Google discontinues Google Translate in mainland ChinaUsers reported not being able to access the service since Saturday, according to Chinese social media posts. The translation feature built ...
03 Oct, 2022, 04.51 PM IST
'The Simpsons' episode on Beijing's Tiananmen Square trip goes missing from Disney+ in Hong KongThe episode contains pointed comments about Tibet and the Cultural Revolution.
30 Nov, 2021, 04.42 PM IST
China blocks app's social media after post on Tiananmen anniversaryThe Weibo page of Xiaohongshu—a Pinterest-like platform where users share travel and shopping tips—published a post on June 4 saying, "Tell...
07 Jun, 2021, 11.43 AM IST
Party over at Clubhouse, the app that had China talkingFor around a week, robust, open discussion on China pinballed across the American audio app, recently lent an air of exclusivity after an e...
09 Feb, 2021, 12.28 PM IST
China tells Indian media not to call Taiwan a country, Taiwan says 'get lost'China's hackles were raised on Wednesday by advertisements placed in leading Indian newspapers by Taiwan's government to mark the democrati...
08 Oct, 2020, 03.44 PM IST
China’s hue & cry over apps ban contradict its own rule of internet censorshipChina has most extensive and sophisticated censorship regimes in the world. Described as the "Great Firewall," a number of methods are empl...
01 Jul, 2020, 08.15 PM IST
Indian newspapers, websites not accessible in ChinaThe recent action comes amid the ongoing tension between India and China after the violent standoff on June 15 in Galwan Valley area in eas...
30 Jun, 2020, 11.35 AM IST
Online encyclopedia Wikipedia blocked in China ahead of Tiananmen anniversary"In April, the Wikimedia Foundation determined that Wikipedia was no longer accessible in China," Samantha Lien, spokeswoman for the Wikime...
15 May, 2019, 04.06 PM IST
China blocks WhatsApp in online clampdownWhatsApp is not responsible for the blockage, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company declined to comment.
20 Jul, 2017, 12.56 AM IST
Tech companies might be forced to reveal company secrets under a new Chinese security lawThe law, which calls for a review of the tech industry and foreign investments in China, is asking that tech industry giants be "secure and...
03 Jul, 2015, 12.45 PM IST
China threatens to close down internet news services of Sina CorpSina Weibo pioneered in social media in China whose online population touched 648 million last year.
11 Apr, 2015, 01.28 PM IST
Key Google services partially inaccessible in ChinaComments on social media about the disruption reflected widespread speculation that it could be related to the crackdown anniversary tomorr...
02 Jun, 2014, 08.46 PM IST
- Microsoft launches advertising platform in China
Microsoft hopes revenue from the pay-per-click ads will account for half of MSN China's business in the future
01 Sep, 2010, 12.22 PM IST
- Cracks in Chinese firewall, even without Google
People outside China who have read about Internet censorship - thrown into the spotlight by Google’s decision on Monday to close its mainla...
24 Mar, 2010, 12.23 AM IST
- Beijing says working with Google to resolve dispute
China is in consultations with technology giant Google to resolve its dispute with the company, which has threatened to abandon the Chinese...
05 Mar, 2010, 12.20 PM IST
Google cocks a snook at China with Tiananmen picThe iconic "Tank Man" photo taken during the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown and banned in China was available on Google.cn on Wednesday, hours af...
14 Jan, 2010, 10.51 AM IST
- IOC grilled on Internet censorship
IOC president Jacques Rogge was accused of backtracking on promises of press freedoms on Saturday and some Internet sites remained blocked ...
02 Aug, 2008, 10.03 PM IST