Beijing Seeks to Control Media Voices Outside China

JENNIFER ZENG  |  EPOCH TIMES WASHINGTON—As part of its global challenge to democratic freedom, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is making a systematic effort to spread propaganda and to suppress undesirable voices both inside and outside of China, a panel of journalists and experts said at a symposium staged by Freedom House. Discussion of the […]

Censorship of ‘Taiwan’ at U.S. University Sparks Concern Over Chinese Influence

Wang Yun and Wong Lok-to |  Radio Free Asia The recent removal by a Beijing-backed language school embedded on a university campus in the United States of a reference to the democratic island of Taiwan has sparked concern that Chinese political censorship is compromising freedom of speech far beyond its borders. Journalism award winner Bethany […]

Lantern Festival Riddles Outwit and Enrage Chinese Censorship Authorities

Oiwam Lam  |  Global Voices “I love three things in this world. Sun, Moon and You. Sun for morning, Moon for night, And you forever.” The above poem was circulated on one of my WeChat groups during the Lantern Festival on March 2, 2018, and was immediately viewed as a Lantern Riddle for people to […]

A New Generation of Journalists in China Face The Same Censorship, Despite New Technology

Paul Huang  |   Epoch Times The regime quickly adapted to changes in the media environment, maintaining strict control Despite the emergence of a new generation of talented reporters and a radical transformation into the digital age, mass media in China across the board are still firmly controlled and censored by the Chinese regime, according to […]

China ‘Worst Abuser of Internet Freedom’ Worldwide: Freedom House Report

Hai Nan and Zhu Dan  |  Radio Free Asia China was the year’s worst abuser of internet freedom for the third year running in 2017, according to an annual report from U.S.-based freedom-of-speech watchdog Freedom House. As the ruling Chinese Communist Party held its 19th Party Congress, enshrining the “new era” ideology of President Xi […]

China Again Expands Censorship to Overseas Academic Publishers

Gao Feng and Wu Yitong  |  Radio Free Asia One of the world’s largest academic publishers has confirmed that it blocked access to some 1,000 journal articles to Chinese internet users because they contained banned keywords relating to political topics such as Tibet, Taiwan, or the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Springer Nature, which publishes Nature and […]

China’s Great Firewall Grows Higher Ahead of Party Congress

Yang Fan and Gao Feng  |  Radio Free Asia China’s internet censors appear to be upping their game when it comes to stopping the country’s more than 730 million netizens from bypassing the Great Firewall, online activists told RFA on Thursday. As the ruling Chinese Communist Party carries out a nationwide security clampdown ahead of […]