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WeChat user jumps to death after protesting Tencent’s ‘arbitrary’ suspension
Tech giant Tencent, owner of China’s must-have messaging-and-everything app WeChat, has confirmed today that the death of a WeChat user on August 15 was suicide. He had jumped off the roof of an 11-story office building rented to the company in Shenzhen.
Mike Pompeo proposes American Great Firewall to keep out Chinese technology
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged the U.S. to develop a “Clean fortress” around citizens’ data, with unclean technologies defined as those with Chinese origins. This is essentially an American version of China’s Great Firewall, though its implementation is uncertain.
After TikTok, what happens to internet freedom?
The meaning of internet freedom is changing. Under Trump, the U.S. seems set to tell China it was right to distrust foreign-owned social media apps.
Will the U.S. ban TikTok?
Could the collapse of TikTok in the American market come even faster than its meteoric rise? Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and now President Trump have said the U.S. government is “looking at” banning the app because of its Chinese ownership.
Hong Kong police escalate crackdown, claim new powers for internet censorship
From books to online posts, the Hong Kong government is cracking down on any information perceived to threaten national security after a new law was imposed by Beijing. Police are claiming powers to decrypt and censor online messages, and technology companies, including Facebook and Twitter, are refusing to comply.
Beijing detains one of Xi Jinping’s most prominent critics
Tsinghua University law professor Xu Zhangrun, one of the most prominent critics within China of the leadership of Xi Jinping, has been detained in Beijing. Two other critics, Peking University legal scholar Xu Zhiyong and property tycoon Ren Zhiqiang, have been missing for months.
Freedom of expression is dead in Hong Kong
The government of Hong Kong has essentially banned a protest slogan because it carries “secessionist intent,” which is a crime under the new national security law forced on the city by Beijing.
Chinese TV cartoon characters censored for ‘dyed’ hair
The complaint that landed the show in trouble was made by an anonymous viewer on May 22. In a note submitted to content regulators in Hunan, the viewer said the series had “problematic” values, and that the main characters set a bad example for kids because they “dyed their hair bright colors,” “wore loud clothes,” and “did costume changes onstage.”
Censorship fears and vampire hours: Chinese international students, Zoom, and remote learning
Three Emory University researchers recently conducted a survey — interviewing more than 20 Chinese international students and instructors — to learn about the unique challenges and concerns of Chinese students studying in the U.S. during COVID-19.
TikTok: The one China-based app to explode globally
TikTok is now the only China-based app to gain significant traction overseas. As a result, its experience serves as a natural experiment in how foreign regulators react to such a situation.
Zoom’s China censorship problem
The tech hero of the pandemic lockdowns finds itself at the center of attention for less desirable reasons this time.
All the early COVID-19 stories censored off Chinese internet
Illustration by Derek Zheng The first few weeks after the novel coronavirus appeared in Wuhan saw China’s beleaguered domestic media rise to the occasion. Through…
What would happen if China didn’t censor the internet?
This week’s column comes from one of Kaiser’s answers originally posted to Quora on January 5, 2011. (Illustration by Derek Zheng for The China Project.)…
Why did Hong Kong arrest media mogul Jimmy Lai?
Hong Kong police arrested media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-Ying (黎智英 Lí Zhìyīng) this morning (Friday February 28). Lai made his fortune in the clothing business…
In Lianzhou, China’s edgiest photography festival turns 15
Since the very first edition of the Lianzhou International Photo Festival in 2005, people have been predicting its demise. And yet this annual event persists…
TikTok’s censorship problem
TikTok, the hottest social media app among teens in America, is increasingly finding itself in hot water for its connections to its Beijing-based parent company, Bytedance. Company executives are insisting that they would never censor for China or share data with Chinese authorities. The case of a 17-year-old American Muslim girl, Feroza Aziz, has made TikTok’s problems much worse.
Feroza Aziz and TikTok’s censorship problem
TikTok — the short-video app owned by a Chinese company that has become popular among young Americans — has been the subject of growing scrutiny…
We watched South Park’s ‘Band in China’ with Chinese nationals
The longevity and cultural impact of South Park, which debuted on Comedy Central 22 years ago, has been truly remarkable. For its 299th episode earlier this…
Tencent resumes NBA streaming as gaming companies censor their staff and players
Pictured: Mei, a character from the Blizzard game Overwatch, as depicted by the artist Yuumei, via Pro Guides…
