Stories about China from January, 2010
China: Speculating the future
ESWN translated Han Han's blog post on his wild speculation of the future of Chinese Internet. The blog post was removed by sina blog hosting.
China: Proof for Google's security breach
ChinaHush translated a Chinese blog post that gave evidence on Gmail's security breach in China.
China: More on Google cn
ESWN translated several local news comments on Google's withdrawal from China market: The Withdraw of Google from China is only Psychological Warfare; The Chief Design Officer of Baidu Reacts to Google's Withdrawal from China; 70% Chinese Internet Users Surveyed Don't Think The Government Should Make Any Concessions To Google; and...
China: Google's possible exile leads to cyber protests; Netizens on move
Do no evil, Google says. But the irony is that it did help the Chinese government block sensitive information from the Chinese internet users, which is necessary for it to operate in China. However, this time it seems to be really provoked and made its simmering feud with the authority...
China: Goodbye, Google
Following Google's announcement today that (don't snicker) if the Chinese government won't let the company's China operations stop censoring search results Google China will be shut down, netizens trekked to Google's Beijing office to lay flowers. UPDATE: more photos here, formal flowering of Google China offices scheduled for later today.
China: Iranian Cyber Army aims at Chinese critics, misses target entirely
"The feelings of the Iranians were hurt by the Chinese people," writes one Chinese Twitter user after pro-government Iranian hackers attacked China's largest search engine, which prompted a counterattack by pro-government Chinese hackers against two dozen Iranian government websites.
China: Controversial conviction of lawyer in corruption crackdown
With twenty gang lawyers arrested in Chongqing's corruption crackdown, the conviction of one last week has locals tired of lawlessness on one side and lawyers across the country seeing malfeasance in a political trial on the other.
China: Baidu hacked by Iranian Cyber Army
Baidu.com, China's leading search engine, was hacked this morning a group called Iranian Cyber Army. (via DANWEI)
China: Eight characteristics of fake “patriots”
C Custer from ChinaGeeks translated a post by Zhou Weilu on eight characteristics of fake “patriots” on the Internet.
China: Bloggers’ Reviews of Avatar
James Cameron’s blockbuster, Avatar, was released in China on 2 January 2010, two weeks later than the rest of the world. It is proving popular among the Chinese people. Apart from praising the 3D and special effects, Chinese people also link the story to a controversial social issue in China:...
Iran: Chinese cyberactivists support Iranians
Since the recent mass demonstration in Iran against the Islamic Regime, dozens of Chinese “netizens” have joined the #iranelection Twitter community, even going so far as to create their own web site.
China: New Ticketing System For Train Riders
As “Chunyun”—the travel season before, during, and after the Chinese New Year—approaches, two of China’s largest rail lines are adopting a “real-name” ticketing system. Information Times reported Friday that passengers traveling on trains serviced by Guangzhou Railway Group or Chengdu Railway Bureau will be required to produce a valid identification card upon...
China: “Avatar” and forced demolition
Fauna from ChinaSMACK translated Chinese reaction of the Hollywood movie “Avatar”, some comments related the struggle to the forced eviction and demolition of people's home in development project.
China: The tragic curtain call of substitute teachers
Starting 2010, 448,000 substitute teachers in China will be laid off. CC & Key from China Hush translated local news and online comments on this latest policy by the ministry of education.
Japan: Witnessing a Tibetan sky burial
Blogger Huixing assisted to witnessed a Tibetan sky burial [en] in Litang. At his blog [ja] a sequence of pictures document the traditional funerary practice wherein a human corpse is exposed to birds of prey.
China: Welcome back, Yeeyan
Ethan Zuckerman wrote on the significance of Yeeyan, a collaborative translation website, in bridging the English and Chinese world. Yeeyan was temporary offline in December and now back to normal.
China: Will you accept ‘Naked Marriage’?
A new term has become popular recently among Chinese netizens: ‘naked marriage’ (裸婚). Don’t be mistaken, but the term has a special meaning: it means getting married without a house, a car, a diamond ring and a proper wedding ceremony. Just taking a picture and getting a marriage certificate is...
China: Early cyberdissident joins Twitter
Following his release last spring from eight years in prison for online publishing, founding member of the New Youth Society Yang Zili (@ziliyang) has today joined Twitter.
Blogging about Culture and Interracial Marriages
A Number of mixed race and religion families are sharing their experiences in the blogosphere. The trial and tribulations of inter racial couples show a mirror to how far we, as a civilization, have come in accepting and respecting differences.
China: Reciprocity and trust
maryannodonnell has written an interesting article on her observation of reciprocity and trust relation in Shenzhen.
China: Unblocking and blocking
C.A Yeung from Under the Jacaranda Tree reported on the unblocking of several websites, such as Youtube, Picasa, and etc. But the most reason update is that the blocking has been resumed, as C. Custer from China Geek pointed out the unblocking must be temporary.
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