“More than 200 leaders from government, business and civil society attended the Global Forum on Internet Governance, held on 25 and 26 March 2004 and organized by the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Task Force” according to a report by CircleID. The entry is mostly large sections of direct quotation from participants in […]
Read MoreApril 1, 2004 According to the BBC, “A Chinese observatory is hoping to give the ultimate accolade to the country’s first man in space, Yang Liwei, after proposing to name an asteroid after the 38-year-old fighter pilot.” In an interesting twist on Chinese intellectual property law, “his image, name and signature have also been copyrighted […]
Read MoreApril 1, 2004 According to France-based NGO Reporters Without Borders, “cyberdissident Ma Yalian has been sentenced to 18 months in a work re-education camp for posting articles on the Internet exposing failings in China’s complaints system for its citizens. At the same time the authorities have extended filtering of weblogs.” See the full press release […]
Read MoreMarch 26, 2004 The France-based NGO, Reporters Without Borders, has issued an “awards list” for those countries practicing “online repression.” China wins its grand prize, though notably a number of Western nations, including the United States, Canada and France are listed as being on “probation.” Regarding China, Reporters Without Borders, notes: “Golden Palm¬†: China An […]
Read MoreMarch 25, 2004 “China’s economic miracle has had an ironic side effect. The communist government has created an economic powerhouse with a more entrenched class system than any capitalist country could imagine. Although China has had the world’s fastest growing economy for 25 years, its new wealth is spreading unevenly. The once narrow gap between […]
Read MoreMarch 29, 2004 “Chinese studies are booming throughout Asia. At the largest chain of private language schools in Japan, enrollment in Chinese in 2003 was double that in 2002 ” displacing French as the second most popular language after English.” Click here for full story.
Read MoreFollowing an interview with President Chen Shui-bian in yesterday’s Washington Post, the president now says he was misquoted on his stance about relations with the mainland. The dispute is over the first paragraph of the Post article, which says: “President Chen Shui-bian declared Monday that his narrow re-election victory was a mandate from voters to […]
Read MoreThe Straits Times (STI) published an article written by Anthony Paul today, about online rumours of Chinese aircraft carriers. It said: “Several websites refer to ‘eyewitness reports’ of three graving docks at Shanghai, each with carrier construction under way. First mention appears to have come in a lengthy report on the ‘Strong Nation Forum’ (Qiangguo […]
Read MoreThis is from Chinaview today. “When Google launched its Chinese language advertising service in February, the battle suddenly heated up as domestic search engine operators rushed to get a market share they deserve. Among domestic competitors, Robin Lee’s Baidu seems to be one of the most promising, as the firm began generating profits last year […]
Read MoreDing Zilin and others in Tiananmen Mother Movement have been detained. This report is from New York Times on March 29, 2004. “At least three family members of people gunned down by the Chinese military during the June 1989 crackdown on dissent in Beijing have been detained, as the authorities seek to prevent protests connected […]
Read MoreIn a follow-up to the “BMW case”, which spurred widespread online protests in China, a lenient sentence was upheld for a woman who killed a peasant with her car, the BBC reported today. The full report is here. We’ll see how Internet users in China react to this news.
Read MoreThis article is on March 26’s technology page of Globe and Mail, written by Geoffery York. “When computer sleuths from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation studied the users of its website over the past 12 months, they found something very mysterious: Not a single person from China had visited the site.” Click here for the […]
Read MoreMarch 25, 2004 In a provocative piece, Joshua Kurlantzick of the New Republic challenges the argument that the Internet is a powerful force for democracy. Instead he argues that the Internet has turned out to be a paper tiger against tyranny and authoritarian regimes, and that it may actually help to strengthen them. He insists […]
Read MoreMarch 27, 2004 “China said Friday that it had agreed to talks with the United States about a tax Beijing imposed on imported semiconductors that Washington contends gives Chinese producers an unfair advantage. The United States started a complaint with the World Trade Organization last week over the 17 percent value-added tax China places on […]
Read More“With nearly 80 million users in China, the Internet has become a medium for anti-Japanese sentiment. The Internet has been inundated with messages calling for a tough line against “small Japan,” a derogatory term for Japan used by some Chinese.” The full article is at Daily Yomiuri On-Line
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