The Economist today had an article on a case involving Microsoft's alleged refusal to turn over documents stored on a foreign server to FBI. The article can be found here (archived here). According to the Economist: SUPPOSE FBI agents were to break into the postbox of an American company in Dublin to seize letters which might help them convict an international drug dealer. … [Read more...] about Privacy, National Security, Human Rights, Social Value, Whatever – It’s Whatever the West Says
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Why did China ban Google? And why do the West try to shut down the Confucian Institute?
The common western narrative is that China's government is oppressive and fear that its citizens would discover freedom and democracy through those websites. On the social-economic level, they imply that China's leadership lack confidence when dealing with the western world. The underlying message is that that those rich multi-billion corporations are somehow purveyor of … [Read more...] about Why did China ban Google? And why do the West try to shut down the Confucian Institute?
The Soft-power of Hong Kong Protesters – Freedoms not enjoy by American, Britain, Canadian and Australian
Above Picture: Images of so-called “pro-democracy” protesters in Hong Kong ignored by the Western media In a recent international human rights forum at Oslo where Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, Bradley Manning and other jailed Occupy Wall Street protesters such as Cecily McMillan were not invited, BBC report (21 Oct. 2014) revealed that, “it is an open secret at this … [Read more...] about The Soft-power of Hong Kong Protesters – Freedoms not enjoy by American, Britain, Canadian and Australian
My Take on HK’s Occupy Movement
This is actually a respond to Plutocrats Against Democracy but I got carried away and wrote this article. What LCY want to say about the pitfall of 1 person 1 vote is that the majority would vote HK into a welfare state as there is a sizable of not too well off people in HK. This is actually the biggest fear of China's top leadership, in their view this is hurting the … [Read more...] about My Take on HK’s Occupy Movement
HK’s “civil referendum”, a giant farce in details
Much touted lately is the "civil referendum" conducted in HK, which resulted in nearly 800,000 votes cast. It makes good headline news among the choir of anti-China media, but in detail, the number breaks down into farce in extreme details: … [Read more...] about HK’s “civil referendum”, a giant farce in details