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China cracks down on illegal online map services to protect state security
According Xinhua,
BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) — The Chinese government is to crack down on illegal online map and geographical information websites, claiming they threaten state security, said an official of the State Bureau of Surveyin...
Tudou, Tangwei and SARFT
From Danwei:
Update: Tudou is back up, 00:05 Beijing Time, 15 March.
The story about online video site Tudou, recently censured by SARFT takes another twist.
Since early this morning, the site has been offline, offering only the foll...
Tudou: online video problems
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 pic...
China bans sale of audio and video dealing with horror and the supernatural
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 horro...
Online Video Services Allowed to Work Arounds the Restricts in China
New York Times reported on “China Steps Up Internet Video Control“.
The online video regulations co-issued by SARFT and MII, which requires all online video service operated by state owned companies, has officially in effect since Ja...