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China censors online Ukraine debate, bars calls for peace

Eduardo Baptista, Reuters
Posted at Mar 11 08:05 AM

China's censors are silencing views of citizens protesting against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Read more »

China’s WeChat, Douyin crack down on vulgar jokes and misinformation

Ann Cao, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 27 08:21 AM

WeChat, Douyin and Weibo said they are taking down posts and videos making fun of international news events. Chinese internet users have taken to various social media platforms to voice their opinions and feelings about the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Read more »

China tech worker's death reignites industry overtime debate

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 07:09 PM

The incident follows a spate of sudden deaths of young tech employees in recent years, which have sparked debate over the industry's notorious "996" culture. Read more »

Peng Shuai denies she made accusation of sexual assault

Reuters
Posted at Dec 20 10:16 AM

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai said on Sunday that she had never accused anyone of sexually assaulting her. Read more »

China's Twitter-like Weibo plans $547M Hong Kong listing

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 29 01:53 PM

US-listed Chinese microblogging platform Weibo is seeking to raise up to $547 million in a share offer in Hong Kong, documents showed Monday, the latest China tech company to list closer to home as tensions with the United States rise. Read more »

Top public relations director at Chinese social media giant Weibo arrested

Reuters
Posted at Aug 11 11:28 AM

Chinese authorities have arrested a top public relations executive at Chinese social media giant Weibo Corp, local Chinese media reported widely on Tuesday and confirmed to Reuters by a company source. Read more »

Beijing blasts Tencent, Alibaba and others for ‘soft child porn’ sticker packs

South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 22 10:56 AM

Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group Holding are among several tech companies on the receiving end of a lecture by the increasingly powerful Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) for allowing "soft child porn" emoji stickers to spread on their platforms and using "sexually suggestive underage" short videos to lure clicks. Read more »

Popular science blogs disappear from China's biggest social media platforms in latest content crackdown

Xinmei Shen, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 16 01:10 PM

Science blogs Elephant Magazine and PaperClip disappeared from China’s biggest social media platforms on Wednesday despite mostly apolitical content. The accounts have previously been the subject of controversy, but the latest bans remain a mystery as Beijing tightens oversight of online content. Read more »

'Strong Pig Zhu Jianqiang': Hero pig ng China pumanaw na

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 17 03:10 PM

Natagpuang buhay matapos ang 36 araw ang baboy na si "Zhu Jianqiang" o "Strong Pig" matapos ang 7.9-magnitude na lindol sa southwestern Sichuan province noong May 12, 2008. Nabuhay si Zhu Jianqiang dahil lamang sa pagkain ng uling at pag-inom ng tubig-ulan. Read more »

Tesla launches China data center to store data locally

Reuters
Updated as of May 26 09:16 AM

US electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc said on Tuesday it has established a data center in China to store car data locally.   Read more »

China praises British diplomat for saving drowning woman

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 19 06:40 AM

BEIJING - Beijing on Tuesday praised a British diplomat who was filmed diving into a river in southern China to save a drowning student, a rare warm moment between two countries at loggerheads over human rights. Read more »

Blackpink cuddled a baby panda. Not cute, the Chinese Internet said.

Yan Zhuang, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 13 09:36 AM

The dust from the last K-pop controversy had barely settled when the wildly popular girl group Blackpink was dragged into the spotlight for the wrong reason — again. Read more »

China internet giant Sina to delist US stocks in $2.6 bn deal

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 29 02:48 PM

Chinese internet giant Sina Corp has announced plans to delist its US shares and go private, making it the latest to withdraw from the country's stock markets as relations between Beijing and Washington sour. Read more »

Billionaire gets five-year sentence for child molestation, ignites anger in China

Paul Mozur and Raymond Zhong, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 18 08:01 AM

A Shanghai court Wednesday sentenced a billionaire real estate developer and philanthropist to five years in prison for child molestation, ending a high-profile case that spurred soul searching about how China handles child abuse and protects its wealthiest and best connected. Read more »