War on Rumors

WeChat, the most popular messaging app and social network in China with 468 million monthly active users, yesterday set in stone 10 rules for users posting to the app’s news

Qin Zhihui – or as he’s known online, Qin Huohuo – was sentenced today to three years in prison and denied appeal on charges of defamation.

An alleged crackdown on WeChat this week led to at least a dozen public accounts being unexpectedly blocked. The accounts, most of which appear to have been posting politically-sensitive content,

Authorities in China issued new rules this summer in order to tidy up online discourse in the country. These new guidelines are called the Seven Bottom Lines. Today, state news

After a month-long investigation by Chinese authorities, 110 people were detained in northwest China’s turbulent Xinjiang province for spreading online rumors, according to state-run media. Another 164 received warnings, and almost

China will lift its ban on sensitive international websites like Facebook, Twitter, and the New York Times within the perimeters of Shanghai’s free-trade zone, reports the South China Morning Post

China’s State Information Office director Lu Wei published an article in the People’s Daily yesterday on the importance of online public opinion work – what some might call propaganda and

Reading the news about Charles Xue’s taped confession over the weekend, it’s hard not to feel disheartened. If you missed it, we covered the story yesterday but the short version

Chinese authorities have recently been clamping down on some of the nation’s outspoken celebrity bloggers and Sina Weibo users, trying to temper down a possible rise in online activism. Prominent

Most Chinese internet users probably wouldn’t recognize the name Dong Rubin, but many know the man by his online handle, bianmin (“frontiersman”). Since 2009, the Kunming resident (pictured) has been