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China defends its Internet censorship policies
By Stephanie Ho China is defending its Internet censorship policies, less than a day after U.S. Internet company Google moved its China-based search engine to Hong Kong. Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang fended off questions about Google by saying...
Google to redirect Chinese services through Hong Kong
The Internet company Google is following through on a promise to stop censoring search results in China. The widely-used Internet search company says it will redirect its Chinese services through its Hong Kong computer facilities to circumvent China's...
No contact between China and Google about censorship dispute
China says it has not had any direct contact with the U.S. Internet company Google about ending its China-based search service because of government censorship. Chinese Vice Minister Miao Wei told the state-run Xinhua news agency that China's ministry...
Computer programming contest draws world's best minds in Harbin, China
By Faiza Elmasry Who's the brainiest of them all? Call it the "Olympics of the Mind". Earlier this month, the world's brainiest people were in Harbin, China, for the 34th annual Battle of the Brains, the oldest, most prestigious computer...
China tightens Internet restrictions
China has tightened its controls on Internet use, requiring anyone who wants to set up a Web site to meet directly with government regulators. The new rules, published by the Technology Ministry this week, also require Web site owners to submit their...
Google-China row could reflect a new era of Internet control
By Ron Synovitz In its first public reaction to the Internet row between Google and the Chinese government, Beijing today reasserted its right to control the Internet and strengthen what it calls "Internet management." China's position,...
Turkey's YouTube Ban Is Cause For Concern
By Claire Berlinski Very few people in Turkey are exercised by the YouTube blackout, now in its second year. Despite the ban, the video-sharing site is believed to be the ninth most popular site in Turkey. Almost every Internet user -- from Prime Minister...
Yahoo! Inc. Lawsuit Settlement: Long Overdue, and Not the End of the Issue
On November 6, Congressman Tom Lantos, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, chaired a hearing at which Yahoo! Inc. CEO Jerry Yang and General Counsel Michael Callahan were asked to account for the company’s actions in the Shi...
China to launch lunar probe on Wednesday
China is to launch its first lunar probe on Wednesday, just weeks after its rival, Japan , sent satellite into moon orbit. The wider window has been set for between Oct. 24 and Oct. 26, but the best time is about 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Li Guoping, a...
Yahoo! Executives to Testify About False Information Given to Congress in China Human Rights Case
Washington, DC -- The House Foreign Affairs Committee today asked top officials of Yahoo! Inc. to testify at a hearing on how the Internet company gave false information to Congress about its role in a human rights case in China that sent a journalist...
