Category Archives: Internet

Youtube blocked in China?

Youtube blocked and returns in July 2006.

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China Daily becomes an image source for Fleshbot

Fleshbot enjoys Chinese state-owned media Fleshbot is the porn-watching blog of the New York based Gawker Media mini-empire, one of the most succesful blog media companies, run out of New York by former Financial Times journalist Nick Denton. So, who … Continue reading →

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Martin Sorrell: Prepare for Online and Mobile Ad Boom

Sir Martin: Internet and mobile will all be mine, mine I tell you Martin Sorrell, the head honcho of advertising behemoth WPP, was last mentioned on Danwei in the article Socialistic anarchists eating our own babies, which quotes him criticizing … Continue reading →

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Nanny forgives Running Dog

Running Dog is a website containing thoughtful, cynical essays and reportage about China, and journalism in China. It has been blocked by the Nanny, aka Great Firewall or GFW, for the last year. Today, it’s accessible again in China. What … Continue reading →

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Vaginal speculums and string panties

European Style The country’s state-owned media organs continue to entertain their hapless readers, usually for the wrong reasons. Such as this one: The China Daily website’s homepage features keyword advertisements by Ali Baba, the online marketplace where Chinese companies offer … Continue reading →

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Beware 0961 mobile phone scam

QQ.com reports (rough translation): Beijing Chaoyang District police have warned people to be very careful about returning missed calls from numbers starting with 0941 or 0951. According to reports from citizens, returning such calls incurs a mobile phone fee of … Continue reading →

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Ratatosk dot cn and SUBS

SUBS at Oya in Norway in 2005 – pic by Jon Campbell Ratatosk.cn is a sister site of Danwei’s that is all about Scandinavia, China and everything in between. The name Ratatosk is taken from a squirrel who lives on … Continue reading →

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Monday morning reading

ESWN: Freedom of Identity, Speech and Assembly on the Internet A Chinese player of the network game The Fantasy of the Journey West (梦幻西游) has been put in virtual prison by Netease, the company that runs the game. ESWN reports … Continue reading →

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Visions of the Qinghai-Tibet railway

Han Song (韩松) on the new ‘ladder to the sky’ – an excerpt of a story called ‘The Special Train Ticket’ (特别火车票) aka ‘The Guilty Train Ticket’ (罪恶火车票), as well as his comments on the opening ceremony for the Qinghai-Tibet railroad.

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Chongqing requires all Net users to register

Sohu.com published a news story today titled Chongqing Public Security Burea issues new Internet registration regulations (in Chinese). The regulations require every single computer that connects to the Internet to be registered by its owner with the Public Security Bureau, … Continue reading →

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