· December, 2007

Stories about Chinese from December, 2007

China: Internet censorship on trial, day two

  6 December 2007

Is publicly notarized proof that your internet service provider has blocked your company website strong enough to seek damages? Just a week after National Legal System Propaganda Day, Shanghai-based IT blogger Du “Yetaai” Dongjin will have his second day in court where it is expected the defendant, China Telecom, will...

China: Top Fake News 2007

  5 December 2007

Zhengyi has listed out major fake news in 2007 with some background information. Some of his picks are (zh): 1. Paper Baozi, 2. Cruelest Step mother, 3. Guangzhou's property price goes down upon government regulation; 4. the gunman of campus shooting in Virginia is Chinese; 5. Province government gives order...

China: Truth Doesn't Matter?

  5 December 2007

The State Forestry Administration said whether the Tiger picture is fake or not doesn't matter. Xu Ming from 1510 said that the government's response made God mad (zh). And Rose Lu from 1510 insisted that truth does matter! Or people would eventually lose trust on the government eventually.

China: 10 Cases of Injustice

  4 December 2007

Liu Xiaoyuan gives an update in the development of 10 major legal cases of injustice[zh] as a result of wrong judgment in court in the past ten years. First post and second post.

Hong Kong: Democracy Activist?

  4 December 2007

Seven Pillars of Wisdom wonders why CNN titled Anson Chan as Democracy Activist while the more accurate title should be AP's Pro-democracy candidate [zh]. The blogger thinks the difference reflected the media's political stance.

China: Report from Hong Kong on sweatshop

  3 December 2007

After long effort, the Hong Kong-based student organization SACOM (Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior大学师生监察无良企业行动) published a report on Dell Computer and its suppliers’ misconducts related to labor rights in mainland China. Here is a collection of voices and replies from domestic websites.

China: Rural Migrant Worker Sex Hotel

  3 December 2007

A rural migrant worker sex hotel was openned in Zhuhai on 28 of November to give space to marry couples for enjoying their sex life. Netease has a BBS post[zh] showing support to the initiative. In the post's poll, more than 80% agrees that China should have more sex hotel.

China: Citizen Report on Ant Farmers

  3 December 2007

Zoula travelled to Shenyang to do a citizen report on ant farmers: He found out from a local taxi driver that some farmers didn't get compensation from the government and some committed suicide [zh].

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