Call for Protests in China Draws More Police than Protesters

A call for protests in 23 Chinese cities Sunday resulted in a tiny turnout but an enormous police presence and clashes with foreign journalists.

Wary of Egypt Unrest, China Censors Web

Two of the nation’s biggest online portals blocked keyword searches of the word “Egypt,” and the use of the word has also been blocked on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter.

China Netizens React: Giffords Shooting

The point-blank shooting of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others has attracted substantial attention in China, where strict gun control laws make such attacks almost unimaginable.

Finding the Facts About Mao’s Victims

Ian Johnson speaks with Yang Jisheng, author of Tombstone (Mubei), a groundbreaking new book on the Great Famine (1958–1961), which, though imprecisely known in the West, ranks as one of worst human disasters in history.

Ex-Chinese Officials Join in Call for Press Freedom

An unusually blunt letter, signed by retired Communist Party officials, says that government control of the press violate China’s Constitution.

A full translation of the letter can be found here.

Hollywood Hopes To Cash In On Chinese Remakes

"Musical Youth" doesn't have quite the same ring as "High School Musical." But that was the title of the Chinese version of the hit U.S. film, and it signaled a new stage in Hollywood's attempts to get in on the fastest-growing film market in the world.

Sony Hopes for a Blockbuster as ‘Dr. Oz’ Format Goes to China

Sony Pictures Television is expected to announce a deal on Wednesday to export the format of “The Dr. Oz Show” to Chinese television.

Booming Demand for TV on the Internet in China

Young people in China are starting to favor Internet video over TV, in part as a way to make an end run around government regulators.

China’s Censors Rein in a ‘Vulgar’ Reality TV Show

Officials issued a directive faulting a popular dating show for promoting materialism and talking openly about sex.

Google Shuts China Site in Dispute Over Censorship

Google said it would close its Web site based in mainland China and direct users to an uncensored version based in Hong Kong.

Chinese Editorials Assail a Government System

In a country with a press tightly managed by the state, the appearance of the editorials in more than a dozen publications was noteworthy.

China at Odds With Future in Internet Fight

Many in China, especially university students, view the possible loss of Google’s maps, translation software and access to scholarly papers with real distress.

Hackers Said to Breach Gmail Accounts in China

Users discovered that their e-mail accounts were compromised after Google said last week that hackers had tried to attack its security infrastructure.

China Restores Text Messaging in Xinjiang

The Chinese government continued to ease a six-month-old communications blackout on the northwest region of Xinjiang.

Follow the Law, China Tells Internet Companies

The officials’ remarks suggested that China was unlikely to give ground on Google’s demands to ease censorship.

After Google’s Stand on China, U.S. Treads Lightly

The difficulty of proving that the Chinese government was behind a cyberattack has frozen the U.S. response.

For Google, a Threat to China With Little Revenue at Stake

Analysts say that staying in China would be risky for Google, and the economic pain of leaving would most likely not be felt for years.

Far-Ranging Support for Google’s China Move

Human rights and business groups are among those cheering the move to stop cooperating with censors.

Google Would Abandon a Lucrative Market

Twenty or so other companies that may also have been attacked, are now in the difficult position of deciding whether to follow Google.

Google, Citing Attack, Threatens to Exit China

The move, coming after assaults from hackers on its computer systems, would be a highly unusual rebuke of China by a large and respected company.