Freedom of Expression
Urging China’s President Xi To Stop State-Sponsored Human Rights Abuses
September 18, 2015
| Hearing
China in 1989 and 2015: Tiananmen, Human Rights, and Democracy
June 3, 2015
| Hearing
China’s Media Regulator Places New Restrictions on Journalists and News Organizations
November 5, 2014
| Commission Analysis
CECC Chairs Issue Statements on Ilham Tohti’s Sentencing, Concerned about Fate of Students Detained With Him
October 1, 2014
| Press Release
Chairman Brown and Cochairman Smith Urge the Chinese Government to End Human Rights Abuses Against Falun Gong
July 21, 2014
| Press Release
Understanding China’s Crackdown on Rights Advocates: Personal Accounts and Perspectives
April 8, 2014
| Hearing
Inadequate Medical Care for Cao Shunli Before Her Death Contradicts International Law
April 2, 2014
| Commission Analysis
Detainee Liu Xia Hospitalized as Health Reportedly Worsens
March 27, 2014
| Commission Analysis
Chairman Brown and Cochairman Smith Urge China To End the Unlawful House Arrest of Liu Xia
March 12, 2014
| Press Release
New York Times Correspondent Leaves China in Latest Setback for Foreign Journalists
March 4, 2014
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Arrest Uyghur Scholar Ilham Tohti and Students
March 4, 2014
| Commission Analysis
Xi’s Anticorruption Drive: Trials for Transparency Advocates, New Rules for Officials
February 21, 2014
| Commission Analysis
Xu Zhiyong Tried for Advocacy of Education Equality and Official Transparency
January 23, 2014
| Commission Analysis
Gansu Teenager Detained Under New Rules on Online Rumors
December 13, 2013
| Commission Analysis
China's Treatment of Foreign Journalists
December 11, 2013
| Roundtable
Corruption in China Today: Consequences for Governance, Human Rights, and Commercial Rule of Law
November 21, 2013
| Roundtable
Combating Corruption in China: Advances and Problems and Suppression of Advocates
November 20, 2013
| Commission Analysis
Officials Tightly Control the Narrative Surrounding Tiananmen Square Vehicle Crash
November 15, 2013
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Release Journalist and Democracy Advocate Shi Tao Early
October 28, 2013
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Hacking: Impact on Human Rights and Commercial Rule of Law
June 25, 2013
| Hearing
Authorities Deny Medical Treatment to Zhu Yufu; Condition Serious
April 16, 2013
| Commission Analysis
Advocacy Groups Deliver Petitions Calling for Release of Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia
March 28, 2013
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Censors Limit Online Content for the 18th Party Congress
December 21, 2012
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Authorities Detain Blogger for Satirical Tweet About 18th Party Congress
December 21, 2012
| Commission Analysis
Two Years Later: The Ongoing Detentions of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo and His Wife Liu Xia
December 19, 2012
| Hearing
Officials Give Environmentalist Liu Futang a Suspended Three-Year Sentence for Exposés
December 14, 2012
| Commission Analysis
Democracy Advocate Cao Haibo Sentenced to Eight Years for Subversion
December 4, 2012
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Suppress Calls for an Official Accounting in Lead-Up to 23rd Anniversary of Crackdown on 1989 Protests
June 5, 2012
| Commission Analysis
CECC Releases Chinese Translation of 2011 Annual Report Executive Summary
May 15, 2012
| Press Release
Chinese Authorities Implement Real Name Microblog Regulations
May 10, 2012
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Issue Regulations To Control Journalists and "Unverified Reports"
May 8, 2012
| Commission Analysis
Zhu Yufu Case: Application of Inciting Subversion Provisions Fell Short of International Standards
March 23, 2012
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Sentence Chen Wei to 9 Years for Posting Pro-Democracy Essays
December 23, 2011
| Commission Analysis
China's Censorship of the Internet and Social Media: The Human Toll and Trade Impact
November 17, 2011
| Hearing
2011 Crackdown Update: Ding Mao, Chen Wei, and Ran Yunfei
November 15, 2011
| Commission Analysis
UN Group Calls for Immediate Release of Liu Xiaobo and Wife Liu Xia
August 12, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Release Prominent Rights Advocate Hu Jia Upon Completion of His Sentence
July 1, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Top Official Directs Media To Promote July Anniversary of Party's Founding
July 1, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Current Conditions for Human Rights Defenders and Lawyers in China, and Implications for U.S. Policy
June 23, 2011
| Roundtable
Authorities Crack Down on Rights Defenders, Lawyers, Artists, Bloggers
May 3, 2011
| Commission Analysis
World Press Freedom Day 2011
May 3, 2011
| Press Release
Chinese Police Officials Detain Beijing Artist and Rights Advocate Ai Weiwei
April 12, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Target Religious and Political Publications in Censorship Campaigns
March 31, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Uyghur Webmaster Receives Seven-Year Sentence
March 31, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Censor Access to Information on Middle East and Chinese "Jasmine" Protests
March 22, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Reportedly Beat, Detain, and Threaten Foreign Journalists Covering "Jasmine Revolution"
March 22, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Chen Guangcheng, Wife Reportedly Beaten After Release of Video Detailing Official Abuse
March 11, 2011
| Commission Analysis
China's "Jasmine Revolution," Assembly Sites in Each Major City (Chinese Text)
February 19, 2011
| Site Page
News Media in Southern China Fire One Journalist, Place Another on Leave
February 16, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Release Prominent Tainted Milk Activist, Zhao Lianhai, on Medical Parole
February 15, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Premier Wen Jiabao Calls Freedom of Speech "Indispensable," Comments Reportedly Censored
January 10, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Henan Authorities Order One-Year Reeducation Through Labor Sentence for Activist's Satirical Tweet
December 10, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Procuratorate Decides Not to Arrest Author Xie Chaoping in Sanmenxia Dam Relocation Program "Book Case"
December 10, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Statement of CECC Chairman Byron Dorgan and Cochairman Sander Levin Congratulating Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo
December 10, 2010
| Press Release
Xinhua Article Claims Liu Xiaobo Case Meets International Standards
December 9, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo and the Future of Political Reform in China
November 9, 2010
| Hearing
Harassment of Journalists Sparks Outcry in Chinese Press
November 1, 2010
| Commission Analysis
So-Called "Punishment Because of Speech" Is a Misreading of the Judgment in the Liu Xiaobo Case
October 25, 2010
| Site Page
2010 Annual Report: New Developments in Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
October 20, 2010
| Roundtable
New Information Released on Uyghur Political Prisoners Mehbube Ablesh and Omer Akchi
October 20, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Communist Party Seeks To Restrict Already Limited Critical Media Reports
October 18, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Statement of CECC Chairman Byron Dorgan and Cochairman Sander Levin on China's Newest Nobel Laureate: Liu Xiaobo
October 8, 2010
| Press Release
Statement of the Chairman and Cochairman on Political Imprisonment in China Today
August 19, 2010
| Press Release
Internet Available in Xinjiang, But Controls Over Information Remain
August 7, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Court Imposes Prison Sentences on Uyghur Journalist and Webmasters
August 7, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Government Appears To Crack Down on Microblogs and Blogs
August 6, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Statement of CECC Chairman Byron Dorgan and Cochairman Sander Levin on the Newly Enhanced Political Prisoner Database
July 27, 2010
| Press Release
Government White Paper on Internet Claims Free Speech Protected
June 25, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Human Rights Defender Gao Zhisheng Disappears Again
June 4, 2010
| Commission Analysis
National People's Congress Standing Committee Issues Revised State Secrets Law
May 20, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Communist Party Controls Media Coverage of Yushu Earthquake
April 29, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government To Introduce Qualification Exam for Journalists in 2010
April 21, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Joint Editorial Calling for Hukou Reform Removed From Internet Hours After Publication, Co-Author Fired
March 26, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Google and Internet Control in China: A Nexus Between Human Rights and Trade?
March 4, 2010
| Hearing
Chengdu Court Sentences Tan Zuoren to Five Years and Upholds Huang Qi's Sentence
February 26, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Beijing High People's Court Affirms Liu Xiaobo's 11-Year Sentence
February 26, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang "Ethnic Unity" Regulation Imposes Party Policy, Restricts Free Expression
February 24, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Top Chinese Security Officials Urge Continued Crackdown in 2010
February 12, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Official Calls Chinese Internet "Open" in Response to Google Issue
January 28, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Trials Continue in Xinjiang, Press Reportedly Warned Against Independent Reporting
January 27, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Courts Use "Secrets" Law To Sentence Tibetan Online Authors to Imprisonment
January 21, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Liu Xiaobo Appeals Sentence; Official Abuses Mar Case From Outset
January 21, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Jiangsu Court Affirms 10-Year Sentence of Guo Quan for Organizing Political Party Online
January 21, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Court Sentences Liu Xiaobo to 11 Years
January 5, 2010
| Commission Analysis
CECC Chairman Byron Dorgan and Cochairman Sander Levin Issue Joint Statement on the Trial of Liu Xiaobo
December 23, 2009
| Press Release
Prosecutors Indict Liu Xiaobo; Trial To Take Place December 23
December 22, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Sentence Rights Activist Huang Qi to Three Years in Prison
December 18, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Police Transfer Liu Xiaobo's Case to Prosecutors
December 9, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Block Chinese Citizen Li Jianhong from Returning to China
December 9, 2009
| Commission Analysis
CECC Chairman Byron Dorgan and Cochairman Sander Levin Issue Joint Statement on Human Rights Day 2009
December 9, 2009
| Press Release
China Requires Real Names, Identification Numbers To Post Comments Online
December 8, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Government Issues Internet Regulation, Keeps Strict Controls on Information
December 8, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Jiangsu Court Sentences Guo Quan to 10 Years for Organizing Political Party
December 4, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Activist Feng Zhenghu Living at Narita Airport, Blocked by Chinese Authorities From Returning Home
December 3, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Professor Sues Customs Officials for Confiscating Books at Border
November 25, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Top Official Emphasizes Party's Dominance Over Media on Journalists' Day
November 24, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Macau Government Passes Controversial National Security Law
November 6, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Chengdu Courts Hold Trials of Earthquake Activists
November 6, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Congressional Executive Commission on China Releases Annual Report on State of Human Rights in China
October 16, 2009
| Press Release
Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
October 7, 2009
| Hearing
Measures for Administration of News Reporter Cards (Chinese Text)
August 24, 2009
| PRC Legal Provision
China Restricts Reporting on Internet Filtering Plan, Iran Protests, Other Topics
August 6, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Delays Pre-Installation of Censorship Software on Computers Sold in China
August 6, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Forcefully Suppress Demonstration, Restrict Free Flow of Information
August 6, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Requires Censorship Software To Accompany Computers Sold After July 1
August 6, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Reporting the News in China: First-Hand Accounts and Current Trends
July 31, 2009
| Roundtable
Beijing Police Formally Arrest Liu Xiaobo on Inciting Subversion Charge
July 2, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Circular Regarding the Pre-Installation of Green Browsing Filter Software on Computers (CECC Full Translation)
July 2, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Block, Punish Free Expression
July 2, 2009
| Commission Analysis
China Requires Journalists To Obtain New Press Cards To Practice Profession
July 2, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Two Men in Inner Mongolia in Detention for Involvement in Mongolian Organization and for Planned Protest
June 24, 2009
| Commission Analysis
CECC Cochairman Sander Levin's Opening Statement at Hearing on The 20th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Protests
June 4, 2009
| Press Release
CECC Chairman Byron Dorgan's Opening Statement at Hearing on The 20th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Protests
June 4, 2009
| Press Release
Propaganda Officials Censor Coverage of Beijing Fire
March 12, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Uyghur Historian Released From Prison
March 12, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Top Officials Say Propaganda in 2009 To Focus on Economy and Stability
March 12, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Restrictions on Information Access in Tibetan Areas Increase
March 12, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Does China Have a Stability Problem?
February 27, 2009
| Roundtable
Lhasa Court Sentences Tibetans for Sharing Information With "The Dalai Clique"
February 3, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Media Censor Parts of President Obama's Inauguration Speech
February 1, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Two Young Uyghurs Detained for Distributing Leaflets Calling for Student Demonstration
February 1, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Officials Harass Charter 08 Signers; Liu Xiaobo Under Residential Surveillance
February 1, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Officials Increase Censorship of Foreign and Domestic Web Sites
February 1, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Over 300 Citizens Issue "Charter 08"; Several Activists Detained
December 20, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Inner Mongolia Press and Publication Bureau Suspends China Business Post
December 20, 2008
| Commission Analysis
CHARTER 08 and the Detention of Liu Xiaobo
December 20, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Propaganda Head Liu Yunshan Calls for Positive Spin on Economy
December 20, 2008
| Commission Analysis
CECC Recommends Action on CHARTER 08 and the Detention of Liu Xiaobo
December 17, 2008
| Press Release
CECC Statement for United Nations' Human Rights Day 2008
December 10, 2008
| Press Release
State Council Issues New Foreign Journalist Regulations
November 25, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Requires Photo Registration at All Internet Cafes by December
November 25, 2008
| Commission Analysis
CECC Releases 2008 Annual Report on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
November 18, 2008
| Press Release
Propaganda Officials Issue 21 Restrictions on Domestic Coverage of Olympics
August 22, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Hu Jintao Speech Stresses Media's Role To Serve Party
August 15, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Officials Order Hotels To Step Up Monitoring and Censorship of Internet
August 4, 2008
| Commission Analysis
CECC Chairman Sander Levin and Cochairman Byron Dorgan Issue Statement on China's Olympic Commitments
August 1, 2008
| Press Release
China's Earthquake Coverage More Open But Not Uncensored
July 30, 2008
| Commission Analysis
On the Eve of the Beijing Olympics: China's Information Lockdown
July 16, 2008
| Roundtable
Mongolian Rights Advocate Released From Detention, Placed Under House Arrest
June 28, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Zhejiang Court Affirms Lu Gengsong Sentence; CECC Translation of Decision
June 25, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Communication Disruptions in Tibetan Areas Impede Flow of Information
June 25, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Officials To Watch for "Negative Content" in Supplements About Earthquake
June 25, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Censorship of Internet and Foreign News Broadcasts Following Tibetan Protests
May 12, 2008
| Commission Analysis
China Commits to "Open Government Information" Effective May 1, 2008
May 12, 2008
| Commission Analysis
China Blocks Foreign Reporters From Covering Tibetan Protests
May 12, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Land Rights Activist Yang Chunlin Sentenced to Five Years
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Court Sentences Hu Jia to 3 Years 6 Months' Imprisonment
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
New Internet Regulations Tighten State Control Over Audio and Video Content
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
"Bilingual" Policy Reduces Use of Ethnic Minority Languages in Xinjiang Preschools
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Government Strengthens Campaign Against Political and Religious Publications
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Uighur Editor Korash Huseyin's Prison Sentence Expires
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
SEPA Issues Measures on Open Environmental Information
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Mixed Progress for Olympic Foreign Reporting Regulations One Year Later
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Party Congress Promotes Officials Linked to Harsh Policies Toward Tibetans
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Wang Dejia, Shi Weihan Released on Bail
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Public Security Officials Detain Activist Hu Jia, Intensify Surveillance of Others
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Internet Essayist Wang Dejia Detained for Inciting Subversion
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Central Propaganda Department Restricts Reporting on Air Quality, Food Safety
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Relaxes Restrictions on Foreign Journalists for Olympics
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Foreign Minister "Freedom of Speech" Comments At Odds With Arrests, Detentions
March 17, 2008
| Commission Analysis
CECC Chairman Sander Levin's Opening Statement at Hearing on The Impact of the Olympics on Human Rights in China
February 27, 2008
| Press Release
The Impact of the 2008 Olympic Games on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
February 27, 2008
| Hearing
CECC Cochairman Byron Dorgan's Opening Statement at Hearing on The Impact of the Olympics on Human Rights in China
February 27, 2008
| Press Release
Provisions on the Administration of Publishing Electronic Publications (Chinese Text)
February 21, 2008
| PRC Legal Provision
Provisions on the Administration of Book Publishing (Chinese Text)
February 21, 2008
| PRC Legal Provision
Provisions on the Administration of Internet Video and Audio Programming Services (Chinese Text)
December 20, 2007
| PRC Legal Provision
Regulations on Open Government Information of the People's Republic of China (Chinese and English Text)
April 5, 2007
| PRC Legal Provision
Campaign Targets IPR Infringement, Censors Political and Religious Publications
January 4, 2007
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Impose Special Procedures on Release of Shanghai Lawyer Zheng Enchong
December 12, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Chen Guangcheng Remains in Prison Following Flawed Retrial
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Five-Year Plan Calls for News Regulator To Maintain Status As News Provider
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Official Information Confirms Sentence for Tibetan Nun Who Put Up Posters
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
GAPP Official Claims China's Publishing Regulations Fulfill WTO Commitments
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Shandong Court Sentences Internet Essayist Li Jianping to Two Years' Imprisonment
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Court Rejects Ching Cheong's Appeal, Affirms Five-Year Sentence
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Party Uses Journalists, Artists, Academics To Promote "Harmonious Society"
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Court Rejects Zhao Yan's Appeal, Affirms Three-Year Sentence
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Anhui Requires Journalists to Write "Positive" Reports for Promotion
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Inter-Agency Task Force Cracks Down on Political Publications
December 7, 2006
| Commission Analysis
National Sweep Away Pornography and Strike Down Illegal Publications Task Force
December 7, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Arrest Gao Zhisheng Supporters for Inciting Subversion
December 6, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Hebei Officials Release Bishop Jia Zhiguo; Catholic Priests Arrested in Guangdong
December 6, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Release One 1989 Tiananmen Democracy Protestor, Detain Another
November 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities in Jiangsu Arrest Writer Yang Tianshui on Suspicion of Subversion
November 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Release Date Approaches for Imprisoned Tiananmen Protester Yu Dongyue
November 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Writer Yang Tianshui's Status, Location Unknown a Month After Officials Detain Him
November 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Reporters Without Borders Gives Zhao Yan 2005 Press Freedom Award
November 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Court Sentences Journalist Ching Cheong to 5 Years' Imprisonment
November 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Anhui Court Imprisons House Church Pastor for Giving Away Bibles
November 7, 2006
| Commission Analysis
People's Daily Publishes 2005 Censorship Numbers
November 6, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Officials Detain Nine Tibetan Residents of Sichuan for Links to Leaflets, Posters
November 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Sentence Guo Qizhen to Four Years in Prison for Online Essays
November 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Supreme People's Court Limits News Media Coverage of Court Cases
November 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Sentence Chen Guangcheng After Taking His Defense Team Into Custody
November 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
China's Ministry of Culture Bans Video Game as a "Threat to China's Sovereignty"
November 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Central Government Expands Broadcast Coverage in Minority Areas
November 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Officials Ban Dozens of Papers, Seize Thousands of Political Publications, in 2005
November 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Officials Detain Protestants in Six Provinces
October 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Continue to Target Rights Defenders
October 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Officials Demolish Catholic Church, Beat Catholics in Pingtang, Fujian Province
October 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Gao Zhisheng Held Incommunicado, Without Charge or Access to His Defense Lawyer
October 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
New Measures Increase Xinhua Control Over Foreign News Sources
October 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Five Government Agencies Issue Joint Opinion Restricting Foreign Companies' Access to China's Media Market
September 22, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua Reports on Regulations on Personnel Engaged in News Reporting and Editing: Reports Must Implement a Real Name System When They Are Published
September 22, 2006
| Commission Analysis
GAPP Head: News and Publishing Must Be Marxist, Led by the Communist Party
September 22, 2006
| Commission Analysis
China Issues Report on News Publishing Industry: Hundreds of Publications Censored, Dozens of Publishers Punished for "Illegally Engaging in News Activities"
September 22, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Petition On Behalf of the Aegean Sea Web Site et. al. to Repeal Provisions on the Administration of Internet News Information Services (CECC Full Translation)
September 22, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Court Sentences Man to Three Years Imprisonment for Publishing a Magazine Without Government Permission
September 22, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Hunan Bans Unauthorized Magazines, Acts Against Unlicensed Journalists
September 22, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Local Authorities in Shanxi Province Ban Magazine: Not Government Licensed, Too Many Negative Stories
September 22, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Censorship Task Force Lauds City Government for Suppressing Unauthorized Political Publications
September 22, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Human Rights and Rule of Law in China
September 20, 2006
| Hearing
Authorities Arrest and Imprison Writers for Online Essays Criticizing Government
September 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Court Sentences Journalist Zhao Yan to 3 Years' Imprisonment
September 7, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Government Shuts Down Web Site; Chinese Scholars and Activists Respond
September 5, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Joint Declaration Concerning the "Freezing Point" Incident (CECC Full Translation)
September 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Senior Communist Party Official Urges Party to Increase Control Over Chinese Citizens' Ideology
September 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Open Letter From Freezing Point Writers to the Political Bureau Standing Committee (CECC Full Translation)
September 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Writing Their Own Poems and Self-Publishing Them, Two "Poets" Are Convicted
September 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Release House Church Filmmaker After 140 Days in Custody
September 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Officials Conclude Investigation, Increase Surveillance Over Activist Fu Xiancai
August 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Increase Regulation of News Reporters and Editors
August 15, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Government Censors Focus on Audio-Visual Products With Historical Content
July 31, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Obstruct Publicity and Legal Defense Efforts in Chen Guangcheng Case
July 31, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Review Asks Whether China Needs Religious Education
July 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Official Discusses Economic Problems Caused by Government's Media Licensing Scheme
July 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Imprison Three for Publishing Without a License
June 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Censorship Task Force Meets to Discuss 2006 Spring Campaign
June 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Two Ethnic Minority Web Sites in Inner Mongolia Closed
June 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Government Seizes, Confiscates Political and Religious Publications
June 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Shenzhen Authorities Detain Five for Importing Publications Without Permission
June 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Groups Petition Government to Review Constitutionality of Internet News Rules
June 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Party Suspends Popular Publication, Fires Editors - Prominent Figures Protest
June 16, 2006
| Commission Analysis
GAPP Tightens Restrictions on Foreign Publications
June 16, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Provisions on the Administration of Internet News Information Services (Chinese Text and CECC Full Translation)
June 6, 2006
| PRC Legal Provision
Beijing Court Schedules Trial of New York Times Researcher Zhao Yan For June 8
June 2, 2006
| Commission Analysis
SARFT Relaxes Censorship of Fiction, Retains it for History, Politics, and News
May 2, 2006
| Commission Analysis
GAPP Report: Goals and Methods of the Chinese Government Censorship System
April 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
GAPP Shuts Down More Newspapers
April 29, 2006
| Commission Analysis
GAPP: Indoctrination, Prior Restraints, Political Censorship "Highlights" of '05
April 29, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Vice Premier, Senior Official Say China Moving to Join WIPO Internet Treaties
April 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Internet Operators in China Agree to Support Hu Jintao, Marxism, and the Party
April 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Increase News and Political Censorship in Run-Up to NPC, CPPCC Sessions
March 31, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Journalist Li Yuanlong Indicted for Subversion for E-mailing Essays Abroad
March 31, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Internet Writer Luo Changfu Released After Serving Three Years for Subversion
March 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Cai Lujun, Imprisoned for Posting Internet Articles, Released at End of Sentence
March 29, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Senior Chinese Government, Party, and Business Leaders Deny Internet Censorship
March 29, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Li Jianping Indicted for Subversion for Publishing Articles on the Internet
March 29, 2006
| Commission Analysis
SARFT Uses Accreditation Authority to Silence Critical Television Host
March 29, 2006
| Commission Analysis
New Rules to Increase Government Surveillance of Internet News Go Into Effect
March 29, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Government Issues Notices Restricting Media Rights, and Calling for More Propaganda for Children
March 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
State and Party-Run Web Sites Publish Op-Ed Critical of Local Censorship
March 22, 2006
| Commission Analysis
China's Television Regulator Cracks Down on Interview Programs
March 20, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Government Agencies Issue New Regulations Restricting News Reporting on the Internet
March 20, 2006
| Commission Analysis
New Youth Study Group Members To Become Eligible for Parole
March 16, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Control Commemorations for Zhao Ziyang and Hu Yaobang
March 2, 2006
| Commission Analysis
MII to Monitor Online Content, Sanction Web Sites That Fail to Register
March 2, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Media, Scholars Criticize Lack of Legal Protections for Journalists
March 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Censorship Agency Gets New Director, Calls for "Uniformity" of Political Ideology
March 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Media Summary: Chinese Authorities Continue to Shut Down, Block Web Sites
March 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
RSF: Imprisoned Journalist Yu Dongyue Evidently Tortured
February 27, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Nanning City Requires Web Site Operators to Register With Law Enforcement
February 17, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Crack Down on Progressive Newspaper Publisher
February 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Microsoft Censors Internet Writer at Chinese Government's Request
February 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Anti-Corruption Reporter Jiang Weiping Released from Prison One Year Early
January 31, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Court Sentences Xu Wanping to 12 Years Imprisonment for Inciting Subversion
January 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Li Jinping Detained Twice for Attempting to Commemorate Zhao Ziyang's Death
January 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Zheng Yichun Wins Human Rights Award, Loses Appeal
January 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Indict New York Times Researcher Zhao Yan
January 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Popular Magazine Changes Format to Avoid "Politically Sensitive Issues"
January 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Additional Details Emerge on Religious Crackdown in Lhasa
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Police TIghten Public Access to Tiananmen Square in Advance of Zhao Ziyang Death
January 24, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Punish Imprisoned Activist Zheng Enchong After He Receives Human Rights Award
January 23, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Procuratorate Indicts Feng Bingxian and Three Other Shaanxi Oil Investors
January 17, 2006
| Commission Analysis
New Regulations on Newspapers and Magazines Go Into Effect December 1
January 4, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Detain Two Foreign Journalists in Henan and Guangdong Provinces
January 4, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Senior Censorship Agency Official Says Communist Party Must Control News Media
January 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
China Continues Crackdown on Public Intellectuals and Activists
December 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Provisions on Internet Security Protection Technology Measures (Chinese Text and CECC Partial Translation)
December 28, 2005
| PRC Legal Provision
Central Propaganda Department Director Calls on Communist Party to Oppose "Hostile Forces" and Guide Public Opinion at Home and Abroad
December 10, 2005
| Commission Analysis
New York Times Reports on Current Status of Detained Researcher Zhao Yan
December 10, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Court Sentences Uighur Editor to Three Years Imprisonment for "Splittist" Story
December 2, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Party Propaganda Chief Calls for Increased Control Over the Media
December 2, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Shenzhen Public Security Authorities Release Activist and Journalist Liu Shui
December 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
NPC Members Suggest Public Hearings on Draft Laws of Public Interest
December 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Activist Li Jian Campaigns Against Government Restrictions on Internet News
December 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Senior Official Claims Foreign Newspapers Raise Threat of Color Revolution in China
December 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Crack Down on Activists Before U.S. President's Visit
November 30, 2005
| Commission Analysis
IOC Expresses Concern About Government Restrictions on News Media
November 30, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Officials Order Gao Zhisheng to Shut Down His Law Firm
November 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Deadline Nears for Release of Rural Activist Guo Feixiong
November 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Security Officers Detain Activist Hu Jia at Henan AIDS Conference
November 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Close Two Mongolian-Language Web Sites for Posting "Separatist" Materials
October 28, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Web Site Openings and Closings After the Taishi Protests and New Regulations
October 28, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Two Provinces Force Universities to Implement "Real Name Systems" for Internet Forums
October 28, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Party and Government Censorship Results in News Media Being "Silent and Absent"
October 28, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Legal Activist Chen Guangcheng Beaten Again
October 28, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Anhui Province Expands Merger of Party and Government Posts
October 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Traffic Police in Zhejiang Beat, Detain Editor After Newspaper Publishes Critical Report
October 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Reporters Without Borders Ranks China as 1 of 10 Worst Countries for Press Freedom
October 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Court Rejects Writer Zhang Lin's Appeal of Conviction for Subversive Writings
October 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Ministry of Information Industry Launches Campaign to Censor Cell Phone Short Messaging Systems
October 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Local People's Congress Representative, Journalists Beaten While Covering Taishi Village Incident
October 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
MFA Spokesperson Criticizes Foreign Reporters Covering Taishi Village Protests
October 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
National Copyright Administration Publishes Draft of Internet Treaties Implementation Regulations
October 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Congressional-Executive Commission on China Releases 2005 Annual Report
October 11, 2005
| Press Release
Guangdong City "Strikes Hard" at Unauthorized Press and Entertainment Activities During National Day Holiday
October 5, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Harbin Censorship Agency Hires Fifty Employees to "Purify" the Publishing Industry
October 5, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Ningxia Government Agencies Launch Campaign To "Discipline" Local Printing Enterprises
October 3, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Government Regulators Block Foreign Access to China's Media Market
October 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Declassifies Information on Fatalities From Natural Disasters
September 30, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Public Security Officials Interrogate Chen Guangcheng
September 30, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Provisions on the Administration of Newspaper Publishing (Chinese and English Text)
September 30, 2005
| PRC Legal Provision
Provisions on the Administration of Periodical Publishing (Chinese and English Text)
September 30, 2005
| PRC Legal Provision
Fujian Launches Internet Cafe Monitoring System
September 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Liaoning Court Sentences Author Zheng Yichun to Seven Years Imprisonment for Inciting Subversion
September 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Ministry of Information Industry Publication: Controlling "Harmful" Information on the Internet "Top Priority"
September 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Party Propaganda Department Convenes "Public Sentiment" Work Meeting
September 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chongqing Communist Party Propaganda Department Convenes Meeting to Discuss Newspapers and Magazines
September 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Shandong City Requires Web Sites to Register with Public Security Office
September 28, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Censorship Agency Launches Campaign to "Inspect" Evening Newspapers
September 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Imprisoned Internet Writer Zhang Lin Hospitalized During Hunger Strike
September 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Human Rights Activist Hu Jia Beaten and Detained During Visits by Foreign Officials
September 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Report on China's Only Government Authorized Private Television News Network Shows How the Media Must Self-Censor
September 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Central Party and Government Officials Praise Gansu for Banning Over 10,000 Books and Periodicals, Some for Having "Political Problems"
September 20, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Government and Communist Party Move to Increase Regulation of Reporters and Editors
September 13, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Communist Party Republishes Propaganda Piece Rationalizing Increased Regulation of the Media
September 13, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Heilongjiang Task Force Establishes New Systems To Improve Censorship
September 13, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Inner Mongolia Determines Three Major Focal Points for this Year's "Sweep Away Pornography" and "Strike Down Illegal Publications" Activities
September 13, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xian's "Sweep Away Pornography" and "Strike Down Illegal Publications" Work Attained Notable Results in 2004
September 13, 2005
| Commission Analysis
New SARFT Rules Further Restrict Cooperation and Interaction Between Domestic Radio and Television Stations and Foreign Counterparts
September 6, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Public Security Officials Detain, Search BBC TV Crew Attempting to Report on Village Protests
September 6, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Guangdong Weekly Reports on How Chinese Authorities Have "United to Purify the Internet"
September 2, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Police Crack Down on Human Rights Activists During U.N. High Commissioner's Visit
September 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Olympic Committee Refusing All Telephone Interviews To Avoid Falun Gong Journalists
September 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
New Joint Order Restricts Popular Access to Foreign Films and Television Programs
August 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Anhui Court Sentences Writer Zhang Lin to Five Years Imprisonment for Inciting Subversion
August 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
China's Internet Users Debate Shenzhen Public Security Bureau's "Real Name Internet" Requirement
August 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Nanjing Propaganda Department Curbs Critical Investigative Reporting
August 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
MII Reports China's Government Has Met its Goals in Private Web Site Crackdown
August 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
People's Daily Publishes Adaptation of Cohen Statement at CECC Hearing
August 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Don't Sing Out of Tune With the Internet Real Name Registration System
August 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Internet Real Name Registration System: A Number of Reasons to Use it and Not to Use It
August 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Real Name Angst
August 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Is it Possible to Implement a "Real Name System" for Online Chatting?
August 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Slow Down on the Internet Real Name Registration System
August 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Is Real Name Registration a Trend or a Potent Drug?
August 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
"Real Name Internet System" Trial Implemented: QQ Throws a Stone and Causes Many Splashes
August 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Increases Censorship by Restricting "Extra-Territorial" Reporting
August 28, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Propaganda Official Calls on Authorities to "Persist in the Principle That the Communist Party Supervises the News"
August 28, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Party Cadre's Report to Scholars Stresses the Need to "Capture the Ideological Battlefield"
August 28, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Nationwide Crackdown on Non-Commercial Web Sites Results in Over 130,000 Registrations in Shanghai
August 22, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Regulator: Foreign News Programs Threaten Communist Party Propaganda Efforts
August 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Uighur Author Sentenced to Prison for "Inciting Splittism"
August 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Agency Regulates Morality, Political Ideology of Television Editors, Reporters, and Announcers
August 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Latest Edition of HRIC's "China Rights Forum" Focuses on Criminal Justice System
August 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Senior Culture Ministry Official Urges More Internet Censorship
August 17, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Media Summary: Chinese Authorities Seized Over 300,000 "Illegal Political Publications" in 2004
August 16, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Radio and Television Regulator to Hold First Qualification Exam for Broadcast Journalists at End of Year
August 15, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Publishes List of 60 Banned Publications
August 11, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Writer Chen Shaowen Released Following Completion of Sentence
August 10, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Public Security and Censorship Agencies Shut Down Two Political Web Sites
August 8, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Journalist Wu Shishen Released After More Than 12 Years in Prison
August 5, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Appeals Court Upholds 10-Year Sentence for Journalist Shi Tao
August 2, 2005
| Commission Analysis
GAPP Upholds Decision to Censor Writer Wang Yi
August 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Report Outlines Chongqing's Approach to Crackdown on Private Web Sites
August 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Qingdao Joins Guangzhou, Beijing in Requiring Private Web Sites to Register with Police
August 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Police Clash With Ethnic Mongol Farmers Over Land Rights
August 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Township Authorities Ban Magazine
August 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Hong Kong Media: China has "World's Most Sophisticated Internet Monitoring System"
August 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Newsweek International Reports on Communist Party Central Propaganda Department Action Against Publishers
August 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Government Agencies Launch Campaign to Ban Unauthorized Foreign Language Periodicals
August 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Begin to Sanction, Permanently Shut Down Web Sites That Failed to Register With the Government
August 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Security Agents Detain U.S. Human Rights NGO Executive Director After Beijing Human Rights Seminar
August 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Press Focus on Human Rights Expert Appointed Head of the Bureau of State Secrets
July 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Shuts Down Over 100,000 Web Sites
July 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Jiangsu Official Provides Details on Government Campaign Against Unauthorized Publications
July 28, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Academic Group Issues Results of Major Study on Chinese Government Internet Censorship
July 15, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Rights Groups: Chinese Authorities Have Suspended the License of Defense Lawyer for Journalists, Activists
July 15, 2005
| Commission Analysis
US Journalist Describes Chinese Government Attempts to Silence Reporting from Xinjiang
July 15, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Media Summary: Chinese Authorities Crack Down on Dissent in Run-up to the 4th Plenary of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party
July 15, 2005
| Commission Analysis
GAPP Director Says His Agency Has Perfected Mechanisms for Censorship of Internet Publishing Content
July 14, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua Editor's Discussion of "Public Opinion Supervision" Illustrates Government's Approach to Censorship
July 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Political Commentator in China Files Administrative Appeal to Protect Right to Publish
July 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Local Officials Censor Guangzhou Newspaper
July 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Official: Government Has Confiscated 1.4 Billion "Illegal Publications" Since 1994
July 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
People's Daily, Xinhua Cite Successes of General Administration of Press and Publication
July 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Investigators Send Zhao Yan Case to Prosecutors, Reset Pre-Trial Detention Clock
July 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Anhui Court Tries Writer Zhang Lin on Subversion Charges
July 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
People's Daily Editorial Calls on News Media to Strengthen "Supervision" of Public Opinion
July 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Government to Shut Down Unregistered Private Web Sites on July 1
July 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Yunnan Officials Discuss New Regulation on Religious Affairs
June 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Communist Party and Government Officials Manipulate "Public Opinion" on the Internet
June 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
SARFT Official Expresses Concerns about Television Hosts' "Political Quality"
June 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Fuzhou to Wipe Out Illegal Publications, Establish Long Term Supervision Mechanisms
June 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Government To Step Up Monitoring, Supervision of Book Sellers
June 22, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Build a Firm Ideological "Firewall"
June 21, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Media Scholar Expresses Concern About Foreign Media Outlets Operating in China
June 17, 2005
| Commission Analysis
People's Daily Editorial Stresses That Communist Party Must Control Media and Guide Public Opinion
June 10, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Propaganda About the Unity of Nationalities Intensifies During June
June 8, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Communist Party Calls for Increased Control of Mass Media, Especially the Internet
June 7, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Domestic News Media Highlight the Water Shortage Crisis in China
June 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Ministry of Information Industry: Web Sites That Fail to Register May Be Shut Down
June 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Shanghai Government to Shut Down All Web Sites Not Registered by May 25
June 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Censors CNN Broadcast of New Zealand PM's Remarks on Human Rights
May 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Official Says Unauthorized Publications Represent a Threat to China's Publishing Market
May 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Government-Run News Media Warn That BBS Operators Will Be Prosecuted for Illegal Content
May 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
State-Run News Media Reports Apparent Crackdown on College Internet Bulletin Boards
May 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Ministry of Culture Cracks Down on Internet and Cell Phone Games
May 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Uses Cell Phones to Warn Citizens not to Demonstrate
May 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Liberate Forums: Correctly Responding to "Emotional Public Opinion on the Internet"
May 25, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Grasp the Techniques of Mastery and Guidance of Public Opinion: Raise the Quality of Responding to and Understanding Public Opinion Crises
May 25, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Sensitive Topics Fill Cyberspace: How to Regulate and Control Emotional Public Opinion on the Internet
May 25, 2005
| Commission Analysis
People's Daily Continues Call for Increased Regulation of the Internet
May 24, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Cancels Conference on Constitutionalism and Democracy
May 24, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Sentence Journalist to 10 Years in Prison
May 24, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Agency Confiscated over 200,000,000 "Illegal Publications" in 2004
May 19, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Guangming Daily Calls for Increased Control of Internet Content, Internet Users' Ideology
May 17, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Reporters Without Borders Expresses Outrage at Arrest of Chinese Journalist Shi Tao
May 9, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Canadian Professor Comes "Face to Face with the Great Firewall of China"
May 5, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Liberation Daily: "False News" Problem Becoming Acute
May 3, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Communist Party Propaganda Department Calls on Nation to Study Model Reporter
May 2, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Censorship Agency to Crack Down on Foreign Language Periodicals
May 2, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Reporters Without Borders Says China Has Released Journalist Chen Yanbin
May 2, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Official Calls for Increased Prosecutions of "Illegal" Map Making and Usage
May 2, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Guangzhou Requires Private Web Sites to Register with Police, Receive Government Permission to Post News
May 2, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Censorship Agency Bans 60 Newspapers and Magazines
April 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Taiwan Authorities Ask Chinese Government for Reciprocity in News Reporting
April 28, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Shanghai Communist Party Paper Says it "Understands" People's Anti-Japanese Feelings; Authorities Detain 42
April 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
China's State Run Media Looks at How Universities Censored Internet Forums During Anti-Japanese Protests
April 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Shanghai Communist Party Paper Issues New Warnings to Citizens Not to Use Cell Phones to Organize Demonstrations
April 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Independent Chinese PEN Center Holds Seminar in Chengdu to Honor Writers in Exile
April 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
A Look at What Happens When the Media Get Sued in China
April 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Begin Suppressing Expression Regarding Japan
April 22, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Ministry of Public Security Spokesman Reminds Public of Rules Controlling Demonstrations
April 22, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Official Calls for Political and Legal Agencies to Adopt a Correct Approach to Public Opinion Supervision Reports
April 20, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Approves Establishment of Country's First Shareholder-Based Media Company
April 20, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Wall Street Journal Reports Eutelsat to Continue New Tang Dynasty Television Broadcasts
April 19, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Policy Makers Meet in Beijing to Consider Future of Media Reforms
April 19, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Ban 19 Newspapers
April 19, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Government To Consider Allowing Private Investment in Publishing Market
April 19, 2005
| Commission Analysis
New York Times Report Discusses Liberal Chinese Magazine "Caijing"
April 19, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Reporters Beaten and Robbed in Anhui Government Compound
April 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
SCMP Journalist Detained After Reporting Riot at Huaxi Village
April 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Nanjing to Focus on Ensuring Banned Newspapers Stay Closed in 2005
April 15, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Journalist Cheng Yizhong Awarded UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
April 13, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Reporters Without Borders Cites PRC Pressure in Eutelsat Decision to Halt NTDTV Broadcasts
April 10, 2005
| Commission Analysis
First Local Regulations Restricting Internet News Publishing to Take Effect April 1
April 4, 2005
| Commission Analysis
CASS Scholar: Communist Party and Government Control China's Media
April 4, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Yahoo! Co-Founder Discusses Chinese Government Internet Censorship
April 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese University Fires Professor Who Called For Press Freedom
April 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Poor PRC Human Rights Record and Recent Anti-Secession Law Influence Debate on EU Arms Embargo
March 30, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Group Issues Two Reports on Chinese Government's Censorship of Internet Search Engines
March 30, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Detention of Writer Zheng Yichun Prompts Rights Groups to Voice Concern
March 28, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Delegates Blast Criticism of PRC Human Rights Practices at Human Rights Commission Meeting in Geneva
March 23, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Formally Arrest Zhang Lin
March 22, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Censorship Agency Bans Novel for Satirizing Slogan
March 21, 2005
| Commission Analysis
U.S. NGO Calls for Release of Journalist Zhao Yan in Open Letter to PRC President Hu
March 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Court Convicts Journalist for "Disclosing State Secrets"
March 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
PRC Envoy to Human Rights Panel Blasts "Unfair" Treatment of Developing Countries
March 17, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua Reports Authorities in Shanxi Province Unlawfully Detained Reporter
March 17, 2005
| Commission Analysis
SCMP: Former Editor of "Tong Zhou Gong Jin" Stripped of Political Post
March 17, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Western News Media Reporting on China's Growing Market for Books, Electronic Media
March 16, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Media Highlights Licensing Scheme for Reporters
March 15, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Restricts Foreign Participation in TV and Film Production
March 14, 2005
| Commission Analysis
News Report Summarizes 2005 Legislative Plan
March 14, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Censorship Agency Launches Campaign Against "Fraudulent Books"
March 13, 2005
| Commission Analysis
New Book Censorship Regulations Take Effect in China
March 13, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Public Intellectuals in China
March 10, 2005
| Roundtable
BBC Reports on the Tiananmen Mothers
March 8, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Founder of "Tiananmen Mothers" Issues Open Letter to President Chirac
March 7, 2005
| Commission Analysis
New SARFT Regulations Permit Limited Foreign Investment in China's Film and Broadcast Television Sectors (story in Chinese)
March 7, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua: Chinese Government to Enforce 24-Hour Monitoring of Chatrooms, Forums During NPC, CPPCC Meetings
March 3, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua Reports Chinese Authorities Sanctioned or Closed Over 70,000 Internet Cafes in 2004
March 3, 2005
| Commission Analysis
U.S. Scholar Reviews Book on Chinese Government Press Censorship
February 16, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Rights Group Reports Zhang Lin Detained for Writings, Attempting to Attend Funeral of Zhao Ziyang
February 11, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Report: More Than Two Million Peasants Protest in October 2004
February 8, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Registration Administration Measures for Non-Commercial Internet Information Services (Chinese Text and CECC Partial Translation)
February 8, 2005
| PRC Legal Provision
Senior Censorship Agency Official Offers Views on Reforming China's News Media
February 4, 2005
| Commission Analysis
CPJ: Chinese Government the "Leading Jailer" of Journalists
February 4, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Journalist Says Communist Party Bans Reporting on PRC Official's Expression of Condolences for Taiwan Official
February 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
China Censorship Agency Bans 50 Video Games
January 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Boxun Reports Chinese Authorities Have Released Writer Yang Tianshui
January 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
People's Daily Reports Shandong Capital To Deploy Monitoring System for Internet Cafes
January 25, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Pro-Democracy Detainee Yang Jianli Faces 1000th Day in Prison
January 19, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Outstanding Focus Points: Ruthlessly Grasp Implementation of Realizing the Safeguarding of Publication Market Order (Sichuan)
December 29, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Updated 12/14: Chinese Authorities Crack Down on Freedom of Expression, Detain Four Writers, Encourage Strengthening Restrictions on the Media
December 20, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Pro-Democracy Detainee Yang Jianli Said to Face Health Difficulties
December 17, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Activist Jailed in China Seeks Medical Aid
December 15, 2004
| Commission Analysis
County Government Agency in Guangxi Sues Reporters for Defamation (story in Chinese)
December 8, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Media Reports Critical of Law Enforcement in Guangdong Prompt Official Responses
December 8, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Release One Writer, Arrest Another
December 8, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Fourth Conference on "Public Opinion Supervision through the Media in the New Century" (story in Chinese)
December 8, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua Article Questions Lack of Enforcement of Satellite Reception Censorship Regulations
December 6, 2004
| Commission Analysis
People's Daily Calls for Increased Regulation, Supervision, and Self-Discipline for Internet Expression
December 6, 2004
| Commission Analysis
More Than 500 Chinese Petitioners Protest China's State-Run Television Coverage
December 6, 2004
| Commission Analysis
London's Financial Times Cites Chinese Official: Foreign Newspapers to Be Given Permission to Print in China
December 6, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Judge Imprisoned for Corruption Sues Newspaper for Defamation; Proceedings Conclude Without Verdict
December 6, 2004
| Commission Analysis
SCMP: Editor's Sacking Prompts Senior Advisers to Resign
December 1, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Reporters Without Borders: Chinese Authorities Blocking Google News
November 30, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Statistics Bureau Explains Regulation of Surveys Involving Foreigners (story in Chinese)
November 29, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Censors Ban 60 News, Law, Education, and Lifestyle Publications "In Accordance with the Law"
November 23, 2004
| Commission Analysis
China Grants Clemency to Labor Leader Chen Gang and Journalist Wu Shishen
November 22, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Communist Propaganda Department Bans Media Reports on "Public Intellectuals"
November 22, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Massive Protests Erupt in Sichuan, Protestors Briefly Detain Provincial Party Secretary
November 19, 2004
| Commission Analysis
How Chinese Authorities Censor the Press on Labor Issues
November 18, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Media Looks at the Hazards of Being a Journalist in China
November 15, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Court Rejects Imprisoned Newspaperman's Second Appeal (story in Chinese)
November 15, 2004
| Commission Analysis
RFA: Communist Party Censoring News on Riots in China
November 15, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Reporters Without Borders: Cyber-dissident He Depu Begins Third Year in Prison
November 4, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Consider Loosening Some Restrictions on Internet Cafes
November 4, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Two Political Prisoners Reported to be in Ill Health in Prison
November 2, 2004
| Commission Analysis
China Closes 1,600 Internet Cafes
November 2, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Punish Two Newspaper Editors
November 1, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Television Censorship Authority Delegated to Some Provincial Offices
October 29, 2004
| Commission Analysis
HRIC: Chinese Authorities Punish Tibetan Author Over Book Favorable to the Dalai Lama
October 28, 2004
| Commission Analysis
SCMP: Outrage Prompted Editor's Release
October 26, 2004
| Commission Analysis
New Regulations Muzzle Party Members (story in Chinese)
October 25, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Newspaper Editor Cites Problems of Government Control Over Media
October 25, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Draft Public Security Administration Punishments Law Targets Internet Cafes
October 25, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Jiangsu Issues Regulations Governing Internet Police (story in Chinese)
October 22, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Media Summary: China's Detention of New York Times Researcher Zhao Yan (updated 21-Oct-04)
October 21, 2004
| Commission Analysis
China Bans Broadcasts of Foreign Television Programs Dubbed in Local Chinese Dialects
October 20, 2004
| Commission Analysis
RFA Reports Jiang Yanyong Continues to be Subject to Surveillance and Restrictions
October 18, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua Article Describes Internet Cafe Monitoring (story in Chinese)
October 18, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Beijing University Professor Believes He is not Being Allowed to Teach Because of His Criticism of Communist Party Department (story in Chinese)
October 13, 2004
| Commission Analysis
China Drafting Government Affairs Freedom of Information Law, Journalists Can Compel Government Disclosure in Draft Law (story in Chinese)
October 12, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Commentator Calls on Authorities to Shut Down all Commercial Internet Cafes
October 12, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Offer Rewards for Tips on Illegal Websites
October 12, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua Reports on Assaults, Detentions of Journalists in Fujian Province (story in Chinese)
October 8, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Evening News: China Becomes World's Fastest Growing Publishing Market (story in Chinese)
October 7, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Caijing Magazine Critiques Government Statistical Practices (story in Chinese)
October 7, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Banned Chinese Book Wins Award in Germany
October 5, 2004
| Commission Analysis
RSF Reports Chinese Court has Sentenced Internet Writers Kong Youping and Ning Xianhua
October 4, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Straights Times: Senior Chinese Official Confirms Government Censors Domestic Media
October 4, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Rights Group Reports Chinese Authorities Detain Commentator Yang Zheng
October 1, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Communist Party Tries to Encourage Nationalism on 55th Anniversary of the Founding of the PRC
October 1, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Boxun Reports Chinese Authorities Have Sentenced Essayist Huang Jinqiu (aka Qing Shuijun)
September 30, 2004
| Commission Analysis
RFA: Chinese Law Professors Criticize Chinese Government's Closure of Web Site
September 30, 2004
| Commission Analysis
People's Daily Details Closures of Hundreds of Newspaper Bureaus
September 30, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Article Discussing Government Censorship and Google's Chinese News Service Appears on Xinhua, People's Daily Websites
September 29, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua Cites Legal Scholar as Saying China Lacks Sufficient Legal Basis to Prosecute Internet Crime
September 27, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Dissident Fang Jue on the Fourth Plenary Meeting of the 16th Communist Party Congress: Accelerating China's Development, Reform, and Opening (remarks in Chinese)
September 27, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua: Anhui Province Authorities Destroy 330,000 Publications, Some for Political Content, in Single Action
September 23, 2004
| Commission Analysis
China's Largest Internet Portals Enter Into Another "Self-Discipline" Arrangement (story in Chinese)
September 20, 2004
| Commission Analysis
RFA: Shanghai to Install New Monitoring Software in Internet Cafes (story in Chinese)
September 20, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Free Journalist Cheng Yizhong
September 20, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Why Chinese Cyberspace Looks a Bit Thin: 1000 Missing Words
September 20, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua Editorial Emphasizes the Press Must be Allowed to Supervise the Party, Provided it Does so for the Benefit of the Party (story in Chinese)
September 20, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Anti-Censorship Group Tests Indicate Google is Censoring News Results in China
September 17, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Libel Suit Opens Against Authors, Publisher of Banned Book (story in Chinese)
September 17, 2004
| Commission Analysis
WSJ: China Finds New Ways to Restrict Access to the Internet (subscription required)
September 15, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Shuts Down Anti-Crime Website (subscription required)
September 15, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Citing National Security, Ministry of Culture Imposes First Set of Sanctions on Internet and Computer Game Producers (story in Chinese)
September 15, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Official: No Plans to Allow Private Book Companies to Engage in Publishing (story in Chinese)
September 15, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Legal Daily Offers Three Scholars' Perspectives on Regulation of the Internet Versus the Right to Privacy
September 15, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Guangdong Authorities Jail Another Newspaper Editor on Corruption Charges
September 14, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Editors Appeal Jail Terms After Colleague Freed
September 9, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua Publication Cites Dangers of Free Speech, Calls for Increased Monitoring and Control of Internet News Websites
September 3, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Lawyer in Southern Metropolitan Daily Case now to Focus on Other Detainee
September 2, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Shuts Down over 600 Newspaper Branches (story in Chinese)
August 24, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Freedom of the Press in China After SARS: Reform and Retrenchment
September 22, 2003
| Roundtable
Open Forum on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
September 8, 2003
| Roundtable
Voices of the Small Handful: 1989 Student Movement Leaders Assess Human Rights in Today's China
June 2, 2003
| Roundtable
Information Control and Self-Censorship in the PRC and the Spread of SARS
May 6, 2003
| Issue Paper
Open Forum on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
March 10, 2003
| Roundtable
Sichuan Intermediate People's Court Decision: Huang Qi
February 22, 2003
| Site Page
China's Cyber-Wall: Can Technology Break Through?
November 4, 2002
| Roundtable
Interim Provisions on the Administration of Internet Publishing (Chinese Text and CECC Partial Translation)
June 27, 2002
| PRC Legal Provision
Media Freedom in China
June 24, 2002
| Roundtable
Wired China: Whose Hand is on the Switch?
April 15, 2002
| Roundtable
Open Forum on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
March 4, 2002
| Roundtable
Baucus And Bereuter Write Letter To President Bush Urging Human Rights Dialogue With Beijing
February 13, 2002
| Press Release
Human Rights in the Context of the Rule of Law
February 7, 2002
| Hearing
Regulation on the Administration of Publishing (Chinese and English Text)
December 25, 2001
| PRC Legal Provision
Measures for the Administration of Internet Information Services (Chinese Text and CECC Partial Translation)
September 25, 2000
| PRC Legal Provision
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