Media Freedom

This is not, apparently, satire.

The country isn’t known for press freedom, but what flexibility existed is under stress.

Concerned over possible pro-Beijing media acquisitions, Taiwanese students are voicing their opposition.

In a bold move against censorship, Chinese media outlets are running disclaimers disavowing an editorial.

If Xi is able to master social media to serve his own ends his power and ability to craft policy could grow.

Talk of India censoring “objectionable” social media content has inevitably drawn comparisons with China.

China’s media crackdown is frequently discussed. But it goes deeper than censoring what newspapers report.

Reporting from China has changed a great deal in the past few decades. It gives cause for some optimism.

New rules on the way microblog stories are reported marks a further tightening of China’s grip over the media.

A sex slave scandal, a gutter oil factory, beatings and murders – its been a bad few weeks for the city of Luoyang in China. But not for the Chinese media’s image.

Concerned about the public drawing parallels, China’s govt wants reporting, not analysis, of unrest in the Arab world.

Concerned about the public drawing parallels, China’s govt wants reporting, not analysis, of unrest in the Arab world.