Category Archives: Awaiting a Democratic HK

News: Up to 45,000 join muted pro-democracy march in Hong Kong

     Up to 45,000 join muted pro-democracy march in Hong Kong    (DPA) http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2005/July/theworld_July19.xml&section=theworld&col=     1 July 2005     HONG KONG – Thousands of people took part in a pro-democracy march in Hong Kong on Friday timed to coincide with the eighth anniversary of the former British colony’s return to Chinese rule.Continue reading “News: Up to 45,000 join muted pro-democracy march in Hong Kong”

News: Self-Censorship Shifts Hong Kong Media Role

July 1, 2005      latimes.com : World Self-Censorship Shifts Hong Kong Media Role. Mainland officials have curbed reporting with financial as well as political pressure. By Ching-Ching Ni, Times Staff Writer HONG KONG — As Hong Kong marks the eighth anniversary today of its return to Chinese rule, its news media are struggling to preserveContinue reading “News: Self-Censorship Shifts Hong Kong Media Role”

News: Rafael Hui Named Hong Kong’s No. 2 Leader

Rafael Hui Named Hong Kong’s No. 2 Leader Thu Jun 30, 4:54 AM ET China announced Thursday that Hong Kong’s new No. 2 leader is Rafael Hui, a veteran civil servant who pledged to focus on economic development, creating jobs and making the government more efficient. Hui, whose expertise is in financial affairs, takes overContinue reading “News: Rafael Hui Named Hong Kong’s No. 2 Leader”

Typepad Banned in China…Six Ways To Ensure Freedom of Expression

Awaiting a Democratic Hong Kong Typepad is Banned in China (Again) (Confirmation by Six Apart) I have no personal comment. You all know what I think. Actually I do have something to say. Typepad is banned in China, as is up to 40% of all websites. All Chinese bloggers within the mainland, has to registerContinue reading “Typepad Banned in China…Six Ways To Ensure Freedom of Expression”

Microsoft Helps China Censor Sites

Awaiting a Democratic Hong Kong. Another reason why I am a mac user… Reporters Without Borders said it was disgusted to find that Microsoft was censoring the Chinese version of its blog tool, MSN spaces, the system automatically rejecting words including "democracy" and "Dalai Lama". "Following Yahoo!, here is a second American Internet giant givingContinue reading “Microsoft Helps China Censor Sites”

Please Sign Petition to Release Detained Hong Kong Journalist

Detained Hong Kong Journalist faces the DEATH Penalty for seeking a unpublished manuscript by the late deposed Premier Zhao Zi Yang. He has been unfairly accused of Treason in order to imprison him under Chinese Law. (China Detains Journalist as Spy) The petition maintains that Ching Cheong was NOT in China for stealing state secretsContinue reading “Please Sign Petition to Release Detained Hong Kong Journalist”

Profile, Nomination and a very important Internet Censorship Article.

Awaiting a Democratic Hong Kong Global Voices a Harvard University Blog that features social justice news by bloggers around the world are doing a profile series of the nominees from the Reporters Without Border’s Freedom Blog Award. This is My Profile. They will continue add to this list through the next few weeks so pleaseContinue reading “Profile, Nomination and a very important Internet Censorship Article.”