Hong Kong’s leader and quite possibly the world’s nerdiest statesman Donald Tsang is at the center of a censorship scandal that hit China’s mainland over the weekend. Saturday, Tsang appeared on CNN International’s Talk Asia where his use of the “d-word” apparently alarmed China’s political censors. And by “d-word,” I don’t mean “dipshit.” […]

Out of respect for China’s 21 million Muslims, the Party has banned all images and mention of pigs from Chinese television during this lunar new year season. As China welcomes the Year of the Pig on February 18th, the animal has been popping up in all types of Chinese advertising. But in a […]

A new era of journalism in China is upon us. For the time being. On New Year’s Day 2007, the Chinese government lifted laws restricting the movement of foreign journalists within China. Before Monday, the foreign press needed government authorization to report from a location other than Beijing or Shanghai. Under […]

The guys over at China’s Ministry of Culture issued new guidelines Tuesday tightening control of music downloads. As the Ministry called it, “network music” was a USD$350 million industry last year and until now, has been an unregulated business in China. Network music includes any music downloaded from or played on the music […]

Now maybe you understand how dangerous my job is, ladies. Maybe you thought I was just some lazy web writer. Well, I’m not. I’m a renegade. Every word I write could be my last. At any time, my door could get kicked in and I could get taken away. […]

After months of threatening to limit the foreign press’s mobility and freedom of speech in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic games, the Chinese government announced Friday it has relaxed restrictions on the Olympic press. The Mao-inspired limits for foreign press within China, mainly prohibiting reporters to travel freely throughout the country and conduct interviews without […]

Friday, the Chinese government reblocked the online reference site Wikipedia after having lifted a year-long ban on October 10th. Not surprisingly, there is no word from the Chinese Ministry of Information as to why the site was dangled in front of China’s internet users for a little over a month and then rescinded so abruptly. […]

As you can see from the photo, China’s senior citizen community is really down in the dumps about the Jay-Z concert cancellation. On Tuesday, the Chinese government announced that Jay-Z’s lyrics, mostly the ones about drugs and bitches, were not suitable for a Shanghainese audience. I, who naturally had reserved tickets for the […]

At times, like Saturday night when I had my head in a box of delivery pizza and college football on T.V., I forget that I live in China. Other times, like when I try to use Wikipedia, it cannot be more clear where I am. That is because since October 19, 2005, the […]