China to Control Reports of Foreign Agencies
Found on Slashdot on Monday, 11 September 2006
According to Xinhuanet.com, Xinhua News Agency on Sunday promulgated a set of measures to regulate the release of news and information in China by foreign news agencies. From the article: 'Where a foreign news agency violates the Measures in one of the following manners, Xinhua News Agency shall give it a warning, demand rectification within a prescribed time limit, suspend its release of specified content, suspend or cancel its qualifications of a foreign news agency for releasing news and information in China, on the merits of each case.'
It looks like China's censorship is increasing more and more lately. The question is if they manage to censor unpleasant news before they cross the border; hopefully, enough news make their way in and the chinese government will be forced to give up.