A week back, the general manager of the NBA Houston Rockets team, Daryl Morey, posted a tweet in which he extended support for the protestors in Hong Kong. Shortly thereafter, he deleted the tweet and apologized for it as China took strict steps against the team. The NBA is running scared of losing revenue from ...
With human rights organizations commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre, one would think that the United Nations would make a strong statement regarding the incident. But to the contrary, the UN has chosen to remain silent, refusing to condemn the Chinese communist government for the brutal crackdown. Silence on Tiananmen António Guterres, the UN ...
Google has banned virtual private network (VPN) product adverts in China because of local legal restrictions. The action, however, seems to lend credence to the rumors that Google plans on re-entering the Chinese market with a censored search engine to work around China’s Great Firewall. Following policy or helping censorship efforts? Under its new policy, ...
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) obsession with censorship has now resulted in a complete ban of all costume drama series from TV. The shows were banned because they lead impressionable young Chinese onto “wrong paths.” Banning TV dramas Since 2012, the Chinese government has placed strict rules on broadcasting palace dramas. Such shows only account ...
China has one of the most heavily censored movie industries in the world, thanks to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). However, Beijing’s censoring of any content that violates the CCP’s ideologies means that Chinese movies do not get the same level of international appreciation that Hollywood films do. After all, people go to movies to ...
After gaining complete control over Chinese society and censoring everything they don’t approve of, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is extending its censorship worldwide, with Australia as its number one victim. The Chinese regime is now reportedly censoring books by Australian publishers, refusing to print them if the books contain keywords identified as “controversial” by ...
Chinese political dissident Ai Weiwei’s segment from the movie anthology Berlin, I Love You was cut from the film’s American release after producers were concerned about a backlash from Beijing. Producers were worried that including Weiwei’s segment would harm their prospects to secure funding for future movies. Censoring Ai Weiwei “The reason we were given ...
China has strong censorship policies in place that prevent citizens from accessing websites like Google, Facebook, or any other services that the communist government deems harmful. As a result, millions of young Chinese are growing up without having a proper knowledge of Western societies’ freedom of democracy, history, or free speech. Censorship instead of freedom ...
No more freedom of expression in Hong Kong — an art show that was supposed to take place in Hong Kong has been canceled after the organizers received threats from Chinese authorities. The artist whose works were to be featured, Badiucao, is famous for his images that satirize the Chinese Communist Party’s political suppression and ...
With the trade war against the U.S. still going strong, China is introducing new policies that seek to control foreign content in school textbooks and media. The move is a clear signal that Beijing would rather keep its public ignorant of global realities if it means that the Communist Party can continue in power. Controlling ...