Category Archives: Internet

Vatican wants to establish ties with China?

From the Daily Telegraph : Vatican ready to sacrifice Taiwan for China The Vatican is moving quickly to improve relations with Communist China, which has not recognised the Holy See since Chairman Mao drove out the papal nuncio more than … Continue reading →

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BBS self-censorship rules

ESWN has summarized the contents of a document from the Guangdong Province Department of Telecommunications specifying rules for people and companies that host online forums: Ownership Is Censorship In China.

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The fat cats have arrived

The fat cats started arriving last night by private jet to join the FORTUNE Global Forum, a three day shmoozefest for senior executives of major corporations and Chinese government leaders. CNN has a week long series of special programming called … Continue reading →

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Actress Bai Ling poses for Playboy, wants threesome with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

US-resident actress Bai Ling who played opposite Richard Gere in Red Corner was recently removed from the cast of the latest Star Wars episode, because she agreed to appear in the June issue of Playboy as Playmate of the Month. … Continue reading →

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FEER blog

The reincarnated Far Eastern Economic Review now has a blog, named after one of the magazine’s old columns: Travellers’ Tales.

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Nieman Foundation chickens out of teaching Chinese officials about press freedom because Nieman alumni think it’s not PC

From the New York Times: After vocal objections by some of its alumni, the Nieman Foundation at Harvard has dropped a plan to train Chinese government officials on how to deal with the news media when the Olympic Games are … Continue reading →

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CNN reporters buy cheap business books

It appears that journalists writing for CNN’s website have been doing their research by buying cheap “Doing Business in China” guidebooks at some of Asia’s less reputable airports. Get a load of this clichéd hogwash titled ‘China: Up Close and … Continue reading →

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Is the Nanny fucking with Skype?

It seems that the Nanny’s Shanghai minions are messing around with voice-over-Internet service Skype. Shanghai-based bloggers John, Fons Tuinstra and Isaac Mao are all reporting problems using Skype, which it makes it possible to call long distance over the Internet … Continue reading →

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Young Chinese blogger worries about the Nanny

Leylop is a young Chinese female blogger from Hangzhou, who has been travelling almost constantly since she graduated from university last year. She is currently in Pakistan, fresh from a visit to India where she visited Dharamsalaa aka Mcleod Ganjj, … Continue reading →

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Xinhua is enjoying the Cannes Film Festival

State-owned babe station/news agency Xinhua is abreast of events at the Cannes Film Festival: 58th Cannes Film festival opens; Flirtatious female stars on the red carpet.

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