Comments on: China: Car racing incident http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/05/10/china-car-racing-incident/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Wed, 30 May 2012 14:55:52 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Police States, Cyber Warfare, Bargaining, Life, & Street Racing | CNReviews http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/05/10/china-car-racing-incident/comment-page-1/#comment-1567231 Police States, Cyber Warfare, Bargaining, Life, & Street Racing | CNReviews Fri, 15 May 2009 13:48:07 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=73419#comment-1567231 [...] GVO, ESWN, and chinaSMACK all translate various Chinese articles and netizen comments concerning the latest internet outrage over a street-racing rich kid hitting a pedestrian in Hangzhou. China’s infamous human flesh search engines uncover a surprising amount of personal information on both the victim and the racer as the public pressures the police and government to ensure that money does not get in the way of the law this time as it so often does. ESWN, in particular, translates a netizen’s defense of Hu Bin, the driver, arguing that the government should go easy on him because rich people contribute more to the nation. 3. In terms of contribution to the Gross Domestic Product of China as well as Hangzhou, the family of Hu Bin is immeasurably more important than the Tan Family.  Wu Bin is the builder, sponsor and economic supporter that Hangzhou needs.  Meanwhile Tan has just joined the workforce and his contribution is small — in fact, he is using more resources from than he is contributing to Hangzhou.  When we deal with the problem, this should be our first consideration. [...] [...] GVO, ESWN, and chinaSMACK all translate various Chinese articles and netizen comments concerning the latest internet outrage over a street-racing rich kid hitting a pedestrian in Hangzhou. China’s infamous human flesh search engines uncover a surprising amount of personal information on both the victim and the racer as the public pressures the police and government to ensure that money does not get in the way of the law this time as it so often does. ESWN, in particular, translates a netizen’s defense of Hu Bin, the driver, arguing that the government should go easy on him because rich people contribute more to the nation. 3. In terms of contribution to the Gross Domestic Product of China as well as Hangzhou, the family of Hu Bin is immeasurably more important than the Tan Family.  Wu Bin is the builder, sponsor and economic supporter that Hangzhou needs.  Meanwhile Tan has just joined the workforce and his contribution is small — in fact, he is using more resources from than he is contributing to Hangzhou.  When we deal with the problem, this should be our first consideration. [...]

]]> By: R. Elgin http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/05/10/china-car-racing-incident/comment-page-1/#comment-1566544 R. Elgin Sun, 10 May 2009 15:06:39 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=73419#comment-1566544 P.S. the above video is also blocked if I use a German proxy, so it is definitely not a Korean issue of blocking content. P.S. the above video is also blocked if I use a German proxy, so it is definitely not a Korean issue of blocking content.

]]> By: R. Elgin http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/05/10/china-car-racing-incident/comment-page-1/#comment-1566541 R. Elgin Sun, 10 May 2009 14:59:57 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=73419#comment-1566541 The embedded news video does not play. a blank blue frame comes up with the words "the clip has been blocked in your region". Somehow, I don't think that the MIC in Korea blocks this kind of thing, though they are often questionable in their judgement. The embedded news video does not play. a blank blue frame comes up with the words “the clip has been blocked in your region”.

Somehow, I don’t think that the MIC in Korea blocks this kind of thing, though they are often questionable in their judgement.

]]> By: Street Racing Rich Kid Kills Pedestrian, Netizens Outraged | chinaSMACK http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/05/10/china-car-racing-incident/comment-page-1/#comment-1566536 Street Racing Rich Kid Kills Pedestrian, Netizens Outraged | chinaSMACK Sun, 10 May 2009 14:33:45 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=73419#comment-1566536 [...] There are some translated Tianya BBS comments at Global Voices. [...] [...] There are some translated Tianya BBS comments at Global Voices. [...]

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