Is Apple’s Popularity Waning in China?
Reuters reported Friday that Apple’s share of China’s smartphone market almost halved in the second quarter: For the first time, smartphone shipments in China overtook feature phones in the second...
View ArticleHuawei Threat: Real or Overblown?
Writing for Foreign Policy, activist Trevor Timm argues that the U.S. government’s report accusing Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ZTE of threatening U.S. national security interests “smacks of...
View ArticleGrads Face Tough Job Market
On-campus recruitment ad from cell phone manufacturer Xiaomi. As China’s breakneck rate of economic growth finally begins to slow, some analysts are holding their breath for the country’s “hard...
View ArticleChina’s Internet ‘Wall’ Hits Foreign, Domestic Business
As online regulation tightens, Paul Mozur and Carlos Tejada report on its growing toll on foreign businesses in China. From The Wall Street Journal: Fredrik Bergman ran into a problem when a client in...
View ArticleChina Threatens Retaliation for EU Telecom Probe
China stepped up its rhetoric against the European Union on Thursday, after Brussels threatened to open anti-dumping investigations into Chinese telecom equipment suppliers Huawei and ZTE. From Paul...
View ArticleApple Plans to Deepen China Mobile Alliance
The Wall Street Journal reports from Beijing, where Apple CEO Tim Cook and China Mobile chairman Xi Guohua held a press briefing about a new deal between the American multinational and the world’s...
View ArticleChina Decries U.S. Spending Bill
Reuters reports that China is criticizing the United States for passing a spending bill that restricts purchases of technology from China: The bill, signed by President Barack Obama on Friday, included...
View ArticleMinitrue: Stop Showing “Amazing China” Film
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Urgent notice from the Central Propaganda Department: All commercial video...
View ArticleU.S. Moves to Ban Chinese Surveillance Equipment
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a new defense policy bill that will, upon Senate approval, prohibit the U.S. government from purchasing surveillance cameras made in China owing to national...
View ArticleFacebook Under Fire for Data-sharing Agreements
With the Cambridge Analytica scandal still fresh in the public consciousness, Facebook has again come under scrutiny–this time for failing to disclose data-sharing agreements it made with foreign phone...
View ArticleTrump Clashes With Congress Over ZTE Rescue Deal
In April, the U.S. Department of Commerce levied a crippling $1.19bn fine and seven-year export ban on Chinese tech giant ZTE for violating Iranian and North Korean trade embargoes, and failing to...
View ArticleAmid Economic Uncertainty, Beijing Silences Critics
Under President Xi, censorship has expanded in scope and is increasingly impacting areas such as academia and topics such as economics. This month, a British academic from the University of...
View ArticleMinitrue: No Coverage of China’s 5G Development
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. All...
View ArticleMinitrue: No Reporting on Tech, Other Layoffs
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. All...
View ArticleMinireview: 2018 in Censorship (Jan-Oct)
This series is a month-by-month recap of censorship instructions issued to the media by government authorities in 2018, this small fraction of which were then leaked and distributed online. The names...
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