Google In China Is Better Than No Google In China
Google.cn features manipulated & censored search results, but it still offers Chinese internet users a choice other than Baidu. Less choice is less freedom.
China’s Mainstream Media Views On China Blogs & Bloggers
Does China’s mainstream media fear competition from new media like the internet? Editors of the People’s Daily don’t think so, and say bloggers are parasites.
Stanford Professors, Establishing A Legal Company & Rich People
A Stanford professor takes a serious look at The Onion’s satire of China, a bunch of good advice on starting a company in China, & expectations of poor people.
Talking Diplomatically: John Kerry On Climate Change
What can a former American presidential candidate and Frankenstein double teach us about diplomacy in communications over sensitive but important issues?
Persecuted Religious Movements, Product Reviews, & Internet Stats
Why China is the worst place to study controversial issues, great Chinese websites for dining, travel, cosmetics, IT, & education reviews, & 338 million users!
Shanghai Blogger Summit: Not To Be Outdone By Beijing Bloggers
An introduction to the bunch of China bloggers based in Shanghai who met up for drinks and lively conversation, and a review of the shenanigans they were up to.
chinaSMACK Celebrates Surviving DoS, Then Goes Down
Immediately after celebrating their first birthday, chinaSMACK ironically goes down & is now inaccessible. Is this another DoS attack? Due to the Urumqi riots?
Observations & Insights Of A Blog Blocked By China’s Great Firewall
ULN, the blogger of CHINAYOUREN English and Spanish-language blog about China currently blocked by China’s GFW, shares his insights into Chinese net censorship.
Green Dam & CCTV’s Attacks On Google – 12 Point Review
A 12 point summary of the entire Green Dam Youth Escort web-filtering and censorship software controversy and the CCTV attacking Google for porn links scandal.
China’s Great Firewall Blocks Twitter, Flickr, Hotmail, Live, Bing
Several major websites & services have been blocked by the Chinese government in anticipation of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Incident.
chinaSMACK Smacked: Victim Of Denial of Service (DoS) Attack
chinaSMACK, a popular English language China blog, is suffering from a Denial of Service attack. Why? Who is behind it? Unhappy nationalistic Chinese hackers?
China’s Youth, Typical Tourists, Expat Blues, Education, & USA!
CNR’s Weekly Review highlights some of the most interesting and can’t miss blog posts from the English China blogosphere. This week: May 16-22, 2009.
