Author Archives: Yan Sham-Shackleton

Glutter Linking Policies

I like and Thanks Yous consists of people who I read, people who I know, people who are linked to Glutter, and anyone who published the Internet Censorship in China Story. The people who are not, although may be under those categories, are people who are linked to sites which I deem “unrespectable,” specifically blogsContinue reading “Glutter Linking Policies”

ADOPT A BLOG PROJECT

Have some extra server space? Want to help out Banned China bloggers? ADOPT A BLOG! Introduction The Adopt a Blog project began in response to the second major blocking measure taken by the government of the People’s Republic of China against blogging services. The first such measure was taken against Blogger’s free Blogspot hosting serviceContinue reading “ADOPT A BLOG PROJECT”

Leslie Cheung At Hong Kong’s Madame Tussaud’s

BEIJING, Mar. 30 (Xinhuanet) — A waxwork commemorating the late Hong Kong star Leslie Cheung will be unveiled on Wednesday. The mannequin came from the hands of Stephen Mansfield, a famous artist from the British Madame Tussaud’s Museum. Normally a waxwork takes six months to complete, but this one took just five. It cost overContinue reading “Leslie Cheung At Hong Kong’s Madame Tussaud’s”

Three Tiananmen Mothers Arrested

It’s April. Sites are being banned, women who ask China to admit to what they did in Tiananmen on June 4th 1989 are arrested. I love April. It’s always the month when I am reminded in the most personal of ways my government will shut down, close up, jail all the people who simply haveContinue reading “Three Tiananmen Mothers Arrested”

Possible of Banning of Slashdot.org in China

UPDATE: Possible Ban of Slashdot.org in China (March 31st) Internet magazine and forum Slashdot.org filed the story on typepad being banned in China on March 29, @05:01PM (US Time) Last recorded viewing of the site in China was before 30 Mar 2004 07:09:02 +0800 (Southern China) in Shenzen (Guangdong), as my friend chanced upon theContinue reading “Possible of Banning of Slashdot.org in China”

Is slashdot.org also banned?

UPDATE: (March 30th) Is Slashdot now banned in China also? Last night it linked to this story, a friend of mine said he saw it in Shenzen, (but couldn’t get into Glutter) but I got a comment from someone in China who can nolonger get into the http://www.slashdot.org, when she could yesterday. Can anyone check?Continue reading “Is slashdot.org also banned?”

China defends human rights record

By TED ANTHONY – Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China issued a vigorous defense of its human rights record Tuesday, countering American assertions that it was backsliding and saying its people have benefited from economic reform that has made life more prosperous and government more responsive. But the report and accompanying comments — part ofContinue reading “China defends human rights record”

Typepad Admits to Banning in China

Typepad blocked in China: an update Guardian We Blog March 29: I’ve just heard from Typepad (Mena Trott, via a Sixapart PR) that, as was suspected, Typepad sites in China are being blocked by the government (see March 26), ruling out a technical problem at the provider end. Typepad is ‘working to get the blocksContinue reading “Typepad Admits to Banning in China”

Thoughts of Zhong Guo, Middle Kingdom, China (2)

Zhong Guo, Kingdom, China A few weeks ago, I went to China and fell in love with it and wanted to partake. Wanted so badly to go, see and learn. I made a huge decision for myself which was I wanted to move to Beijing. I started to talk to my friends about, I startedContinue reading “Thoughts of Zhong Guo, Middle Kingdom, China (2)”