The world’s largest Chinese digital library, a database containing over 12 million documents or 25 percent of China’s public information resources, opened on Saturday, November 8, 2003. The digital library aims to make it possible for users to share 80 percent of China’s intellectual resources through the Internet within three years. The database covers information […]
Read MoreI’ve just uploaded a document under this blog’s “Special Report” section about methods the Chinese government uses to control access and postings to the Internet by its citizens. It covers ISP and ICP legislation, crackdowns of Internet cafes, intimidation of citizens by arrests and surveillance, and China’s increasing ability to target search engine results and […]
Read MoreAccording to a survey by the Institute for Public Relations in the US, China, followed by Saudi Arabia and Vietnam is ranked the worst country in the world for media corruption. Northern European countries such as Finland and Denmark top the survey list, which ranks countries in various categories such as the freedom of the […]
Read MorePlanGraphics Inc. has won a $2.1 million USD contract with the Liaoning province to develop an Urban Management Information System. Development will be focused in the cities of Shenyang, Panjin, and Yingkou. The implementation will rely heavily on using Geographic Information Systems and the Internet. Businesswire article.
Read MoreIt’s predicted that by 2010, over 20 million people in China will be infected with the HIV virus. But the Chinese government is not educating its people about how to avoid this deadly disease: over 80% of its citizenry doesn’t know that condoms can prevent it. Chinese officials even filter out HIV information on the […]
Read MoreForbes reported that Online gaming companies are beginning to successfully get customers to pay their services. “Revenue in China for what is currently a nascent business is likely to quadruple from this year to about $1 billion in 2006”. Online games are likely to be played by a large number of people at any given […]
Read MoreAP reports about the first U.N. summit on information technology. Who controls the Internet and how richer nations should subsidize its growth in poorer countries are central issues dividing planners a month ahead of the world conference. More than 50 heads of state have confirmed their attendance at the Dec. 10-12 meeting in Geneva, but […]
Read MoreAsia Computer Weekly reported from Hong Kong that Oracle has opened its second R&D facility in China, to offer more localised offerings to the Chinese and Japanese markets. The China Development Centre (CDC) is located in Beijing√≠s Zhongguancun Software Park. The first facility was opened in Shenzhen in June last year. Beside Oracle, software giant […]
Read MoreToday we had discussed the issue of Digital divide on our class. One raised a question about India. Here is an article entitled The Internet in India and China . It should be useful for our discussion.
Read MoreWithout a physical exam, doctors agree that it’s dangerous to obtain prescribed drugs or a medical diagnosis. Yet many people are going on the Internet to do just that. China’s officials are trying to combat this by outlawing “online diagnosis and treatment sites”, according to this article at China.org.cn
Read MoreAnyone who follows how Internet impacting on Chinese society should pay close attention to the case of Du Daobin. Du, 39, is a very representative voice of young generation of outspoken “liberal public intellectuals” in China, emerged from and empowered by the Net. In the past year or so, Du has become one of the […]
Read MoreMicrosoft is adding another 80 software developers to Microsoft Research Asia located in Beijing. The goal is to shorten the product development cycle from idea to product. Some products that are being developed in Beijing are text to speech software, a “smart watch” with news and email, and a universal pen that stores written information. […]
Read MoreThe daughter of Chinese President Hu Jintao has secretly married a millionaire board-member of leading Chinese Internet portal Sina.com, sources revealed. Hu Haiqing, the 33-year-old daughter of the president, married Daniel Mao, who made a fortune as a former chief executive officer of the Sina Corp, China’s leading NASDAQ listed Internet portal, AFP learned from […]
Read MoreSeveral dozen Chinese academics, reporters and scholars have called on Beijing to release detained “cyberdissident” Du Daobin and protect freedom of speech. In an open letter addressed to Premier Wen Jiabao, some of the activists said the late-October detention of Internet essayist Du was groundless, a copy obtained by Reuters on Tuesday said. Source at […]
Read MoreA prominent internet activist was set to go on trial in China on Tuesday, as the government appeared undeterred by recent difficulties it had encountered in battling cyber-dissents through the courts. Jiang Lijun, who was detained in November last year and later charged with “incitement to subvert state power,” would be tried in a closed […]
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