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4 min read 2021-12-17 08:31:33

Alibaba Fires #MeToo Victim; Weibo Censors “Gender Opposition”

Alibaba has fired the employee who in August accused a manager of rape in apparent retaliation for her story going public. The victim, surnamed Zhou,

10 min read 2021-11-27 08:46:21

China’s “zero-Covid” policy relies heavily on mobile phone apps that display a health code in one of three “traffic light” colors: red,

1 min read 2021-11-03 08:26:24

Yahoo has withdrawn from China, making it the latest in a host of foreign companies that has abandoned the country. Yahoo attributed its decision to

1 min read 2021-10-15 06:47:15

American networking site LinkedIn will cease its current service in China after “facing a significantly more challenging operating environment and

1 min read 2021-10-09 10:25:19

Baseless conspiracy theories about Covid-19 originating in a lab at Fort Detrick, a U.S. army research facility in Maryland, have proven stubbornly

1 min read 2021-10-05 15:02:01

The latest target in the Chinese government’s regulatory blitz against big tech is algorithms. Last week, a host of ministries announced a new plan

1 min read 2021-10-05 03:21:55

Using methods that include censoring posts, hiding or deleting profiles and proposing that users practice self-censorship, LinkedIn continues to

1 min read 2021-09-29 10:59:22

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the

1 min read 2021-09-25 10:51:51

On Friday, Chinese regulators announced a nationwide ban on cryptocurrency transactions and cryptocurrency mining. The culmination of a years-long

1 min read 2021-09-23 13:40:55

This week, Lithuania’s Ministry of Defense urged its citizens to throw away popular Chinese 5G smartphones after it published a report slamming the

1 min read 2021-09-18 03:30:37

“20021” may look like a random string of numbers or a mangled date, but many Weibo users know it as a sign that they are being blocked from

1 min read 2021-09-17 07:00:14

One of the hottest new apps in China over the past few months came not from private developers in booming tech hubs, but straight out of the Ministry

1 min read 2021-09-03 09:12:37

Once fêted at home and abroad as an emblem of China’s rising power, Alibaba has fallen on hard times. Spin-off Ant Group’s IPO was blocked at

1 min read 2021-09-02 06:57:37

The Supreme People’s Court has ruled the much-reviled “996” 72-hour work week illegal. The January death of a 22-year-old Pinduoduo employee

1 min read 2021-09-02 06:54:28

This week, China extended restrictions on minors’ screen time. New regulations issued by the National Press and Publication Administration will