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Blogging Sweeps China
An anonymous reader writes "Dissident astro-physicist, Xiao Qiang, director of the China Internet Project at UC Berkeley, interviews Isaac Mao, founder of CNBlog for New Scientist. Asked what is his strategy to expand blogging under China's censorship regime, Mao's response is typically Taoist: 'What is our strategy? We do not have a strategy. But the information flow in the blogosphere has its own Way. The Way is our strategy: personal, fast, connected and networked.'"
1st Chinese motherfucker cocksucking commies. Go to hell. I hate you all. ALL OF YOU! Please go die you fucking motherfucker
China is one of those funny places where they really crack down on the incoming news. Taking a look at some of their latest news, it's hard to reconcile the rosy glow that they have in regards to their country with the actual happenings of their military overseas (submarine in Japanese waters) and communist neighbors (not a word about the imminent overthrow of Kim Jong Illmatic).
On the other hand, unlike many Western countries *cough cough* that send the secret police to "visit" people who wish to express an unpopular opinion, China allows its dissidents a full voice. They of course drown out the voices with their own party-led voices proclaiming the benefits of the Komintang. But as far as stifling free speech, China has one of the best records in that area.
The sound of one hand blogging
99 bottles of beer in 175 characte
.. of a Douglas Adams quote:
He believed in a door. He must find that door. The door was the way to... to...
The Door was The Way.
Good.
Capital letters were always the best way of dealing with things you didn't have a good answer to.
But are the bloggers as accurate and trustworthy as the mainstream media?
Falun Gong always comes up in this kind of thing. they are a scam. it's not about freedom, it's about protecting citizens from illegal scams. slashdotters can't act happy about spammers being censored on the one hand, yet act like chinese censoring is the greatest human rights abuse since the holocaust.
I advise every else do the same with both China and Korea until they stop spamming.
Sounds like an IBM ad!
Tomorrows news.
China blocks all blog sites.
I like muppets.
TWW
"Encyclopedia" is to "Wikipedia" what "Library" is to "Some people at a bus stop"
"The Way is our strategy: personal, fast, connected and networked.'"
I think they forgot "...and censored, too."
It is interesting that once again sex became the big reason many people have jumped on to a new technology. As that article said, blogging got a big boost from a sex blog, the sex increased visibility for the blog server and introduced many new users to blogging. It just seems to be a pity to me that people can't find something better than sex to get people to assert their collective voice.
99 bottles of beer in 175 characte
Considering that our only real drive while alive is to procreate, what would be "better than sex"?
Despite the cries of the so-called "intelligentsia", sex is still the prime incentive of ALL human interaction. Whether it be indirect challenging of hierarchy or straightforward appeals to the opposite gender, sex is the real reason behind any action.
You say: China allows its dissidents a full voice.
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1964
Tiananmen dissident tortured to the point of becoming psychotic. He splattered paint on Mao Zedong's portrait.
Beijing (AsiaNews/SCMP) - An imprisoned Chinese dissident has become psychotic as a result of the torture inflicted upon him, one of the man's friend told Free Asia after fleeing China.
Yu Dongyue is a former newspaper editor who was arrested during the Tiananmen protests and sentenced to life for "counter-revolutionary propaganda": he had defaced Mao's portrait by splattering it with paint.
In 2001 Lu Decheng, another dissident, who was jailed for years but released early, saw Yu in Hunan No1 Prison. "He was almost unrecognisable," Mr Lu said who recently escaped the mainland in a perilous three-month journey. "He had a totally dull look in his eyes, and he kept repeating words over and over again as if he were chanting a mantra. He didn't recognise anyone."
"There was a big scar on the right side of his head. I asked his mother if Yu had ever received a head injury, but she said he never had."
Mr Lu said that another inmate at the prison told him that Yu had been tied to a power pole and left in the sun for several days.
"After that, they locked him in solitary confinement for two years and that's when he got like that," Mr Lu stressed. "He has been tortured to the point of psychosis."
Officials at the Hunan No1 Prison were not available for comment.
Yu Dongyue, Lu Decheng and Yu Zhijian were school friends from Hunan province and had been active in the pro-democracy movement before travelling to Beijing in May 1989 to join thousands of demonstrators on Tiananmen Square.
As a result of his involvement, Mr Lu said, his house was demolished, his wife threatened to the point that the authorities forced her to divorce him, and his minibus confiscated, depriving him of the means to earn a living.
Phone tapping, mail interception and surveillance became a regular part of his life, he added.
Speaking from an undisclosed location, he said he fled so that he could tell Yu's story. He did not reveal any details about his escape.
Good for the Chinese. Courage to communicate in spite of government's attitude is a positive sign from a country coming out of the dark ages. Now, how about some Iraqi blogs? For all the funds being pumped in there, one would think the Iraqis would have something to say. I'm tired of hearing everything about what is really happening there, third hand. Just so they use a language that can be translated by services such as http://www.worldlingo.com/
Don't flame me, but I don't know what a blog is. I just use the internet to read news and play video games.
Just what the Internet needs, another 1.3 billion bloggers letting us be privy to their inane thoughts.
What is our strategy? We do not have a strategy.
Erm.. Yeah, because doing something without a plan is the best way of going about things.
1) No idea how to approach your goal
2) Create problems rather than solving them
3) ???
4) Profit!
At least we know if he decides to open up shop in America, he will be gainfully employed.
Your situation is only limited by your own interpretation of the events that you've experienced. You had bad experiences which turned you off to relationships with women. Since, as you claim, you are not gay, this limits you to celibacy.
The problem only lies in your inability to accurately predict the future. Your current outlook presumes that you are through with sex. Unless you are hideously deformed or incredibly old, this is a bad bet. Your current attitude is temporary like most any decision we make is. At some point you will realize that sex without love is one of the greatest gifts to mankind and gladly take part in it again.
That will open the door to the possibility of impregnation and the spreading of your genetic material. And we arrive at the place where my original post left off again.
Just because you think you are "through" with women doesn't mean that Nature is done with you.
shouldn't that be "brogging"?
-- posted from a GNU/Rinux computer
Asexuality is a designation or self-designation for people who lack sexual attraction. There is debate as to whether this is a sexual dysfunction or an actual sexual orientation. The term is also sometimes used as a gender identity by those who perceive their lack of sexual attraction places them outside the standard definitions of gender. There has been little research done on asexuality, but those studies that have been conducted suggest that, if it is a sexual orientation, it is the least commonly occurring one.
There is disagreement over whether or not asexuality is a legitimate sexual orientation. Some argue that it falls under the heading of hypoactive sexual disorder or sexual aversion disorder. Among those who do not believe it to be an orientation, suggested causes include past sexual abuse, sexual repression (of homosexuality or otherwise), hormonal problems, delayed development of attraction, and not having met the right person. Many self-identified asexuals, meanwhile, say that these things are not true of them, or that because their asexuality does not cause them distress, it should not be labeled a disorder. Others argue that, in the past, similar things were said about homosexuality, despite the fact that many people now consider it a legitimate orientation.
Because of the lack of research on the subject, there is little evidence in favor of either side of the debate.
A study done on rams found that about 2% to 3% of the individuals being studied had no apparent interest in mating with either sex. Another study was done on rats and gerbils, in which up to 12% of the males showed no interest in females. Their interactions with other males were not measured, however, so the study is of limited use when it comes to asexuality.
A UK survey of sexuality included a question on sexual attraction, and 1% of respondents replied that they had "never felt sexually attracted to anyone at all." The Kinsey Institute conducted a small survey on the topic, which concluded that "asexuals appear to be better characterized by low sexual desire and sexual excitation than by low levels of sexual behavior or high sexual inhibition." That study also mentions a conflict regarding the definition of "asexual": the researchers found four different definitions in the literature, and stated that it was unclear whether those identifying as asexual were referring to an actual orientation.
There are differences among people that identify as asexual, chief among them the presence or absence of a sex drive and romantic attraction. Among asexuals, some only experience one or the other, while some possess both, and others neither.
The sex drive of those asexuals who have one is not directed at anything: it is only an urge for sexual stimulation or release. It can range from weak to strong. Some asexuals experience sexual feelings but have no desire to act on them.
For those asexuals with romantic attraction, it is often directed specifically towards one or more genders. These asexuals desire romantic relationships (ranging from casual liaisons to marriage) with their preferred gender or genders, but often do not want these relationships to include sexual activity. Because of their romantic orientation, some asexuals describe themselves as gay, bisexual, or straight asexuals; this is related to the concept of affectional orientation.
Those who do want romantic relationships are in a difficult position, as the majority of people are not asexual. Asexuals able to tolerate sex can pair up with non-asexuals, but even then their lack of attraction can be psychologically distressing to their partner, making a long-term romance difficult. Asexuals who cannot tolerate sex must either compromise with their partners and have a certain amount anyway, have sexless relationships with those few who are willing, only date other asexuals, or decide to stay single.
Some asexuals use a classification system developed (and then retired) by the founder of the Asexual Visibility and Education
Somehow I'm a little skeptical of the "meh, it'll all work out by itself in the end" style of planning
Blogging Sweeps China
Great that those bloggers are lending a hand! With the economic expansion and lack of time and all, the dust has really been piling up in the corners lately.
Trust the Computer. The Computer is your friend.
See above
The failure of Chinese society is the failure of its culture. Look at Taiwan and Singapore, both being Chinese states. In the latter, the Chinese practice eugenics and have repeatedly banned or censored journals like "The Economist". In the former, the Chinese actually support all the geopolitical objectives of Beijing, including the integration of Tibet into "One China".
date and time stamps won't be the only things forged.
I was wondering when you would show up. You're like my favorite troll.
...of the current government in China. It'll one day, not to long from now, end with political protest, but the government will be virtually dead by then due to the internet.
Chinese Blogger Executed After Testicle Electrocution.
There are a lot of cats in China.
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
You were betrayed because your women were worthless women's-rights loving bitches... as are just about all women today. Women band together against men... and men defend them.
You know it's defacto legal for a woman to chop a man's penis off now in the US and Canada... the women never get any substantial sentances for that capital crime.
Ummm.. don't you mean proclaiming the benefits of the CCP (or now CPC as they call themselves)? The Komintang/Guomindong is the Nationalist Party which is in Taiwan.
On the other hand, unlike many Western countries *cough cough* that send the secret police to "visit" people who wish to express an unpopular opinion, China allows its dissidents a full voice. They of course drown out the voices with their own party-led voices proclaiming the benefits of the Komintang. But as far as stifling free speech, China has one of the best records in that area.
Robin: Holy communist propaganda Batman! The Slashbots are at it again, attacking the US and making the Communists look like the good guys!
Batman: Don't worry Robin, the American people don't buy this kind of idiotic communist propaganda that has no basis in reality. Look at who won the 2004 election.
Robin: Gee Batman, you are right but why does it seem like the world hates us?
Batman: Yes, Robin, sometimes it seems the world is against America, and rooting for the bad guys.
Robin: That is ok Batman! It's the World against the United States...The odds are still in our favor!
You haven't been to Europe, have you? The difference in coverage is drastic.
But that difference has more to do European TV vs American TV. If you just watch any program there are drastic differences. A nipple on non-cable TV in America causes an uproar, in Europe it's commonplace.
You don't see any Americans killed or wounded (the latter only after they're safe, cleaned up and "wanting to go back there, sir" even without their legs).
Nor do they show any Iraqi's killed or wounded, nor do they ever show any graphical violence in a newscast or on network television.
You don't see many Iraqis killed or wounded, save the occasional wounded child from an insurgent bomb.
Uhhh,proof please? You would not see a mangled childs body from an insurgents bomb on American Television. You are merely making this up due to your own bias. I guess the mods find your bias 'interesting'.
Usually either of these happens only if the story is 'big' like the one time a helicopter fired on civilians and got on tape (or the torture). Those films, too, are edited.
American press is strange in that regard, they will show a helicopter going down, or a car accident but they will never show a murder caused by a gunshot or a beheading. Look at 9/11, the news networks saw people jumping off the WTC and then STOPPED showing it because they were told it wasn't 'tasteful'. The American press isn't being censored, they are simply self-regulating. They fear the backlash they would encounter for showing graphical violence.
Personally, I have seen plenty of the beheadings, American soldiers and Iraqi's being killed via the internet. I think the American news channels that are on cable should show these, the American people have a right to know what they are up against. If you think Americans were pissed off post-9/11...if half of them had seen the beheading videos on Ogrish.com you would have them calling for a stronger effort on the war on terror.
Consider the case when out of 70 million practitioners, true medical health care is devoted to treating the late stages and serious consequences of neglected illnesses. The burden to the national health care system would be huge.
You can say this about just about any lifestyle choice. Smokers burdon the national health care system, should smoking be illegal? Gay Men are more likely to catch aids than straight men, which would ruin a national health care system. Should anal sex be illegal then? Moreover, homosexual women are less likely to catch aids than hetrosexual women. Maybe women should only be allowed to be gay, and men should not be allowed to have sex at all. Lesbian women can just mine their sperm. After all, that is what would cost a national health care system the least amount of money.
While we are on that subject, gay marriage in America would mean that gays would be able to collect social security pensions upon their partners death. This will burdon an already stressed social security system. Is this a good enough reason to deny marrage to homosexuals? Or are personal freedoms more important than socialist programs?