China adds more hurdles to keep foreign companies from publishing directly online

China’s government has somehow taken steps to take even more control of media within the country, even as an already censorship-heavy nation. According to a report by Forbes, a new law indicates that any “text, pictures, maps, games, animation and sound ‘of informational or thoughtful nature’” posted online by foreign publishers — even those who have acted through Sino-foreign agreements in the past — will need strict approval by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television. This is a huge blow to online freedom in China, which already was a grim scenario. Essentially, all foreign publishers will not be able…
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