"The problem is not that someone who doesn't look like you might take your job, it's that the corporation you work for will ship your job overseas for nothing more than a profit."
In my apartment in Shanghai I have a 5mbit symmetrical connection that is all-you-can-eat (i.e. unlimited traffic up and down per month). This costs me RMB 150 per month or about US$22.
Granted, there is no customer service whatsoever and when it falls over, I have to wait for the ISP (CNC) to realise and remedy.
In Beijing I pay the same but it is only a 2mbit symmetrical service, and also uncapped.
Without wanting to own up to having downloaded cracked / pirated games, if I had done so, it would have been because the game was not being offered or sold in my location.
I live and work in China (Shanghai) and very often the games I would like to play are simply not available at a local retail level. In other cases, they are available but have been "localised". Although I speak, read and write Chinese, I do prefer to game in English.
Amazon et al often refuse to ship certain items to addresses in China leaving me with very few options.
I do not mean to suggest that my circumstances are common, but they are not that unusual either.
The reporter on this Reuters piece, Ben Blanchard, has lived and worked in China for many years and is widely regarded in China as one of the best of his generation in terms of China expertise. He speaks Mandarin fluently and reads and writes both traditional and simplified.
No one, including China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has ever suggested that he is "anti-China" not biased against either China or its government.
Whilst I would never hold myself out to be an IT expert, I think I have some basic level of knowledge. Having said that, I have never been able to get TOR to work in China. It can never seem to connect with the outside world at all.
I do not rule out that it is my own personal incompetence though.
I live and work in Shanghai. The leading (popular) domestic websites are all still accessible but are dominated by earthquake-related news and stories, including calls for donations.
TV stations are the same, and again, programming is dominated by earthquake news.
I noticed over the weekend that craigslist.org is no longer accessible from mainland.
Having it actually cross the river and deliver me almost to my doorstop off Nanjing Road would save me literally hundreds of hours each year - but I am not going to hold my breath for it to happen.
Whilst the Shanghai maglev is indeed a great train ride experience, it does not actually terminate anywhere near "downtown" Shanghai. It terminates about 15 kms from the Lujiazui central business district and does not cross the Pudong river to the Puxi side (Huaihai Road or Nanjing Xi Lu) business districts.
The reality is that the Shanghai maglev is poorly used because it fails to deliver travelers to where they want to go. The Shanghai maglev would be a spectacular success if it actually terminated in one of the major business districts in Shanghai. But it does not.
As it stands, it is a white elephant. A trimuph of engineering and an amazing proof-of-concept - but a terrible piece of transport planning.
Not to be pedantic, but China has never been a communist country, nor has it ever claimed to be one.
Communism is the end result of a long transformative change process that Marx et al thought could take many generations. Marx also believed that capitalism was a necessary phase in the transformation to communism.
Officially, the CCP refers to the political system today as being "Socialism with Chinese characteristics".
Hmmm - China Tel charges between US$0.04 and US$1.40 for a one minute call to a US landline and between US$0.12 and US$3.40 per minute to a US cellphone number.
The cheaper rates are available if you agree to a contract - much like everywhere else.
But China Tel is not the only game in town - there are literally hundreds of resllers out there each specialising in a service or destination country.
I bought a card last week allowing me to send 3,000 SMS text msgs for a total of US$4.00
Ask Jeeves are about to announce a new research and development facility in southern China. Main task will be to first localize Ask Jeeves for the China market.
The laws are different between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong because of the agreement made between the British and the PRC to facilitate the hand-over.
Slashdot Mirror
China. It is the law in China that all foreigners must carry with them at all times their passports.
Chinese citizens are required by law to carry their National ID cards with them at all times.
"The problem is not that someone who doesn't look like you might take your job, it's that the corporation you work for will ship your job overseas for nothing more than a profit."
Touche - but wikipedia is normally accessible in China and has been for about the last six months.
In my apartment in Shanghai I have a 5mbit symmetrical connection that is all-you-can-eat (i.e. unlimited traffic up and down per month). This costs me RMB 150 per month or about US$22.
Granted, there is no customer service whatsoever and when it falls over, I have to wait for the ISP (CNC) to realise and remedy.
In Beijing I pay the same but it is only a 2mbit symmetrical service, and also uncapped.
I can confirm that both youtube and iTunes are both accessible in China (Shanghai and Beijing) as of the time of this message.
Without wanting to own up to having downloaded cracked / pirated games, if I had done so, it would have been because the game was not being offered or sold in my location.
I live and work in China (Shanghai) and very often the games I would like to play are simply not available at a local retail level. In other cases, they are available but have been "localised". Although I speak, read and write Chinese, I do prefer to game in English.
Amazon et al often refuse to ship certain items to addresses in China leaving me with very few options.
I do not mean to suggest that my circumstances are common, but they are not that unusual either.
The reporter on this Reuters piece, Ben Blanchard, has lived and worked in China for many years and is widely regarded in China as one of the best of his generation in terms of China expertise. He speaks Mandarin fluently and reads and writes both traditional and simplified.
No one, including China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has ever suggested that he is "anti-China" not biased against either China or its government.
Whilst I would never hold myself out to be an IT expert, I think I have some basic level of knowledge. Having said that, I have never been able to get TOR to work in China. It can never seem to connect with the outside world at all.
I do not rule out that it is my own personal incompetence though.
Interestingly, the website is blocked in China and only accessible via a proxy.
I recall /. being blocked in China for a few months back in 2005, but not since then.
youtube.com is currently accessible in both Shanghai and Beijing. The previous blocking of uk.youtube.com has also been lifted in the last few days.
I live and work in Shanghai. The leading (popular) domestic websites are all still accessible but are dominated by earthquake-related news and stories, including calls for donations.
TV stations are the same, and again, programming is dominated by earthquake news.
I noticed over the weekend that craigslist.org is no longer accessible from mainland.
Agreed entirely.
Having it actually cross the river and deliver me almost to my doorstop off Nanjing Road would save me literally hundreds of hours each year - but I am not going to hold my breath for it to happen.
Whilst the Shanghai maglev is indeed a great train ride experience, it does not actually terminate anywhere near "downtown" Shanghai. It terminates about 15 kms from the Lujiazui central business district and does not cross the Pudong river to the Puxi side (Huaihai Road or Nanjing Xi Lu) business districts.
The reality is that the Shanghai maglev is poorly used because it fails to deliver travelers to where they want to go. The Shanghai maglev would be a spectacular success if it actually terminated in one of the major business districts in Shanghai. But it does not.
As it stands, it is a white elephant. A trimuph of engineering and an amazing proof-of-concept - but a terrible piece of transport planning.
The sweet irony is that the BBC website was one of the very first websites blocked here in China and remains completely blocked to this day.
So the Elders offer their comments to a news source they know cannot be read in China.
Not to be pedantic, but China has never been a communist country, nor has it ever claimed to be one.
Communism is the end result of a long transformative change process that Marx et al thought could take many generations. Marx also believed that capitalism was a necessary phase in the transformation to communism.
Officially, the CCP refers to the political system today as being "Socialism with Chinese characteristics".
Communism is planned for sometime in the future.
Hmmm - China Tel charges between US$0.04 and US$1.40 for a one minute call to a US landline and between US$0.12 and US$3.40 per minute to a US cellphone number.
The cheaper rates are available if you agree to a contract - much like everywhere else.
But China Tel is not the only game in town - there are literally hundreds of resllers out there each specialising in a service or destination country.
I bought a card last week allowing me to send 3,000 SMS text msgs for a total of US$4.00
Slashdot is not currently blocked in China.
/. has been blocked on occasion for up to two weeks. But right now it is available.
In the last three years access to
1.3 billion people and about 21 percent of the global population.
It's not a guess. They have signed a lease on space in Hangzhou city and are recruiting actively in and around Shanghai.
Ask Jeeves are about to announce a new research and development facility in southern China. Main task will be to first localize Ask Jeeves for the China market.
I have eaten my different types of cat since first being posted to China in 1996. I prefer dog, but cat is quite a tender flesh and is good eating.
Another oxymoronic country name is the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" - i.e. North Korea.
And exactly when did the USA declare war on Al Queda?
Never. It is not a war, despite the fact that the US administration chooses to use that word to dscribe the situation.
The laws are different between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong because of the agreement made between the British and the PRC to facilitate the hand-over.
Commonly known as "One Country, Two Systems".