The number of things we don't know and don't understand could fill vast tomes, and these tomes, when stacked, would form towering, ominous stelae, reminding netizens whose ships have docked or been dashed upon the rocks of our shores that while our words may be interesting, they are never infallible.
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"I like the internet, and I'm willing to throw all of my energy into it and toil for it. Doing something on the internet, whether it's a big or small thing, is what makes me happiest."
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Twitter is a veritable who's who of Chinese dissidents, laid out for government agents on a pretty blue background. But there may be a bigger issue.
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The Chongqing Evening News runs the gutsiest news story we've read all year -- a frank retelling of the story of Google's exodus, hidden in plain sight through mythologizing and anthropomorphization.
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In case you haven't already heard, Google searches (on Google.com and Google.com.hk, according to reports on Twitter) now all return a reset connection, i.e., they have been blocked by China's net nanny.
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Human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who was presumed dead by many a few months ago, suddenly called his wife yesterday, and told reporters he had been free for the past six months. What, exactly, is going on here?
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Editor C. Custer welcomes you to the new ChinaGeeks! Come on in and check it out, and don't forget to take care of a couple things: Update your bookmarks, update your RSS readers, update your blogrolls, and let us know how you feel about the new URL and the new design in the comments!
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"I call on those people who are still rational, raise the voices of justice and mercy to protect the rights of Professor Wang. Improving the human rights situation in China isn't just saving Professor Wang, it's saving ourselves. Worsening the human rights situation isn't just hurting Professor Wang, it's hurting every single one of...
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I have criticized the New York Times before, but generally, I find their writing on China to be pretty balanced, especially once you read beyond the headlines. So it was particular dismay that I read this piece, which starts poorly in the headline department and then goes south from there.
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As if being a reporter in China weren't hard enough already, the government is planning to enforce more stringent requirements to ensure that journalists "learn socialist and Marxist theories of journalism and media ethics." But even when you do become a reporter, the path is not an easy one.
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