Tensions rise as Bejing halts military exchange with WashingtonChina and the US are set for renewed confrontation after Beijing warned of serious repercussions following Washington’s announcement of a $6.4bn (£4bn) arms deal with Taiwan.Sanctions were imposed on US companies involved in the deal, and in one of a flurry of unsually strong statements condemning the [...]
China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), the top legislature, on Saturday voiced strong protest against Washington’s plan to sell a package of arms worth about US$6.4 billion to Taiwan, urging the US side to immediately withdraw the wrong decision.
Due to popular demand, Avatar is now back in Chinese cinemas, after plans to pull the film to make way for a state-sanctioned bio-epic on Confucius, the New York Times reports:
Confronted with a clamor of ticket-buyers for “Avatar” and sparse aud…
In Davos, Google CEO Eric Schmidt explains Google’s position in China:
“We love what China is doing as a country and its growth,” Schmidt said today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “We just don’t like the censorship. W…
Twitter is hoping to find technical ways to help users in China and Iran evade censorship to use their service, the Financial Times reports:
Evan Williams, the chief executive and co-founder of Twitter, which has been credited with helping anti-govern…
The decision of Greece, and its bankers, to ask Beijing for cash to fund its yawning fiscal deficit should come as no surprise. The capital is the first port of call for countries and companies that need money
In contrast to Google’s stand against online censorship, Gates’s ‘business as usual’ comments betray China’s internet usersI am not surprised by Bill Gates and his close partner Steve Ballmer downplaying Google’s decision to retreat from China. I assume this is a business comment intended to placate the Chinese government and help Microsoft’s Bing search engine [...]
Beijing defends right to punish those who challenge party rule online following Google’s decision to stop censoring in ChinaBeijing has denied involvement in cyber attacks and defended its right to punish people who challenge party rule online as it continues a fight-back against criticism of its internet policies.”Any accusation that the Chinese government participated in [...]
The closure of the blockbuster Avatar, which has been replaced in Chinese cinemas with the epic Confucius, has generated much discussion of the possible reasons for the decision. From the Wall Street Journal:
Ever since the movie landed in China, Inte…
An article in the New York Times looks at the Chinese government’s reaction to Google’s decision last week to no longer censor its Chinese search engine:
Officials were caught off guard by Google’s move, and they want to avoid the issue