No, it has to do with the potential criminality of Westerners
...meaning actual internet-related criminality, like Kraken.
Of course there are 6 or 7 engineering school graduates on the Standing Committee, including Hu Jin Tao; I am sure they prefer to put high tech concepts like internet firewalls at the center of their public relations; cf how George W. Bush the MBA loves to talk about taxes; and how Ronald Reagan the ex-president of the Screen Actors Guild loved to talk about communism. It's a nerd administration over there at this time. It's a good thing.
``One has to wonder if this hacking attempt was government sponsored or not.''
This isn't an answer to the question, it is just something to think about in:re the Chinese internet:
Between 2002 and 2007, the Chinese Standing Committee, (9 people), was comprised of 9 engineering school graduates, including Hu Jin Tao. In 2007 there was a party congress and a few new members joined the committee, I haven't looked to see if the committee is still 100% engineering school graduates.
In other words, the Chinese government are nerds. And, I wonder where the Asian equivalent of Slashdot is located.
So if I understand this right, you're claiming that the purpose of the Great Firewall is to prevent Chinese people from being shocked or offended by Westerners?
- No, it has to do with the potential criminality of Westerners rather than the prospect of being merely being shocked or offended.
But let me try to be helpful:
When one commences to study Chinese, one temporarily de-emphasizes obviously pertinent complaints about the government.
After study, one has standing within the Asian community, and is allowed to speak about issues.
Disclaimer: I am no apologist for any party here, sorry for the length of this post.
1 According to English Wikipedia's article "Mongolia", between 50% and 94% of Mongolians follow "Tibetan Buddhism" as their primary religion. Of course historically China is to Mongolia as the Boston Red Sox are to the New York Yankees. The relationship between Mongolia and Tibet seems to drive China's occupation of Tibet; I have yet to hear a pro-Tibet protester talk about it, it seems most germane.
2 Having had the opportunity to learn Chinese, I know that the underlying principle of The Great Firewall is to protect Chinese people from being taken advantage of by Westerners. It's a racialistic thing, it's like apartheid, so impossible to fix, Westerners can be unconscious of what they are doing in the context of other methods of thought, no matter how hard they try to be nice.
3.......Which is why regulations (within the PRC and other countries) can be so difficult and strong.
To relativise this set of 3 statements:
American late night talk show host Jay Leno (on NBC) often pokes fun at British people with accusations of weakness; as a fan of European soccer and of rugby, I know this to be ridiculous; Brits must hear these Leno comments with a great deal of disbelief; I have a similar disbelief for people who don't understand why the PRC government does what it does. If one knows why something is happening, then one can go ahead and do something about it. If one doesn't know why, one may as well be a puppy chasing one's own tail.
I know well, people are sincere about (obviously pertinent) complaints about the government and one keeps looking for traces of literacy in all this illiterate reasoning.
I don't know, I really thought it was nice the first time I was standing around on a Tokyo subway platorm at 12:10 am waiting for the last train and the night's first freight delivery came through, they run from 12 to 6, I am not sure how much it costs but I got the impression that a lot of relatively expensive overnight priority goods such as office supplies, food and construction materials are delivered every night. I also saw some tank cars. In New York the 1-2-3-9 on Broadway West Side passenger service only runs once an hour or so between 2 and 6 am, what's the real difference between picking up fresh orange juice and printer paper at a midtown train terminal as opposed to just using trucks and vans delivery?
Slashdot Mirror
I think he's in Massachusetts today, with U2 at Foxboro.
Of course there are 6 or 7 engineering school graduates on the Standing Committee, including Hu Jin Tao; I am sure they prefer to put high tech concepts like internet firewalls at the center of their public relations; cf how George W. Bush the MBA loves to talk about taxes; and how Ronald Reagan the ex-president of the Screen Actors Guild loved to talk about communism. It's a nerd administration over there at this time. It's a good thing.
This isn't an answer to the question, it is just something to think about in:re the Chinese internet:
Between 2002 and 2007, the Chinese Standing Committee, (9 people), was comprised of 9 engineering school graduates, including Hu Jin Tao. In 2007 there was a party congress and a few new members joined the committee, I haven't looked to see if the committee is still 100% engineering school graduates.
In other words, the Chinese government are nerds. And, I wonder where the Asian equivalent of Slashdot is located.
- No, it has to do with the potential criminality of Westerners rather than the prospect of being merely being shocked or offended.
But let me try to be helpful:
When one commences to study Chinese, one temporarily de-emphasizes obviously pertinent complaints about the government.
After study, one has standing within the Asian community, and is allowed to speak about issues.
It's like "leveling up" in Worlds of Warcraft.
Disclaimer: I am no apologist for any party here, sorry for the length of this post.
.......Which is why regulations (within the PRC and other countries) can be so difficult and strong.
1 According to English Wikipedia's article "Mongolia", between 50% and 94% of Mongolians follow "Tibetan Buddhism" as their primary religion. Of course historically China is to Mongolia as the Boston Red Sox are to the New York Yankees. The relationship between Mongolia and Tibet seems to drive China's occupation of Tibet; I have yet to hear a pro-Tibet protester talk about it, it seems most germane.
2 Having had the opportunity to learn Chinese, I know that the underlying principle of The Great Firewall is to protect Chinese people from being taken advantage of by Westerners. It's a racialistic thing, it's like apartheid, so impossible to fix, Westerners can be unconscious of what they are doing in the context of other methods of thought, no matter how hard they try to be nice.
3
To relativise this set of 3 statements:
American late night talk show host Jay Leno (on NBC) often pokes fun at British people with accusations of weakness; as a fan of European soccer and of rugby, I know this to be ridiculous; Brits must hear these Leno comments with a great deal of disbelief; I have a similar disbelief for people who don't understand why the PRC government does what it does. If one knows why something is happening, then one can go ahead and do something about it. If one doesn't know why , one may as well be a puppy chasing one's own tail.
I know well, people are sincere about (obviously pertinent) complaints about the government and one keeps looking for traces of literacy in all this illiterate reasoning.
Or is it "pre-literate" reasoning? idk
I don't know, I really thought it was nice the first time I was standing around on a Tokyo subway platorm at 12:10 am waiting for the last train and the night's first freight delivery came through, they run from 12 to 6, I am not sure how much it costs but I got the impression that a lot of relatively expensive overnight priority goods such as office supplies, food and construction materials are delivered every night. I also saw some tank cars. In New York the 1-2-3-9 on Broadway West Side passenger service only runs once an hour or so between 2 and 6 am, what's the real difference between picking up fresh orange juice and printer paper at a midtown train terminal as opposed to just using trucks and vans delivery?