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China's New Internet Plan

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the i-don't-want-to-wash-the-people's-internet dept.

eldavojohn writes "The internet in China is diverging rapidly from the state that the rest of the world enjoys it. Recent news of China's leader, Hu Jintao, has revealed a strategy to distort it even further. Jintao is tackling the issue his Communist party is having with the youth of China that are too young to remember Chairman Mao and the fanaticism the populace had for him. A strategy he is proposing is 'cleaning up' China's internet & lacing it with a little propaganda like the need to 'Consolidate the guiding status of Marxism in the ideological sphere' online. The meeting notes also declared that 'Development and administration of Internet culture must stick to the direction of socialist advanced culture, adhere to correct propaganda guidance.'"

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  1. Re:Great firewall of China by sharp-bang · · Score: 3, Informative

    Wikipedia is your friend YMMV. ;-)

    I remember the part about circumventing blocking by ignoring the reset packets being publicized about a year ago. Dunno if it was ever fixed, though.

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  2. Re:Fear is the Mind Killer by SQL+Error · · Score: 5, Informative

    You're talking about a country where an elected leader can be sacked for getting head
    Really? What country is that? Little tip: Clinton was impeached; he was not removed from office.

    but an unelected leader can't be prised from the grip of power with a shoe-horn made of righteous indignation millions strong.
    Again, a little tip: Bush was elected. Twice. You may not like it, but that's how it is, under the rules set out in the Constitution. Indignation, righteous or otherwise, is completely irrelevant. And come January 2009, he is gone.

    Are you sure the contrast is as stark as you're suggesting?
    More stark, if anything.
  3. China is not a Socialist/Communist/Marxist Country by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    China and Cuba, like the former Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc, have nothing to do with socialism. They are state capitalist regimes. We support the struggles of workers in these countries against the bureaucratic ruling class.

  4. Re:Doesn't...? by gknoy · · Score: 2, Informative

    Doesn't the Internet route around damage?


    Yes. However, if you're on the inside of the damage, that doesn't help you much. The rest of the world can go on uninterrupted, but China's citizens are getting a very different view.
  5. Re:What can really be done about this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Products made in Taiwan either say:

    Made in R.O.C.
    Made in R.O.C. (Taiwan)
    Made in Republic of China
    Made in Taiwan
    Made in Taiwan (R.O.C.)