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☆ One of China’s Most Talkative Nationalists Suddenly Goes Silent
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Chris Buckley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

One of China’s most influential, and garrulous, nationalist voices on social media has suddenly gone quiet, and the country’s internet is wondering why. But in late July, Mr. Hu stopped updating his page, baffling readers and gratifying some of his critics. Mr. Hu has not explained his silence; nor have China’s internet authorities. But many in China think he has been censored, pointing to signs that party officials may have been irked — paradoxically — because Mr. Hu lauded them in the wrong way. In Mr. Hu’s view, the party used phrasing in its plan for the economy that suggested that China would reduce the status of state-owned companies, giving private companies a big boost.

Persons: Hu Xijin, Hu, Mr, Hu’s Organizations: Global Times, Communist Party, Sina Weibo, Weibo Locations: China

☆ China's livestreaming attracts young hopefuls as competition grows
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Casey Hall | Thomson Reuters | Casey Has Reported On China'S Consumer Culture Her Base In Shanghai For More Than A Decade | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A day in the life of a livestreaming host like Zhang can include more than six hours of talking almost non-stop to camera, time spent on hair, make-up, and on post-broadcast debriefs. I can pick up my phone and I'm livestreaming," Zhang said. The livestreaming industry employed 1.23 million hosts as of 2020, according to iResearch, and a pandemic era boom in livestream sales helped the industry to generate $480 billion in business in China last year. To facilitate an increasingly professional and competitive livestreaming landscape, agencies have sprung up to train stables of young hosts and connect suitable anchors with brands. Indeed, the way brands approach livestreaming in China has also quickly evolved.

Persons: Zhang Jinyu, Zhang, Bytedance's, Shining Li, Shi Jianing, Hugo Boss, Casey Hall, Robert Birsel Organizations: Romomo, Thomson Locations: SHANGHAI, China, Shanghai

☆ Alibaba, Tencent 'golden shares': China is pulling different strings to control Big Tech
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Laura He | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

According to a person familiar with the matter, the Chinese government is also discussing taking a similar stake in a mainland Chinese subsidiary of Tencent (TCEHY), the group that includes WeChat and a vast gaming business. The headquarters of the Cyberspace Administration of China in Beijing, China on July 16, 2021. “Golden shares” give their owners, usually governments, some level of control over companies, often those that were previously state-owned. In April 2021, a government entity acquired a 1% stake in a Beijing subsidiary of TikTok’s parent company Bytedance, according to Qichacha. The Communist Party may be easing off on fines and penalties, but the “golden shares” approach seeks the same end, which is “control and tight oversight,” said Capri.

☆ China suspends social media accounts of Covid policy critics
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

China has suspended or closed the social media accounts of more than 1,000 critics of the government's policies on the COVID-19 outbreak, as the country moves to further open up. The popular Sina Weibo social media platform said it had addressed 12,854 violations including attacks on experts, scholars and medical workers and issued temporary or permanent bans on 1,120 accounts. Nonetheless, China is forging ahead with a plan to end mandatory quarantines for people arriving from abroad beginning on Sunday. On Sunday, the National Health Commission reported 10,681 new domestic cases, bringing the country's total number of confirmed cases to 482,057. China has said the testing requirements being imposed by foreign governments — most recently Germany and Sweden — aren't science-based and has threatened unspecified countermeasures.

"It's not a question of if it will happen, it's now just a matter of how many and how fast." As the Lunar New Year holiday - typically a peak travel period for Chinese tourists - starts on Jan. 21, some businesses are already gearing up. Japan, however, is being cautious about Chinese tourism due to the rapid spread of the virus in China. Australia, Germany, Thailand and others, however, said they would not impose additional rules on Chinese travel for now, with France taking to social media platform Sina Weibo to emphasise it welcomed Chinese friends "with open arms". "I suspect any meaningful rebound will have to wait until the travel boom in June or July next year."

☆ Former NBA star Jeremy Lin fined for comments about Covid quarantine while playing in China
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Police fanned out across Shanghai, Beijing and other cities to try to prevent additional protests. A representative of Vision China Entertainment, which says on its website it represents Lin, didn’t respond to a request for comment. Jinzhou in the northeast lifted curbs on movement and allowed businesses to reopen. On Thursday, the metropolis of Guangzhou in the south, the biggest hotspot in the latest infection spike, allowed supermarkets and restaurants to reopen. Other major cities including Shijiazhuang in the north and Chengdu in the southwest restarted bus and subway service and allowed businesses to reopen.

☆ В Китае осудили известного блогера за клевету на национальных героев
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-02 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Известного китайского блогера приговорили к тюремному заключению за клевету на национальных героев, 31 мая сообщает газета Global Times. Так называют национальных героев, которые пожертвовали своей жизнью на благо Родины. Этим почетным званием награждаются представители самых различных профессий, как гражданских, так и военных. Его также обязали в течение десяти дней принести извинения за свои слова через СМИ. Данное дело стало первым прецедентом осуждения китайского гражданина после поправок в Уголовный кодекс, которыми была введена ответственность за клевету на мучеников.

Persons: Цю Цзымин Organizations: Народноосвободительная армия, СМИ Locations: Китай, Родина, Нанкин, Галван

☆ Через Facebook можно будет объявить войну: соцсети всё глубже интегрируются в глобальную политику
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-18 | by ( ) ehomd.info time to read: +3 min

Социальные медиа и смартфоны уже сыграли свою роль в таких геополитических событиях, как Арабская весна 2011 года и Евромайдан в Украине в 2014. Социальные медиа имеют невероятные по всем канонам издательской деятельности охваты аудитории. Через современные социальные медиа можно начать даже войну. Кроме того, через социальные медиа могут утекать важные военные и стратегические данные. Нынешние события всё больше говорят нам о том, что соцсети будут только глубже интегрироваться в глобальную политику.

Persons: Sina Weibo, WeChat Sina, Ehomd.info, Кеннет Гирз, Трамп Organizations: Twitter, ВКонтакте, Яндекс.Картинки Locations: WeChat Sina Weibo, Украина, США, Капитолий, Вашингтон

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