New measures also apply to gaming centers, market stalls, and even funeral parlors.
Censorship
China, A Mammoth Report on the Internet Announces Increased Surveillance
278 pages about the web and the “rule of law” emphasize that the authorities regard cyberspace’s “increasing diversity of opinions” as a problem.
“Reversed Front: Bonfire” in Hong Kong: Play a Mobile Game, Go to Jail
Why is the CCP so fearful of what is, after all, just a humorous game about the conflict between China and “separatists”?
Hong Kong, Independent Media Targeted by Abusive Tax Audits
Repression through taxes is a time-honored strategy of totalitarian regimes. The Hong Kong Journalists Association protests.
China Tries to Erase the History—of 2022
Keeping filmmaker Chen Pinlin in jail is part of a massive effort to cancel all traces of the victorious fight of students and citizens that compelled the CCP to abandon the “Zero COVID” policy.
China, a New Crackdown on Self-Media
The authorities admit that the 2023 campaign was a failure and issue a new tougher regulation against independently produced news posted on social media.
China Discovers a New “Cult,” “Fan Circle Culture”
The rhetoric of “xie jiao” and “brainwashing” is used to crack down on fan clubs of sport and entertainment celebrities
Pakistan Wants to Ban TikTok for “Immorality”
A tragic incident where a girl killed her sister over a TikTok quarrel is used by conservative clerics to call for a broad crackdown on social media.
Death of a Chinese Magazine: Shut Down After 35 Years for a Cover “Perhaps” Lampooning Xi Jinping
The old and glorious “Selected Essays” did not survive the obtuse censors of the CCP.
China Launches One-Month Campaign to Censor Short Videos
The censorship on “wrong values,” “wrong views,” and criticism of the Party will further intensify.