August 2010
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“CrowdVoice, a service recently created by the activist organization Mideast...”
– Apps for Activists Only: CrowdVoice :
The challenge for Crowdvoice now is to rise awareness of the tool among activists. This is the same challenge as the other activist apps, which lack advertising budgets and entertainment value.
July 2010
4 posts
Stoppt die Vorratsdatenspeicherung! - Aufruf zur... →
Aufruf zur Demonstration Freiheit statt Angst 2010 am 11.09.2010 in Berlin, Potsdamer Platz, 13 Uhr Bürgerrechtlerinnen und Bürgerrechtler rufen bundesweit zur Teilnahme an einer Demonstration gegen die ausufernde Überwachung durch Wirtschaft und Staat auf. Am Samstag, den 11.09.2010 werden wir unter dem Motto “Freiheit statt Angst - Stoppt den Überwachungswahn!” auf die Straße gehen....
“1. Netzzugang ist ein Grundrecht und Bedingung für die Teilnahme am kulturellen...”
– CCC | Forderungen für ein lebenswertes Netz
Touche Pas à Ma Constitution →
An association called “Hands off my Constitution” has responded to the impending ban by setting up a 1-million-euro fund to help Muslim women pay the 150 euro fines for wearing a burqa in public.
Rachid Nekkaz, a French businessman and activist who tried to stand in presidential elections in 2007 founded the association together with his wife Cecile Le Roux. They have said they will use proceeds...
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June 2010
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Calendar World Cup 2010 by MARCA.com →
Beautiful and comprehensive world cup calendar
May 2010
10 posts
“They are not stupid. They understand words, in many cases - I fear - better than...”
– Robert Fisk, The Independent newspaper’s Middle East correspondent, gave an interesting address to the fifth Al Jazeera annual forum on May 23: Journalism and ‘the words of power’
“Die Erklärungen, die Google für das Entstehen des Fehlers gegeben hat, sind in...”
– Ein Informatiker erklärt Googles Streetview Panne. Wie man aus Versehen WLAN-Daten mitschneidet - Die wunderbare Welt von Isotopp
Als der Oligarch die Regel brach →
Chodorkowski, Putin und der Fall Yukos
Le Monde diplomatique, deutsche Ausgabe vom 9.4.2010
Sehr empfehlenswerter Artikel, aus gegebenem Anlass.
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Dropbox blocked in China
Time to go home.
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“我相信地球人和外星人也许价值观不一样，但是西方人和东方人，除了生活习惯不一样以外，价值观应该是差不多的，为何一定要争呢。
I believe that...”
– Han Han’s (韩寒) blogpost 散文一篇 has been on sina.com for over a month now. 1359318 readers, 26132 comments so far. English translation at: China News: Han Han (韩寒) Comes in at Number Two in Time 100 Poll: “Let the Sunshine In” (Updated with Readers’ Comments) | China Digital Times (CDT)
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“When we examine the iPhone users’ arguments defending the iPhone, it reminds us...”
– For Sarah. How will psychologists describe the iPhone syndrome in the future?
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April 2010
2 posts
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“If you asked me which big Chinese city is a cultural desert, then I’d say...”
– Novelist Han Han:A City Built on a Heap of Money Won’t Shine [Commonwealth Magazine, Taiwan] « Wandering China
Another long Han Han article and interview. “While Han Han is not optimistic about the future development of Shanghai or China at large, his emergence as a celebrity writer...
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Drought Along the Mekong River - The New York...
via nytimes.com Some actual pictures, most from Kunming (and an article worth reading)
March 2010
5 posts
Instructions issued by The Ministry of Truth
The Ministry of Truth Limits Reporting on Google in China 03/23/10 (Updated)
Google has left
No more Google China. They stopped censoring and redirect to Google Hong Kong, not only google.cn, also google.com. See the new post on the Google Blog: A new approach to China: an update How long will it take until they get blocked?
“Weder zu Furcht noch zur Hoffnung besteht Grund, sondern nur dazu, neue Waffen...”
– Gilles Deleuze
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How to Setup Your Own Web Proxy Server For Free...
Create a Free Proxy Server with Google App Engine Here’s one such proxy site that you can build for your friends in China or even for your personal use (say for accessing blocked sites from office). This is created using Google App Engine and, contrary to what you assume, the process is quite simple.via labnol.org !!!
February 2010
16 posts
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“The real issue is China’s desire that Japan accept responsibility for a...”
– Nanjing by the Numbers | Foreign Policy
The ‘State Network Information Center’ wants to... →
This is a bit sinister: the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) has been dropping digital certificates into the computers of everyone in China, which could potentially allow them to snoop on your normally secure ‘https’ web-surfing, such as your online banking and email.
CNNIC’s digital certificate, which is probably in your computer right now, has not been proved to be maliciously...
January 2010
33 posts
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“Das durchschnittlich verfügbare Pro-Kopf-Einkommen im Jahr 2008 in der Stadt:...”
– Etwas Statistik: Chinas Herausforderungen
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“it’s bad civic hygiene to build technologies that could someday be used to...”
– A must read essay by the great Bruce Schneier on CNN.com: U.S. enables Chinese hacking of Google
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“孔圣人…我的线代啊…
Confucius, what about my linear algebra!”
– Confucius has a page on renren.com (a kind of Chinese Facebook). Global Voices online translated some comments left for him: China: How does the young generation view Confucius.
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Communist party officials criticise Liu Xiaobo... →
Four party officials sign strongly worded open letter in protest at jailing of co-author of Charter 08 call for reform
(guardian.co.uk)
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“无论从哪个角度看，孔子都很恶心
From whatever angle you look at it, Confucius is simply...”
– Ai Weiwei (艾未未) on Twitter, Jan 19 2010
It’s about 孔丘老二 Confucius himself, not the movie, as Ai Weiwei answered a tweeted question.
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China Hits Back at Clinton on Net Freedom | China... →
The Chinese government has responded quickly and strongly to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech on Internet freedom yesterday
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“When reading the survey results from the government official websites, you...”
– 我只是在猜想 by Han Han (韩寒), translated by ChinaHush: I am just exploring. 15 Jan 2010
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China at Odds With Future in Internet Fight -... →
Some students contend that even after Google pulls out, Internet space will continue to shrink. Until now, Google has shielded Baidu by manning the front line in the censorship battle, said a 20-year-old computer science major at Tsinghua. “Without Google, Baidu will be very easy to manipulate,” he said. “I don’t want to see this trend.”
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Pepsi, Baidu, sina.com and Mountain Dew
Wondering why Pepsi, Mountain Dew or Male Weekend? Here some “footnotes” to the translation of Han Han’s “I am just speculating” by ESWN:
Pepsi, Chinese: Baishi 百事 - Baidu: 百度, only one character changed
sina.com, Chinese: Xin Lang 新浪 - Mountain Dew: Ji Lang 激浪 (a soft drink made by Pepsi), only one character changed
Southern Metropolis Daily, Chinese: Nanfang...
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Han Han (韩寒) just speculating, some reactions...
Here some comments from an unblocked discussion on douban.com about Han Han’s (韩寒)《我只是在猜想》- “I am just speculating”. Just to get an idea. I find it quite unusual to see that people really seem to be worried about him:
刚刚去看博客里没有了~
I just looked, it’s not on his blog anymore~
http://mirror.mlkz.cn/redirect.php?tid=259183&goto=lastpost
这个暂时还可以
This one is still...