. "In the past 20 years, every China director faced a great torment," said director Feng Xiaogang, who was called China's Spielberg by Newsweek, "and that...

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Beijing company seeks 'Chief Porn Identifier'

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When internet censorship company Anquan recently advertised ajob opening for 'Chief Pornographic Identification Officer' on its website, it quickly attracted the attention of bemused netizens who reposted the ad 45,595...

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Weird China News

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Ryan

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Tarantino's Django Unchained pulled from Chinese cinemas at last minute

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SARFT giveth, and SARFT taketh away. On the day that Django Unchained was supposed to hit screens across China, Quentin Tarantino's Oscar winning film was unceremoniously pulled from cinemas.

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Arts & Entertainment

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How a discussion of censorship on Sina Weibo evolved into a discussion of the limit of freedom of speech

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A seemingly pro-censorship Weibo post from Lin Miaoke, a 13-year old child star, ignited heated discussions among Chinese netizens on the limits of freedom of speech. Some even questioned whether...

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General

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1 month 3 weeks ago

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Guangdong University assembles “Internet Red Army” to monitor students’ online activites

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Guangdong Baiyun University built an “Internet Red Army” to monitor students’ activities and conversations on social media. The project was recently awarded Guangdong province’s distinguished college student management project.

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Skype's Been Hijacked in China, and Microsoft Is O.K. With It

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27-year-old computer-science graduate student at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, exposes the inner workings of Skype’s role in China’s online surveillance apparatus.

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Tech-Web

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2 months 2 weeks ago

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How To Sneak Into A Chinese Village When Police Don't Want You There

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How does a 6-foot-2 tall reporter with gray hair and blue eyes, who doesn't look remotely Chinese, sneak into a Chinese village to report a story on a rural uprising...

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BBC blocked in China just days after reporting on Chinese hackers

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The British Broadcasting Corporation may have discovered a new "red line" for the Chinese government: don't bring reporters near the Shanghai complex where China's suspected military hacking team is thought...

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