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China to develop $154m tech centre free of web restrictions

By Jon Russell Sat, Jun 25, 2011 11:30AM UTC View Comments

The Chinese government is spending a reported US$154 million(RMB 1 billion) to develop a 10sqkm, cloud-based technology centre for high-tech and start-up firms in the country’s south-western city of Chongqing. The facility, described as a “‘cloud computing‘ Special Administrative Region (SAR)”, will crucially be free of the country’s strict internet censorship filters, known as The...

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Facebook may “block content” – a precursor to China entry?

By Jon Russell Thu, Apr 21, 2011 8:30AM UTC View Comments

Twitter users in Asia spent yesterday swarming around a statement made by Facebook lobbyist Adam Conner which suggested that the social network is considering blocking content in “some countries”. Given the rumours of Facebook entering China, is this statement the first step which sees the US make the necessary compromise on control and freedom of...

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Why did China censor and then unblock LinkedIn?

By Jon Russell Tue, Mar 01, 2011 12:00PM UTC View Comments

China’s great firewall (GFW), the commonly reference to the country’s internet censorship policy, is never far from the news but it made new headlines last week when it blocked and the subsequently unblocked business social network LinkedIn two days later. I caught the news Thursday evening and it passed me by without so much as...

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Skype not blocked in China after all… yet

By Jon Russell Wed, Jan 05, 2011 3:00PM UTC View Comments

Last week’s news headlines suggesting that VoIP giant Skype was banned in China was premature, according to a number of sources including The Wall Street Journal and IDG (via PC World). From the WSJ article: The recent spate of reports has its roots in a brief notice (in Chinese), dated Dec. 10, on the website...

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