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37 posts · joined 2005-07-18

Simply put, I am a blogger, living in China.

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December 11th, 2006

China: A Giant Power or Not?

China used to be one of the mightiest empires and oldest civilizations in the world in human history, but its modern history, starting from the middle of 19th century, was full of disgrace, disorder and chaos as perceived by Chinese people, who has aspired to revive its historical glory in ...

September 8th, 2006

China: Press, In Contrast

In the recently high-profiled case of First Financial Daily vs Foxconn, over the former's controversial news report on the latter's alleged Apple Ipod's sweatshop. The dramatical end to the case, in which the two issued a joint statement focussing on mutual understanding and "building harmonious society," was generally considered as ...

August 17th, 2006

China:”I am not interested in politics; I am only interested in making money”

Have you ever heard of the term "Great Firewall" or "GFW" for short? Whom to blame when you have encountered the annoying message "Page Not Found" frequently seen when browsing the Internet in China? An email has been circulating the web recently, calling Chinese netizens to boycott Google, which, the ...

June 29th, 2006

China: Crazy Football Commentator

Huang Jianxiang , one of the most popular football commentators of China Central Television, or CCTV, has been in the center of a controversy recently seen in both the mainstream media and the blogosphere, for his overexcited comments during a World Cup playoff game, in which Italy won a 1-0 ...

June 10th, 2006

China: Google's China Problem

Google, the largest searching engine service in the world, has become under fire for its incompetence for providing unstable services to Chinese customers, due to the intensified online censorship, or Great Firewall of China, around the 17th anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre. Today, as Julien Pain, Chief of Reporters Without Borders, ...

June 4th, 2006

China: June 4th:Silence, Memorial and Blogger's Saying

Today it's June 4th, the 17th anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre, which marked the end of student democracy movement in Beijing and nationwide lasting from March to June, 1989. The communist party of China still did not recognize this mass incident as peaceful protest of students, who used demonstration and ...