The Chinese government is ratcheting up its cyberspying operations against the U.S., a congressional advisory panel found, citing an example of a carefully orchestrated campaign against one U.S. company that appears to have been sponsored by Beijing.
Google’s troubles in China seem to have taken a new turn as a result of the company’s plan to create a vast digital library of books.
The China Written Works Copyright Society has called on Chinese writers to stand up for their legal rights in the face of Web search giant Google’s proposed book settlement, according to a post published on the official Web site of Chinese Writers’ Association.
Samsung Electronics Co. said it will set up a joint venture to build a 7.5-generation liquid crystal display panel plant in Suzhou, China, that will cost about 2.6 trillion won ($2.25 billion).
Thought China is loosening up its grip on information flow? Think again.
For the last two months, Internet users in China have been denied access to a dozen popular Web sites and bulletin boards.
Chinese Web portal and mobile phone content provider Sina’s deal to acquire the billboard operations in China of Focus Media Holding has collapsed today, almost ten months after it was first announced.
Attempts to censor the Internet are spreading to Southeast Asia as governments turn to coercion and intimidation to rein in online criticism.
Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam lack the kind of technology and financial resources that China and some other large countries use to police the Internet.
Consumers are helping pull the technology sector out of one of its worst-ever slumps, and optimism is building that businesses may also start switching on their spending soon.
That upbeat picture emerged as some bellwether technology suppliers issued numbers that were stronger than Wall Street expected, though still reflecting the recession’s harsh effects.
China’s normally secretive Ministry of Defense launched its first Web site for trial operation on Thursday, in Chinese and English versions, as part of an effort to promote the transparency and improve perceptions of the world’s largest military force.
China’s Henan province threatened cellphone users with jail time and fines if they send unwanted sexual or insulting text messages.
Offenders face five days in detention or a 500 yuan ($73) fine for one such text, the state-run newspaper China Daily reported, while sending three or more erotic messages could land them 10 days plus the fine.
So-called “Internet addiction” among Chinese youths has led to a proliferation of clinics around the country that claim to be able to treat the recently defined disorder.
China’s pasty-faced warriors and wizards may soon be headed back to their indoor lairs.
Chinese Internet company Netease received approval Tuesday from the Ministry of Culture to offer the World of Warcraft online role-playing game, according to portal Techweb. The government agency’s Web site showed the game had passed its content examination.
News media in China are reporting that a 25-year-old employee of Foxconn, which manufactures products for Apple there, committed suicide last week after being interrogated about a missing prototype for a new iPhone.
The relaunch of the popular online game World of Warcraft in China, where it has already been offline for six weeks, still faces an indefinite delay as it awaits government approval for its content.
The total number of China’s Internet users reached 338 million as of June 30, representing a 13.4 percent increase from the end of 2008, according to the latest report by the China Internet Network Information Center a government-affiliated Web research organization.
Figuring out when Web sites have been blocked by governments is an imprecise science.
Take, for example, Wednesday, when some Chinese Internet users began reporting an inability to access Amazon.com, the U.S. Web site for the online retail giant. Yet Amazon spokesman Craig Berman said that “nothing happened.”
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