Hecaitou: “Happiness”

April 3, 2010
By C. Custer
Hecaitou: “Happiness”

"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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Yang Hengjun: “Discussing the post-80s Generation” (Part 2)

April 2, 2010
By K. E. David
Yang Hengjun: “Discussing the post-80s Generation” (Part 2)

"The system of values a country embraces is inextricably linked to the fate of that country’s youth."
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Twitter and the Big, Stupid Echo Chamber

April 1, 2010
By C. Custer
Twitter and the Big, Stupid Echo Chamber

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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Translation: Prof. Xiao Han on Academic Freedom

March 31, 2010
By Michele Scrimenti
Translation: Prof. Xiao Han on Academic Freedom

"China University of Political Science and Law doesn’t need someone who strangles academic freedom and tramples on professors’ rights as a department head."
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Translation: “A Record of the Ancient Dove’s Migration”

March 30, 2010
By C. Custer
Translation: “A Record of the Ancient Dove’s Migration”

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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Google Search Now Blocked in China

March 30, 2010
By C. Custer
Google Search Now Blocked in China

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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