Category Archives: Internet

Google News: blocked, unblocked, blocked, unblocked

After a few weeks of being blocked, filtered and generally fucked with, Google News seems to be working again in China. Is the Nanny backing down?

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Hao chi!

This delicious picture is from the China Daily. They got it from Sohu. You can find it here.

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Gccle is not Google. Lame!

What do these bozos hope to get out of their derivative bullshit? See this post on Sinosplice for the full story.

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China’s blog revolution

Xiao Qiang is one of the key contributors to the Berkeley-based China Digital News, which is a frequently updated, blog-style website about China. The New Scientist has published an article by him called ‘The ‘blog’ revolution sweeps across China’. It’s … Continue reading →

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Fake Zhang Ziyi image on state-owned website

The picture on the left has been doing the rounds of the Chinese Internet. It purports to be froma GQ article about Zhang Ziyi. It has been circulating by email, but has also been reproduced on various websites, such as … Continue reading →

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Chinese Wal-Mart workers allowed to join unions?

Asian Labour News: “Wal-Mart seems to have changed its stance on unions, and if so this means Chinese workers will be the first outside of Quebec to organise in a Wal-Mart store.” Of course, Chinese unions aren’t exactly like European … Continue reading →

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The Guardian: Baghdad has moved to China

From the Guardian: “The China Eastern Airlines plane went down in Baotou, a city in the Inner Mongolia region 330 miles northwest of Baghdad, after taking off at about 8:20 a.m., the official Xinhua News Agency said.” (Emphasis added.) The … Continue reading →

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Caijing-affiliated magazines banned and other ball-breaking news

60 publications bannedChina’s Press and Publications Administration has released a document banning 60 newspapers and magazines. Some have been banned because they were using international publishing licences rather than Chinese ones, others have been accused of using fake publishing licences. … Continue reading →

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Google News sucked through bad ass Nanny filter

For the last few days in Beijing, Google News has been really, really slow to load. Oh Great Celestial Nanny, great job. Great fucking job.

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Xinhua proofing

Xinhua releases an English-language story that preserves the comments of the proofreader.

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