Tag: shoe throwing

Ethnography of Tech

Trust, social networks, and how the guy who threw his shoe at the Father of the Great Firewall got away

Posted on by Jason Li

Tricia Wang’s delightful talk at LIFT 12 touches upon a variety of subjects:

  • The full back story and epilogue of the person who threw his shoe at the Father of the Great Firewall. Fun fact she mentions: Because the scandal was censored within China and not a big deal, the shoe thrower was only chastised lightly by local…

Continue readingTrust, social networks, and how the guy who threw his shoe at the Father of the Great Firewall got away

The Shoe-throwing Party versus Internet Sovereignty

Posted on by jinge

In my previous post I wrote about Dr. Fang and his radical vision of a Chinese Internet that is isolated with the open Internet. Unfortunately power holders like Dr. Fang have already made the Internet in China one of the most censored and distorted. But Chinese netizens have that unique spirit that can turn every tragedy into a comedy and darkness into chocolate. Let’s amuse…

Continue readingThe Shoe-throwing Party versus Internet Sovereignty