Category Archives: Zhong Guo, Middle Kingdom

News: CHINESE ACTIVISTS CALL FOR REPEAL OF INTERNET “11 COMMANDMENTS”

Zhong Guo I do not know how people get the courage to put themselves at risk of being arrested and placed in prison for a cause. It’s people like this who put those who speak against free speech, and those who fight for it in China to shame. CHINESE ACTIVISTS CALL FOR REPEAL OF INTERNETContinue reading “News: CHINESE ACTIVISTS CALL FOR REPEAL OF INTERNET “11 COMMANDMENTS””

News: Censorship Affects Families, Not Just Google’s Bottomline in China

Censorship Affects Families, Not Just Google’s Bottomline in China New America Media, Commentary,  Eugenia Chien, Mar 17, 2006 Editor’s Note: The most difficult conversation about censorship in China needs to be between Chinese themselves, not just the Chinese government and U.S. corporations like Google. Eugenia Chien, a writer and editor with New America Media saysContinue reading “News: Censorship Affects Families, Not Just Google’s Bottomline in China”

Free Hao Wu: Fellow BBC World Service Pannelist Jailed.

Zhong Guo. On Valentine’s Day UK time. I went on the BBC World Service Radio show "Have Your Say," to discuss Censorship in China. One of the participant named "Tian" was from China. He owns the blog "Beijing or Bust," He is also one of the Editors in the Harvard based Global Voices. His realContinue reading “Free Hao Wu: Fellow BBC World Service Pannelist Jailed.”

News: Chinese teacher gaoled for online democratic leanings

Zhong Guo A teacher has been gaoled for 10 years in China for criticising his government online. The man was found guilty of ‘subversion of state power’ after posting a number of essays on the Internet, including one entitled ‘The Road to Democracy’, reports Reuters. Ren Ziyuan, aged 27, was found guilty and sentenced byContinue reading “News: Chinese teacher gaoled for online democratic leanings”

News: Google hires D.C. lobbyist with a friend in high places

Facing increasing congressional scrutiny, Google Inc. has hired a lobbying firm that includes the son of U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill. The Mountain View Internet giant hired Joshua Hastert as part of a team of lobbyists from the firm PodestaMattoon to champion its interests in privacy, compensation and China, among other issues, according toContinue reading “News: Google hires D.C. lobbyist with a friend in high places”

News: Cyber-dissident Luo Changfu freed on completing three-year prison term

Cyber-dissident Luo Changfu freed on completing three-year prison term Luo Changfu returned home today after being released on 12 March. Local sources said his state of health after three years in prison was quite good. He was arrested on 13 March 2003 and given a three-year prison sentence in July 2003 for "subversion" and "tryingContinue reading “News: Cyber-dissident Luo Changfu freed on completing three-year prison term”

News: Tiananmen activist ‘mentally ill’ from possible torture in Jail

  Tiananmen activist ‘mentally ill’                                          A Chinese man jailed over the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests has been released from jail but is severely mentally ill, his family has said.            Continue reading “News: Tiananmen activist ‘mentally ill’ from possible torture in Jail”

Ang Lee, Ma Jian and Absurdist China

Zhong Guo Exiled writer, Ma Jian, whose work in banned in China said in his recent talk, "Chinese literature is absurdist because our culture is Conservative and restrictive and therefore writers are accustomed to use symbols and metaphors. To criticize in an indirect way because it is the only way they know. The society isContinue reading “Ang Lee, Ma Jian and Absurdist China”

More of how Yahoo! helped Jailed Journalist and another journalist detained.

CHINA Verdict in cyberdissident Li Zhi case confirms implication of Yahoo! Reporters Without Borders said it had obtained a copy of the court verdict against Li Zhi (below), a former official jailed for eight years in December 2003, confirming that US firm Yahoo! collaborated with the prosecution, as did local competitor, Sina. "The Li ZhiContinue reading “More of how Yahoo! helped Jailed Journalist and another journalist detained.”