Occasional Observations on Chinese Online Media and Other Topics
Posted in Blogosphere, Regulation on Nov 29th, 2008
Rebecca McKinnon has a highly interesting posting on her blog about recent research she has done at the University of Hongkong. (Unfortunately her blog cannot be easily accessed in mainland China. Even the RSS Feed in Google Reader is blocked.)
Following up on a conversation McKinnon had last year with BOB 2008 award winning Beijing lawyer […]
Posted in Regulation on Feb 20th, 2008
As was to be expected, James Fallows’ article on China’s Internet control system, “The Connection Has Been Reset”, is an excellent one, well-informed and balanced.
Funny enough, when I followed Fallows’ recommendation yesterday and downloaded the software for a “virtual private network” (VPN), I experienced exactly one of the measures described in his article. Sitting […]