Thanks to China Digital Times for the link to this rather extraordinary video, posted by someone called daughterofchina, whose producers are using the Internet and Youtube as a means of online environmental activism. It would be nice to know more about who produced it. I searched Yoqoo (which I notice is now calling itself Youku, thank god), Baidu, and Tudou and could not find it on any of these Chinese video sharing sites. It must have been posted there, however, so perhaps it has been deleted?
The video calls attention to water pollution in Wuxi and the protests against the PX chemical factory in Xiamen, the latter which has been blogged in depth on ESWN and Global Voices Online.
You can find a collection of Chinese videos of newscasts on the Wuxi polluted tap water issue here.
3 comments on “Chinese online video activism: “We don’t need GDP, we need life””
Taihu lake pollution: Net frenzy and government response
Florescent algae and dead fish On May 30, someone using the Net name Thin Cute Girl (Xiao Xiniang – 筱细娘)
Taihu lake pollution: Net frenzy and government response
Florescent algae and dead fish On May 30, someone using the Net name Thin Cute Girl (Xiao Xiniang – 筱细娘)
Taihu lake pollution: Net frenzy and government response
Florescent algae and dead fish On May 30, someone using the Net name Thin Cute Girl (Xiao Xiniang – 筱细娘
Thank you so much for the link. I do apppreciate it.