nuanced analysis of free speech: jail, still

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

Hao Wu, self-described "biologist-turned-capitalist-turned-writer & filmmaker wannabe," has a brilliant analysis of the position of many Chinese internet users.  His "Do I Have to Take a Stand?" is critical reading for those who are trying to figure out why Chinese bloggers would, for example, deliberately shut down their own blogs as a joke on the overzealous Western media (see …

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multiple meanings of IPv6 in China

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

CDT points to an International Herald Tribune article on recent comments by Chinese government official Hu Qiheng, chair of the Internet Society of China, a government-sanctioned public-private
group founded five years ago to promote the Internet in China. According to the article:

Fighting Internet crime, which Hu defined broadly to include acts
counter to the interests of the…

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release of Internet stats in English

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

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China’s official internet research group, CNNIC, has translated its 17th Survey Report with stats that are up to date as of 12/31/05.  There’s a nice analysis section that shows trended data over the last 9 years since CNNIC has been doing these surveys.

Of note:

  • majority of users are (still) male, unmarried, under 30, with educational levels below…

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WuXia Mockery: 神雕侠侣

Posted on by Jason Li

If you’re familiar with the WuXia 神雕侠侣, then rejoice! Here are excerpts from two BBS posts that mock the recent TV recreation of the famous novel, where the post-authors have written some hilarious commentary with screencaps from the show:

“First, we thank CCTV for bringing us the latest historical/medieval (古装版) remake of Tarzan.”

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