Category Archives: Zhong Guo, Middle Kingdom

CHINA : Imprisoned cyber-dissident hospitalised after going on hunger strike ( Sep 9: The Internet under surveillance Imprisoned cyber-dissident hospitalised after going on hunger strike Reporters Without Borders voiced deep concern today about the condition of cyber-dissident Zhang Lin, who has been rushed to hospital after beginning a hunger strike at the start of SeptemberContinue reading “News: CHINA : Imprisoned cyber-dissident hospitalised after going on hunger strike”

The Internet under surveillance 9 September 2005 CHINA – UNITED STATES Clinton Urged to Raise Shi Tao Case at China Internet Summit Human Rights in China (HRIC) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) today issued an open letter to former president Bill Clinton, urging him to raise the case of jailed journalist Shi Tao and encourageContinue reading “News: Clinton Urged to Raise Shi Tao Case at China Internet Summit”

The Internet under surveillance 31 August 2005 CHINA Two cyber-dissidents put under surveillance during UN human rights visit "Isn’t it paradoxical that a human rights commission’s visit causes more human rights violations?" – Liu Di Reporters Without Borders today said it was "sickened by the hypocrisy of the Chinese authorities" in putting Liu Di, aContinue reading “News: Two cyber-dissidents put under surveillance during UN human rights visit”

Cyber-dissident Ma Yalian released on completing sentence Ma Yalian, a cyber-dissident who had been held since 19 March 2004 for posting articles on the web about China’s inefficient system for registering complaints, was released on 19 August on completing a sentence of 18 months of "reeducation through work" camp. A total of 62 other cyber-dissidentsContinue reading “News: Cyber-dissident Ma Yalian released on completing sentence”

REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS THE INTERNET UNDER SURVEILLANCE 2 August 2005 CHINA Cyber-dissident Zhang Lin gets five years in prison Reporters Without Borders voiced outrage today at the five-year prison sentence imposed by a court in Benghu (in Anhui province, west of Shanghai) on 28 July on cyber-dissident Zhang Lin for "violating national security." His lawyerContinue reading “News: Cyber-dissident Zhang Lin gets five years in prison”

New Articles on Internet Censorship in China. More on Cisco’s involvement in helping the Chinese government with Rebecca Mckinnon and the Author of "Losing China." http://rconversation.blogs.com/rconversation/2005/06/more_on_cisco_i.html I do want to point out a review of the Book "Losing China," that portrays the author to be problematic. Just check out Mr. Ress’s Book Review The Internet:Continue reading “China and the Internet”

Reporters Without BordersTHE INTERNET UNDER SURVEILLANCE16 June 2005 CHINA Cyberdissident Zhang Lin to go on trial for posting articles including lyrics to a punk song online Reporters Without Borders has protested against the seriousness of charges laid against Zhang Lin, whose closed-doors trial is to be held on 21 June 2005. "How can posting articlesContinue reading “Post a Punk Song Lyric, Spend Life in Prison in China.”

Awaiting a Democratic Hong Kong. This is a comment I got on my site regarding "Hong Kong Holds candle light vigil for Tiananmen Victims. "there is no comments or reports about this thing, why? i feel very hard to understand! i mean in China. I am a student in Jiang Su provice.I want to knowContinue reading “This is why we should tell the truth about China”

Zhong Guo, Middle Kingdom Hi. This topic has blown up over on my flickr group as well. And I mean blown up. Tempers have flared (mine included) and I think in some ways it shows how contencious this issue really is between the Chinese people and the Japanese people. And I think it does showContinue reading “Repost: Japan Needs to Apologize and start admitting to the truth.”