Beijing

Beijing Net Cafes to Take Mug Shots, Scan IDs

Stevie Converse — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:58:48 -0700

NBC Builds Online Audience Even as TV Ratings Soar

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:10:40 -0700

IOC Says Internet Access 'on the Table'

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:25:37 -0700

China's Pre-Olympics Media Clampdown

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:14:41 -0700

While the Beijing Olympics were expected to usher in a period of greater media freedom in China, as the final countdown for the Games nears, the vise on the media is getting tighter. That's the conclusion of a report released on July 7 by Human Rights Watch, entitled "China's Forbidden Zones, Shutting the Media out of Tibet and Other 'Sensitive' Stories."

Beijing Deploys Citywide Wireless Broadband Network

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:09:40 -0700

Residents of Beijing will have citywide Wi-Fi service by 2010, if everything goes as planned. CECT-Chinacomm Communications has finished the first phase which covers 100 square kilometers. They will free Wi-Fi service during the Olympics. I do not know how good the service is because I have not gone to Beijing to test it and I don’t know anyone who has done so. This is one challenging project.