Category Archives: Internet

Wang Shuo’s public complaint against TV censors

Posted on 2007-06-15 by Joel Martinsen

Wang Shuo (王朔) accuses the film censors at national TV stations of requiring bribes for approval of shows.

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Wikipedia unblocked

Posted on 2007-06-15 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The English version of Wikipedia is accessible in China. The Chinese version at zh.wikipedia.org is still blocked. Ash in Qingdao and Feng 37 in Guangzhou have confirmed that the ‘unblock’ is nationwide. Below is a brief history of the ongoing … Continue reading →

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Torture the Net Nanny voodo doll

Posted on 2007-06-08 by Jeremy Goldkorn

This person has blocked many websites that we love. Click on the photo to stick a pin into him (or her?) Keso, the king of China’s tech bloggers has written a post cursing China’s Net Nanny — Great FireWall as … Continue reading →

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Flickr.com filtered in China

Posted on 2007-06-08 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Photo-sharing website Flickr.com seems to have been attacked by the Net Nanny. Although it is still possible to load the website and even to log on and upload photos, the Nanny is using some type of filtering technology that stops … Continue reading →

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The Sensitive Word advertisement

Posted on 2007-06-06 by Jeremy Goldkorn

8X8=? ESWN posted a short piece about an advertisement published in the Chengdu Evening News (成都晚报) commemorating the ‘strong mothers’ of the Tiananmen tomato. Wang Xiaofeng wrote a note about it entitled History, translated below: On this day of (Sensitive … Continue reading →

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Trend-spotting in online fiction

Posted on 2007-06-05 by Joel Martinsen

An interview with Daniel Dan Fei (丹飞), publisher of Notes on Graverobbing (盗墓笔记), Rear Palace (后宫), and Those Ming Dynasty Things (明朝那些事).

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Han Han on the death of Huang Ju

Posted on 2007-06-05 by Joel Martinsen

Han Han writes about Huang Ju (黄菊), whose name is filtered from Sina’s blogs. Also, flags at half-mast.

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Man and dog, no biting

Posted on 2007-06-02 by Jeremy Goldkorn

There seem to be a few things going in Xiamen and Wuxi. But not, you understand, what you would call news. This on the other hand is on the home page of The China Daily‘s website: To be fair, The … Continue reading →

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Taihu lake pollution: Net frenzy and government response

Posted on 2007-06-01 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Florescent algae and dead fish On May 30, someone using the Net name Thin Cute Girl (Xiao Xiniang – 筱细娘) posted a series of photos of the waters of Taihu Lake (more properly Tai Lake – 太湖) at Wuxi in … Continue reading →

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Xiamen demonstration today – live reporting on blogs and video sites

Posted on 2007-06-01 by Jeremy Goldkorn

PX demonstrations in Xiamen today Haicang PX is the name of a chemical factory plant currently being built in Xiamen in Fujian Province. Approved by the central government, Haicang PX is being developed with an investment of 10 billion yuan. … Continue reading →

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