http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20090123_1.htm

Looks like a Ph.D. indeed thinks more rigorously.

I didn’t say you were making accusations against me. But your first post sounded a bit sarcastic to me. BTW, “like minds tend to think alike” is tautological.

That is why I said the article is probably fake. I have no way to verify or dispute the accusations in that article, but I doubt the author was an “old communist” and “Xinhua reporter”, as s/he claims. Of course, having suspicions about the identity of the author (and why s/he would pose as an “old communist” and “Xinhua reporter”) would also make one raise doubts about the accuracy of the content of the article, at least the portion of the article where the author discusses his/her background. A fake article doesn’t have to be wrong in everything, but if the author poses as someone s/he is not, this is fakery.

Catherine:

I saw this artilce on this web site first, and then followed the link provided by Xiao Qiang to the original Chinese version. I left a comment under that Chinese version, and then posted here as well. What’s wrong with that? this website doesn’t require people to register, so I use whatever name my fingers happen to choose. What’s wrong with that?

2. Most google links to PRC-based blogposts on this topic are no longer accessible. The only two remaining that I can find, one based in Shanghai and the other one in Beijing, all contain a report of a statement of someone in Guangzhou, who claims to be Chen Hua and the owner of the mobile phone number that’s been widely circulated on the web. He complains about a mistake of identity. Some comments to that extent can also be found at bbcrfa.blogspot and feng37′s blog at 37t.mobi.

indeed there are questions about the post and who is the original author. That’s why I wrote that the author “claims” to be a former Xinhua reporter and that Chen “allegedly” made these statements. I first spotted this post on several chinese blogs, and then immediately noticed that it spread very fast through chinese blogosphere and BBSs. from my past research and findings, I also knew who Chen Hua is, what kind of work he does, and the relationship between his office and various commercial IT companies. this appeared to me is a case of the “human flesh search engine” taking on the Internet censor himself, so I thought it was worth posting to share with CDT readers.

I don’t doubt the article might be posted and reposted in various places. What I doubt is the author’s claim that he is a Xinhua reporter with many years of journalism experience. Look, the author says he didn’t know/use much about the internet while he was stationed abroad as a journalist for Xinhua, and only began using the internet after he came back to China. What kind of journalist is that? He made no use of the internet while he was stationed abroad? And you can’t smell something fishy from the style of the article?