USE THIS TAG: cn_jp_dialog
We've had some Sino-Japanese-U.S. email exchanges going on to discuss the best way to foster a rational discussion on the latest Chinese-Japanese tensions. Eventually a group blog and/or aggregator may be set up but we agreed that probably the best way to start is through a system of technorati and del.icio.us tagging.
So here's the plan: If you are posting something on your blog about Chinese-Japanese tensions, Sino-Japanese history debates, and related issues (or if you're uploading related photos to the web), please give it the following tag in del.icio.us, Flickr, Furl, and/or Technorati: cn_jp_dialog
(Further instruction: to add the technorati tag to your blog post, please add the following HTML to any post you want included: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/cn_jp_dialog" rel="tag">cn_jp_dialog</a> )
If you tag your material under one or all of those systems, it will appear on this page: http://www.technorati.com/tag/cn_jp_dialog
Chinese bloggers have been pioneering the use of tagging as a way to talk about issues – especially politically sensitive ones. After the SMTH bulletin board at Tsinghua university was shut down, Chinese bloggers used the SMTH tag to share information and views about what happened.
See more from Kevin Wen and Andrea Leung on how tagging can be used to build information communities and create dialogue.
For more on tagging generally, see David Weinberger's posts here and here.