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The official denials are no surprise.
CPJ research has for years put the lie to these official pronouncements. At least 24 Chinese journalists were jailed at the time of CPJ’s December 2009 prison census, and well over half were picked up for writing online articles that were critical of the government.
Google’s allegations, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton’s request
on Thursday that
It’s easy to overstate the importance of Web sites that we
all know and use, but Google, Twitter, and Facebook have stiff competition from
local companies in
Here’s an extract from Chen Haozhi of community translation portal Yeeyan, translated by the EastSouthWestNorth blog:
On November 30, the IDC [China Unicom's Beijing Internet Data Centre] gave us a call to say that the Web site was shut down for violations. The supervisory department said that we violated the regulations on news/information services. Our Web site contained contents that violated those regulations and we were being punished. ... Frankly, for the past three years, we thought that we were doing something that was good for society. Very simple and very pure.”
Chen’s experience mirrors that of the other four entrepreneurs
and countless others operating online in
Unlike Google, they can’t threaten to leave; they strike a more prosaic tone. “Life goes on,” Fanfou’s Wang Xing says. And Dou Yi of blogging platform Blogbus sums up: “There is always a key to open the lock. ...The biggest problem will be when we can’t find the key.”
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Clinton's speech turned the normaly tactiturn Chinese into downright Chinese Chatty Kathies
Here is what the Chinese had to say about Ms.Clinton's speech:
"How China's Internet develops and how it is managed are Chinese people's own affairs," Min said in an interview with state-run Xinhuanet.com. "Ms. Clinton showed a lack of respect for China, which cannot accept conditions on matters of "national security" or "social stability," said Beijing Association of Online Media Chairman Min Dahong. "On the Internet question, China doesn't need any lessons from the United States on what to do or how," he said. "Hillary's speech on January 21 claims that China lacks freedom of information and speech is in fact disrespectful and doesn't stand up," Min said.
After Clinton gave her speech, China responded and now Google may leave the largest internet market in the world.
The controversy involving Google and China will be historic in nature. Since the dust up between Google and China, the country has raised it's interest rates and this very under-reported event of higher interest rates in China may end up having a colossal impact on the US economy. The United States can not keep asset prices stable and bank loan collateral sound if interest rates begin to rise here in the United States.
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Andy