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National Day triggers censorship, cyber attacks in China

September 22, 2009 4:07 PM EDT

New York, September 22, 2009—The Chinese government should stop censoring Web sites and protect Internet users from cyber attacks in advance of upcoming National Day celebrations, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. October 1 marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic.

CPJ testifies on China’s media controls

September 10, 2009 3:15 PM EDT

Madeline Earp, CPJ Asia research associate, testified in Washington today before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission at a public hearing on “China’s Media and Information Controls: The Impact in China and the United States.”

Jiang Weiping, China

August 21, 2009 12:08 PM EDT

Jiang Weiping is a 2001 International Press Freedom Award winner and veteran journalist. Jiang was jailed in China on charges of “revealing state secrets” and sentenced to nine years in prison following a secret trial held on September 5, 2001. He is former Dalian bureau chief for the newspaper Wen Hui Bao and reporter for…

China’s Green Dam finally cracks

August 17, 2009 2:56 PM EDT

The Chinese government backed away on Thursday from its attempt to mandate censorship software, “Green Dam” and “Youth Escort,” on personal computers, a move that was previously delayed. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology official Li Yizhong denied there was ever an intention to require pre-installation of the programs on Thursday, saying the government’s May…

Learning to read the tea leaves: Reporting in China

July 31, 2009 5:13 PM EDT

While the general trend in China is toward a more open environment, there is a tendency toward “soft harassment” by police, who threaten retribution to sources and news assistants for helping foreign journalists rather than interfering directly with the journalists themselves.

Chinese newspaper appeals Taiwan distribution ban

July 24, 2009 11:54 AM EDT

China Daily filed an appeal on July 2, 2009, challenging the Taiwanese government’s decision to revoke distribution rights of the Beijing-based English-language newspaper in Taiwan, according to international news reports.

Can China contain the microblog?

July 22, 2009 12:43 PM EDT

Social networking sites are under increasing pressure in China. Someone seems to have realized just how difficult they are to monitor when it comes to breaking news.

CPJ Impact

July 17, 2009 2:18 PM EDT

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Xinjiang reporters detained; Beijing commentator missing

July 13, 2009 4:41 PM EDT

New York, July 13, 2009–Chinese police should halt the detentions of journalists reporting on ethnic violence in Xinjiang and reveal the whereabouts of a Uighur academic and Internet commentator who is missing and reportedly detained in Beijing, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

‘The mob turned on us’: Foreign reporters in Xinjiang

July 8, 2009 4:40 PM EDT

Chinese authorities have, unusually, welcomed foreign reporters to Xinjiang since ethnic rioting broke out on Sunday in Urumqi between the Uighur minority and Han Chinese. A Beijing-based agency has even offered to facilitate travel, according to one writer who blogs from Shanghai. (CPJ hasn’t confirmed his story. Have any other reporters been approached in this…