Categories: Media

China-U.S. Relations Deteriorate Because of Internet

Posted by: Frederik Balfour on September 17

The latest trade dispute between China and the U.S. over tire tariffs has inevitably given way to a flurry of angry rants by Chinese netizens on internet chat forums against...

BW in the News in India

Posted by: David Rocks on October 05

I flew into Delhi on Saturday evening, and our correspondent here, Mehul, handed me a copy of that day's Hindustan Times. I glanced at the front page, and was pleased...

Sony, Bertelsmann End Unstable Music Marriage

Posted by: Kenji Hall on August 06

After a four-year music alliance that was marred by management infighting, Japan’s Sony and Bertelsmann of Germany said yesterday that they have agreed to part ways (pending U.S. regulatory approval)....

'Dark Knight' Snubs Hong Kong?

Posted by: Bruce Einhorn on July 24

The new Batman movie may be smashing box-office records in the U.S., but in Hong Kong – where filmmakers did some shooting last year – not everybody’s happy with The...

China Censorship 2.0 extends to twitters

Posted by: Frederik Balfour on July 17

The long arm of China’s censorship, it seems, now even extends even to Twitters. According to a video interview with prominent blogger Oiwan Lam, China’s thought police have monitored twitter...

IMAX's Hollywood Card

Posted by: Kenji Hall on July 01

I'm sitting in the dark watching the opening scene of Speed Racer play out on a silver screen that's nearly twice the size of an NFL end zone. Suddenly, Greg...