What to Expect on June 4, China’s Unofficial and Orwellian ‘Internet Maintenance Day’
Every website goes down every now and then for maintenance, upgrades, or just because something has gone wrong on the server. But in China, ...
Every website goes down every now and then for maintenance, upgrades, or just because something has gone wrong on the server. But in China, ...
Chinese internet censorship can be a pain in the ass. While it’s easy enough to circumvent with a good VPN, it’s tough to bring ...
Last week, we saw Chinese local governments take a stand against convenience, with Shenzhen banning taxi finder apps outright and Beijing ba...
A few months ago we spotted that Tencent’s WeChat app was censoring certain ‘sensitive’ political words. That turned out to be tempora...
On Monday, the US Department of Defense released a report that once again points the finger at China for hacking and other forms of digital ...
(Updated on April 10th: Vimeo is no longer being blocked by Telkomsel. Hat tip: Ferdinand Zebua for this update.) (Update: The Indonesian IC...
Google’s search engine launched in Myanmar yesterday on the Google.com.mm domain. It’s nothing special to look at, and it’...
We are all familiar enough with the internet now to realize that it’s not a magical, virtual, hyper-human neuron network and is in fac...
From a purely mercenary point of view, one of the wonderful things about solving a problem is that there’s often a way to make money f...
When an official from Taiwan’s Intellectual Property Office announced last week that the office plans to amend Taiwan’s copyrigh...
Is Line wrong if it were to really censor politically sensitive words in China?
The folks at Hong Kong University’s China Media Project have been doing incredible work looking at Chinese media and social media for ...
Have you ever wanted to be able to visualize where and when Chinese authorities violate the freedom of the press? No? Well, too bad, because...
Well, that was fast. Just weeks after allowing tourists to North Korea to purchase SIM cards with 3G data capabilities and uncensored web ac...
Despite insisting that he’s no activist and is just keen on debating with his 33.4 million followers on Sina Weibo, entrepreneur and f...
VPNs are useful for a lot of reasons, not the least of which being that they help you hop over China’s Great Firewall and evade the co...