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The article discusses a report which claims that thousands of people turned out in Hong Kong, China in March 2014 to support press freedom in the wake of a knife attack which injured former newspaper editor Kevin Lau, focusing on freedom of speech rights and a lack of arrests in the Lau case.

The author discusses freedom of the press in Hong Kong as of February 25, 2014, with topics including the "Free Speech, Free Hong Kong" protests by journalists and citizens in Hong Kong against Chinese government pressures on independent media, and and publishing industry in Hong Kong.

The editorial looks at the government-run mass media in China as of October 2013, criticizing Chinese press reports critical of foreign companies operating in the country including coffee shop company Starbucks and dairy company Fonterra, which it says are designed to assist domestic companies.

The article looks at press freedom in China as of 2013, citing the detention of reporter Chen Yongzhou while he was investigating construction equipment firm Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co. and reporting his employer, the "New Express" newspaper, published a plea for his release.

The article reflects on the potential impact of negative media coverage in China by China Central Television and the Communist Party's media outlet newspaper called "The People's Daily" on the computer company Apple Inc. and its market share in the country.

The article reports that a January 2013 controversy regarding purported press censorship in China has moved to the newspaper "Beijing News," after beginning at the paper "Southern Weekly," when government propaganda officials made the Beijing, China paper to reprint a pro-government editorial.

The article discusses January 2013 protests in China against alleged censorship of the newspaper "Southern Weekly" in Guangzhou, China, after government interference purportedly modified an editorial as incoming Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping has promised greater openness.

The article reports on the institution of new press laws in China which make it easier for foreign media to report within the country. These rules make permanent a relaxing of China's traditional press restrictions that had been put in place in the run-up to the 2008 summer Olympic games in Beijing. Still critics note that the liberalized rules do not apply to Chinese journalists who are not allowed to work as journalists for foreign media organizations and whose works are liable to censorship by the state.

The article reports on the criticisms made by the western press with regard to the Chinese government's management of the 2008 Beijing Olympic summer games. It is said that reporters complained of the ill-treatment of a British television journalist by Chinese security during a press conference. Wang Fei of the Beijing Olympic organizers said they are doing their all to effect changes in China. Giselle Davies of the International Olympic Committee said that the Olympic event was successful but the action on the TV journalist should not be tolerated.

The article reports on the clash of Chinese policemen with Hong Kong reporters who were trying to cover the chaotic last-minute sale of Olympics tickets in Beijing. Accordingly, the incident raises concerns on how the government will deal with an influx of journalists coming for the event which will be held in August 2008. The Hong Kong Journalists Associations condemned all the assailants for their wanton infringement of Press Freedom.

The article reports that news travels quickly in China, from people stranded by snowstorms to the extramarital affairs of television anchors, although that has not been the case for the recent Tibetan antigovernment protests. State-run coverage of the demonstrations has been meager. While China's national broadcaster China Central Television has run footage from the riots of people taking to the streets and overturning cars, it only showed Tibetans attacking ethnic Han-Chinese interests.

The author expresses opinion on the release from jail of Zhao Yan, a researcher for the "New York Times" in Beijing, China. He was arrested for leaking state secrets after a story correctly predicted former President Jiang Zemin's retirement from his post as military commander. His case shows that researchers enjoy none of the immunities that foreign reporters do. It hopes that foreign journalists take some time to tackle the limits of Chinese press freedom during the Beijing Olympics.

The article focuses on the condition of press freedom and freedom of speech in China. It notes that the Propaganda Administration Department of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has imposed a ban on various topics including the discussion of press freedom. It adds that the government has imposed new regulations among performing artists and Internet users concerning the promotion of a healthy socialist culture. It mentions that citizens cannot challenge the state laws they are themselves state secrets.

This article criticizes the government of China for its double standard policy on journalism by allowing foreign journalists less restriction but not to local journalists in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Reports on the defamation case won by Fountain Corp. against periodical 'Caijing' and discusses the issue of press freedom in China.

Reports on the lawsuit filed by Fountain Corp. against Chinese periodical 'Caijing' for allegedly tarnishing the firm's reputation, as of May 2002.

Comments on the administrative dilemma for China in establishing positive relations with Hong Kong caused by its policies affecting the colony's free press. Conflicts in statements issued by Chinese spokesman Lu Ping on the country's toleration of Hong Kong's media; Link of press freedom with positive economic growth in Hong Kong; Suggestions for the Chinese government to encourage press freedom in the country.

Reports on the regulations imposed by China on foreign news agencies that may put their economic-information services under strict government control. Release of the regulations on April 1996; Monitoring fees to be paid by foreign news agencies to the official Xinhua News Agency.