Category Archives: Zhong Guo, Middle Kingdom

Zhong Guo, Middle Kingdom The Overseas Press Club of America ran an article about the blogger guide, in the interview I extensively discussed the roles of US companies in building the infrastructure of the filter in China – which really is the bane of my feelings on the whole thing. China will do what ChinaContinue reading ““The Cisco Lifestyle helps you go to jail.””

Zhong Guo: Middle Kingdom I found this to be most fascinating:Going Along to Get Along: Female Sexual Submission in Urban China By William L. Parish, Shirley Yee, and Edward O. LaumannUniversity of Chicago. The paper attempts to explore sexual fulfillment, ability to initiate sex, with frequency and levels of compliance of unwanted sex with socialContinue reading “Paper: Going Along to Get Along: Female Sexual Submission in Urban China”

CHINA Chinese blog shut down just days after being nominated for free expression contest Reporters Without Borders today condemned the censorship of pro-democracy writer Wang Yi’s blog (http://zhivago.tianyablog.com), which was closed down just days after it was nominated for the "freedom of expression" category in a blog contest (www.thebobs.de) being organised by the German publicContinue reading “News: Chinese blog shut down just days after being nominated for free expression contest”

Zhong Guo I have been thinking of how people say, "China is changing slowly, it’s the right way." But how to they justify putting someone who puts their thoughts out in jail, or artists who do performance art that may question the mores and boundaries of society in detention centers (while I am sure alsoContinue reading “News: Another Activist Detained in China”

Zhong Guo, So China Construction Bank is going IPO today right here in the HKSE making it the biggest initial public offering in the world this year and probably for the last four years . 8 billion dollars could be raised if the stocks sell to expectations. Which means it makes a lot of peopleContinue reading “What are the Social-Political Implications of a Chinese Bank IPO?”

Zhong Guo Reporters Without Borders has learned that Zhang Lin started eating again, on 28 September 2005, almost one month after beginning a hunger strike.  The cyberdissident, sentenced to five years in prison in August for writing articles "contrary to the Constitution", has been left extremely weak from his ordeal. Zhang Lin suffers from minorContinue reading “News: Cyberdissident Zhang Lin ends hunger strike”

Zhong Guo, Middle Kingdom Through this site I was approached by a stranger who claimed to have a watch that was given by the Communist Government to the General who was in charge of the June 4th Tiananmen Square Crackdown. Of course he was enquiring if I would like to purchase it. I have aContinue reading “The Strange Scam of the Tiananmen Crackdown Watch”

t Zhong Guo, Middle KingdomThese new rules are a worry; signally an ever more vigilant web police. I wonder if it has something to do with the recent Yahoo! story and also the blogger’s handbook. As you can see on Glutter, the news of this issue is exponential in the last week compared to theContinue reading “News: The New Rules Against Internet “Subversion” in China”

Zhong Guo Middle Kingdom Someone asked me to comment on an argument that Yahoo! Should not have been "raked over hot coals" due to the fact, abetting in placing journalist Shi Tao in jail for a decade in a Chinese jail is simply "following the law." I think he asked because I was a researcherContinue reading “Cyberdissident Shi Tao is not a Decapitating Murderer: Why Yahoo! Should have been raked over with Hot Coals..”

Zhong Guo: Middle Kingdom China sets new rules on Internet newsSun 25th Septemeber 2005 BEIJING (Reuters) – China set new regulations on Internet news content on Sunday, widening a campaign of controls it has imposed on other Web sites, such as discussion groups. "The state bans the spreading of any news with content that isContinue reading “News: China Set More Controls on Internet (+ related stories)”