Two weeks back, Russia Today broke a story with the title "China employs 2 million analysts to monitor web activity." From that, we get a plethora of dark articles about how bad the Chinese government is. For example, from the BBC, we get an article titled "China employs two million microblog monitors state media say": More than two million people in China are employed by … [Read more...] about Shadows of Censorship? Really???
Archives for October 2013
Rethink the US Government “Shutdown” Like George Orwell, And the Normality of Propaganda
Orwell warned the World that when propaganda is truly successfully ingrained into society, people would not even realize propaganda for what it is. They would think it is normal and ordinary. When people read Orwell's "1984", it was clear from our own perspectives what propaganda was, in the "Newspeak" of the story. But we do not necessarily understand how such propaganda … [Read more...] about Rethink the US Government “Shutdown” Like George Orwell, And the Normality of Propaganda
领导人是怎样炼成的 – How Leaders are Made
I wanted to share a video that has gone viral on Youku, and has gotten the attention of western outlets such as Time Magazine, which will no doubt attract ample amounts of sneers and visceral comments from the West. I'm posting both the English (Youtube) and Chinese (Youku) versions, for everyone's … [Read more...] about 领导人是怎样炼成的 – How Leaders are Made