Stories about China from March, 2009
China: Complicated Internet Culture
Ethan sums up Rebecca Mackinnon's presentation on the Chinese internet, deliberative government and internet filtering at the Berkman Center
China: Youtube blocked
Aw Guo reported that Youtube is blocked in China. The blogger confirmed the situation with his twitter friends.
China: Industrial Towns in Southern China
David from Silk Road International depicts the threatening situation in industrial areas outside of Shenzhen due to unemployment.
China: Societal Breakdown
Xujun Eberlein translated a well-known sociologist, Sun Liping's article on crisis in China. Sun argued that the greatest crisis is not social unrest but societal breakdown. Translation part I and part II.
China: RMB for Children
Chris from ChinaSMACK translated a news story and netizens comments on toy bank and pirated RMB for children in Shanxi, China.
China: More on Grass Mud Horse
China Digital Times has translated the Song of Grass Mud Horse, a big hit in the Internet, in early February. In brief, Grass Mud Horse （草泥馬） is said to be a legendary creature in China, but it is phonetically equivalent to “Fxxk Your Mother!” in Chinese. There are other similar...
China: On the Internet, nobody knows you're a cadre
Imagethief discusses the “eluding the cat” investigation arrangement in Yunnan from a P.R perspective. The blogger feels that it is a creative method by propaganda department: “On the Internet, nobody knows you're a cadre”.
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