From Xinhuanet [Via The Internet In Asia]: “China’s information technology authority yesterday reiterated its determination to promote a unique wireless technology standard nationwide in order to protect information security. But some US firms threatened to stop supplying certain chips to the country unless it follows the international standard. . . .The announcement could be seen […]
Read MoreFrom China View, Xinhua’s English language website: I found a link to this article this evening and, although it’s not late-breaking news and not directly connected to technology, I think it’s still a noteworthy development. A revised constitutional article on private property passed the preliminary review of the Standing Committee of National People’s Congress (NPC) […]
Read MoreFrom China Law and Governance Review: The China Internet Network Information Center (‰∏≠ÂõΩ‰∫íËÅîÁΩëÁªú‰ø°ÊÅ؉∏≠ÂøÉ) reports that China now has 59.1 million internet users, making it second only to the U.S. with respect to the number of netizens. With the popular upsurge in the use of the Internet, however, the number of Internet libel suits being brought […]
Read MoreHere’s another example of how internet not only serves as a prime stage for public discussion of sensitive topics in China, but also helped catch international media eyeballs, if not yet the tight-lipped Chinese ones. The New York Times reported that more than 100 prominent Chinese academics, lawyers and liberal thinkers made an online petition […]
Read MoreFrom IDG News Service: ” While China’s large online population and growing economic development represent an irresistible lure for many IT vendors, any technology they provide that helps the Chinese government impose Internet censorship makes them partially to blame for human rights abuses, a new report by Amnesty International (AI) claims. …… The group specifically […]
Read MoreAP reported from Beijing that the Chinese government has launched a fight against junk e-mail, fearful that the spam bombarding its citizens’ in-boxes may contain pornography, anti-communist sentiments or other material objectionable to the Beijing government. According to state media, the ministries of public security, education and information industry will work together to combat junk […]
Read MoreFrom China Law and Governance Review, “The idea that courts can include opposing views in their official decisions reflects a reform trend to open up the judicial process and make judges more accountable, or in the words of the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate Court, to “bring sunshine to the court room” and to “make judges […]
Read MoreAccording to an article on Asia Times online: “Internet users are losing ground in the censorship war being fought in Asia’s cyberwaves, partly because Western corporations are helping to undermine the spirit of enterprise that made the medium such a potent weapon for free speech. While smarter and more discreet communication technologies offer a way […]
Read MoreFrom the new issue of Economist: “Driving a BMW sports car past unemployed workers waiting for work on street corners is a display of wealth and status that many among the ranks of China’s urban poor would find galling enough. But imagine how they would feel if the wealthy driver, fuming after a brush with […]
Read MoreFrom People’s Daily: “China’s fast growing economy has triggered huge population flow as people seek job opportunities that may lie outside their home towns. Many have turned to the Internet to tide over this homesick period. . . . Zhang Haibo, a Chinese sociologist, said the Internet has become more than a tool to get […]
Read MoreIn the midst of tax reform, China is testing a new tax filing system in Beijing that allows taxpayers to sumit their tax forms via the Internet reports Tax-News.com Advertiser Link Page. “Taxpayers can submit tax forms and documents via the Internet and thus spare themselves the trouble of going to taxation offices personally. This […]
Read MoreFrom CNET News.com: “Open-source software development in China is likely to get a boost with a leading Chinese software firm deciding to join the Open Source Development Labs. Announcing the new addition on Friday, the OSDL said Beijing Co-Create Open Source Software plans to focus on Linux kernel development and the promotion of the Linux […]
Read MoreHere is an online discussion about bird flu outbreak in Asia. It is about Thailand, but reminds me how the Chinese government handled the SARS information during the first six months of outbreak last year. Have those governments learned the lesson yet? Here is the discussion on the Nation. Thanks to Paul for forwarding this […]
Read MoreThe “first ethnic language-supporting cell phone in China” was launched this week, according to the AP. A new phone launched Thursday features menus, text-messaging ability and voice-activated dialing in the Uighur language, which is spoken in the predominately Muslim region of Xinjiang in northwest China. The full article is here
Read MoreFrom Xinhuanet: “Having become a popular personal communication tool in China, the Internet is gradually entering the country’s public affairs decision-making. ……Nationwide, cases of the government using the Internet to communicate with the public have been increasing rapidly. ” The full article is here.
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