{"id":17182,"date":"2014-04-28T04:04:39","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T04:04:39","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-04-28T04:04:39","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T04:04:39","slug":"China-Government-expands-Media-Censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=17182","title":{"rendered":"China Government expands Media Censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>China Internet stocks traded in the U.S. plunged overnight after Beijing authorities stepped up censorship of the country\u2019s already controlled media landscape.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s top media authority has ordered the removal of four U.S. shows from domestic websites, the government-run China Daily reported on Monday. The four are \u201cThe Good Wife,\u201d \u201cNCIS,\u201d  \u201cThe Big Bang Theory\u201d and \u201cThe Practice.\u201d  It didn\u2019t give a reason for the decision.<\/p>\n<p>The move to block the U.S. programs follows reports last week that China\u2019s government also wants domestic media to halt the use of foreign words.<\/p>\n<p>The selective move against U.S. programs also follows an American defense agreement in recent days with the Philippines that brings U.S. troops closer to a South China Sea region where China asserts sovereignty. The pact was criticized by China.<\/p>\n<p>Sohu, which will have to take down \u201cThe Big Bang Theory,\u201d plunged 6.7%.  Sohu shares also fell on disappointment with the company\u2019s latest financial results.<\/p>\n<p><strong>China, whose market-driven economy is led by the Chinese Communist Party, already blocks access to the New York Times, YouTube and other popular websites around the world, and censors discussion on the country\u2019s Twitter-like Weibo.<\/strong> China has been trying to increase exports of its own cultural products in recent years.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source Forbes<\/em><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China Internet stocks traded in the U.S. plunged overnight after Beijing authorities stepped up censorship of the country\u2019s already 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