Source: Danwei
Last night Chinese language portal Netease published an article saying that SARFT had made use of the new online video regulations and ordered popular Chinese video sharing website Tudou to cease operations. The story has been picked up by several bloggers and made its way into English on Fons Tuinstra’s blog and on Pacific [...]
Tudou: online video problems
March 8th, 2008 — aggregate, policy
China bans sale of audio and video dealing with horror and the supernatural
February 25th, 2008 — aggregate, policy
Source: China Media Project, by David Bandurski.
In the latest effort to push a “clean up” the country’s cultural sector ahead of this summer’s Olympic Games, China’s censors aimed their lances today at films containing scenes of horror and supersition, citing the need to “protect the mental and physical well-being of minors.”
In a notice released early [...]
GAPP Strengthens Gaming Anti-fatigue System Enforcement
January 16th, 2008 — aggregate, policy
Kou Xiaowei, deputy director-general of the Audio, Visual, Electronic and Internet Publishing Department under the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) disclosed that relevant committees will use three strict steps to implement the online game fatigue system.
The first time a problem is detected a written warning will be issue to the offending company; The [...]


