Have you ever heard of this thing called Plurk? Well, just heard about them, and the context presented is big bad Chinese government banning some (not so) popular micro messaging website - seemingly as lead-in to bring emphasis to the 20th Anniversary of TAM, by the best China propaganda tool my tax dollar can buy, Radio Free Asia. Plurk.com also posted its plight on it's own … [Read more...] about (Letter) Boo Hoo Evil China Banned My Website!
(Letter) Web search for Tiananmen not censored, but do people care?
As a readers of China blogs for quite some times, I've read my fair share of reports of Tiananmen being a taboo subject in China, and a sensitive terms that's filtered by the Chinese government's GFW (here, here). But those reporting filtering/censorship seem to have categorically fell silent when it appears the term "Tiananmen 64" (in Chinese and English) is not being … [Read more...] about (Letter) Web search for Tiananmen not censored, but do people care?
(Letter) “Fifty Cent Party” definition broaden to people not paid 50 cent
Oh, boy, these days it's dangerous to have a pro-Chinese government view on the Internet, even if you genuinely believe it, out of your own volition, and volunteer such sentiment freely, without acceptiong a 50 cent pittance. Here, you can see Rebecca MacCannon just expaned the definition of "Fifty Cent Party" to include those "paid or who volunteer to post pro-government … [Read more...] about (Letter) “Fifty Cent Party” definition broaden to people not paid 50 cent
(Letter) Did the Chinese government really tried to hide quake fatalities?
Recently GVO's Oiwan Lam accused the Chinese government of hiding figures and names of the 512 quake victims. But few searches on Baidu.com seem to contradict GVO's claims: 1) In the aftermath, casualty figures have been regularily updated and published by various government agencies including hospitals 2) As result, many media outlets in China have been able to create … [Read more...] about (Letter) Did the Chinese government really tried to hide quake fatalities?
(Letter) Members of Chen’s Immediate Family Plead Guilty To Money Laundering Charges
The money laundering saga of self-proclaimed son-of-Taiwan Chen Shuibian continues. On Wednesday, Chen Shuibian's son Chen Chih-chung and daughter-in-law Huang Jui-ching both pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in exchange for leniency. According to China Times, the main terms of the plead bargain includes: … [Read more...] about (Letter) Members of Chen’s Immediate Family Plead Guilty To Money Laundering Charges