China
China Selling Pirated Windows 7 Copies
Pirated copies of Windows 7 are being distributed within China’s PC marketplace.
China Targets Adult Webmasters Using U.S. Servers
Police have made arrests involving Chinese sites that used U.S. servers. Authorities also are warning payment processors to stay out of the adult biz.
Google Influence in China Grows Even Without Adult
Even without porn, Google is poised to take over China.
China Delays Rule for Porn-Filtering Software
China has delayed mandatory installation of the Green Dam Youth Escort software after PC makers demanded more time.
Fed Up With Porn Links, China Blocks Google Access
China, without notice, started blocking Google.com and Google.cn Wednesday night, later accusing the search engine of spreading adult content over the Internet.
U.S. Calls for Talks With China About Internet Porn Filtering Law
In response to a Chinese government edict that would put porn filters on all computers, the U.S. government has called for talks with the eastern giant.
China Orders Google to Cut All Online Adult Links
Google has been ordered to put a halt allowing "pornographic and vulgar" content from being accessed through its Chinese-language search engine, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
China to Require Filters on New PCs July 1
The mandated software would allow the government to update computers with a regularly updated list of banned websites.
China Attacks 'Human Flesh Search'
China's list of online do's and don'ts is increasing with its pursuit of charges against individuals who use the Internet to uncover information about others — as well as the companies that make it possible.
China Porn Crackdown Spreads to Audiobooks
Four employees at an online store in Shanghai have been arrested over the production and distribution of erotic audiobooks.
Red Light District Spends ‘Another Night in China’
How do you follow up 2006’s best-selling release of the year? By releasing a sequel, of course. This week Red Light District followed up its release of “1 Night in China,” the celebrity sex tape starring Joanie “Chyna Doll” Laurer, with a new movie.
China Extends Anti-Porn Mobile Device Crackdown Through April
A new campaign was jointly launched by five departments, including the Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, to combat distribution of adult videos through cellphones.
China Extends Crackdown to Mobile Phones
China’s Ministry of Public Security today announced that its plans to extend its crackdown against Internet pornography to content for mobile phones.
China Strengthens Internet Porn Crackdown With Arrests, More Closures
The Chinese government’s crackdown on online adult content has strengthened even more today to now include 28 arrests, several newly targeted areas and a total of 277 website shutdowns over the past 11 days.
China Closes 91 Sites in Crackdown on Online Adult Content
Chinese officials have furthered their crackdown on online adult content by shutting down a total of 91 websites containing “vulgar” and “harmful” material in less than a week.
China Blasts MSN in Updated Online Adult Content Crackdown
The Chinese government extended its crackdown on online adult content late Thursday by targeting 14 additional websites, including Microsoft’s MSN China, and accusing them of spreading vulgarity.
China Attacks Google, Baidu in Effort to Ban Online Adult Content
Chinese officials announced Monday that Google and top Chinese search engine Baidu, among others, are under threat of severe punishment because they have ignored warnings from censors and failed to remove lewd content from their pages.
China Fines Citizen Possessing Adult Video on Computer
A Chinese man was fined $277 for a 30-minute adult video found on his hard drive, according to a report.
The China Syndrome
Although websites, video-on-demand and DVDs represent a huge piece of the revenue pie, there are many other niches in the adult industry. One that predates adult films by several thousand years is the toy and novelty business.
China: Pole Dancing Taking Off as Exercise
The New York Times reports that pole dancing — long associated with strippers in the U.S. — is beginning to catch on as a women's fitness activity in China.