Information Control

Concerning the Development and Administration of Our Country’s Internet

Deputy Director, Propaganda Department, Communist Party of China (CPC) Director, External Propaganda Department, CPC Director, Information Office, State Council, People’s Republic of China Delivered on April 29, 2010 before the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress [Translation by...

July 13, 2010

China Rights Forum

Communist Party Of China

Introduction: “China’s Internet”: Staking Digital Ground

This issue— “China’s Internet”: Staking Digital Ground —has been a particularly demanding volume to develop and produce. The diversity and sophistication of perspectives, technical, legal, and information security expertise of the various contributors, and fast-paced developments added to the...

July 9, 2010

China Rights Forum

Information Control

How the Chinese Authorities View the Internet: Three Narratives

What is the Chinese government’s vision of Internet development? There are at least three versions: the government’s internal narrative, a made-for-export narrative, and an official narrative for the Chinese people. Together, these three narratives offer an overview of the Chinese government’s real...

July 9, 2010

China Rights Forum

Communist Party Of China

China Sharpens Legal Weapons for Information Control

In a revision of the central pillar of China’s state secrets system – the Law on Guarding State Secrets 1 (State Secrets Law) – the Chinese government has tightened its control of the flow of information in the digital age.

April 29, 2010

HRIC Bulletin

Access to Information

In Statement, Tiananmen Mothers Urge Government to Open Up the Internet

The Tiananmen Mothers , a group of relatives of the victims of the June 4, 1989 government crackdown, have asked Human Rights in China to make public an English translation of a statement they issued on the occasion of the current annual sessions of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and Chinese...

March 10, 2010

Press Work

Internet

Law of the People’s Republic of China on Guarding State Secrets (Revised Draft) (2009) Full Text and Explanation

[English Translation by Human Rights in China, July 2009. Translation of Articles 1-51 based on the English translation of the 1989 Law of the People’s Republic of China on Guarding State Secrets by the Supreme Court of the People’s Republic of China.] The ninth session of the Standing Committee of...

July 24, 2009

Press Work