I think it’s no surprise the the problem with the reporting on the tbt fracas is largely due tho the lack of reliable information coming out of the region to exactly what is going on. The western media has been widely accused in China as holding an anti-China bias and the Chinese media has long […]

Now to join the endless posts in the China blogokingdom speculating the next blocking/unblocking through the great firewall of china. I think its is noteworthy though,  that right now I am able to get unhindered access to Wikipedia, Youtube, Blogspot and BBC.co.uk, the first time in nearly 3 years I have had such easy access.
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The other day I was quoted on Boingboing saying something or rather on the current state of censorship here following the “olympics buildup” covered in the world media recently. Subsequently I was contacted by a jounalist for comment. Why does this make me uneasy?
Because I love China, the people and the culture, I like living […]

It seems to be the official line in China that the Internet is not so much censored as it is filtered of potentially dangerous or illegal content. For the large majority of Chinese this poses no problems and to an extent is even seen as legitimate and unavoidable. Anyway, the large majority of Chinese enjoy […]

I like the Internet. One thing I have learn’t about the Internet over the last 14 years is that the net and control are incompatable.
The personal computer has come a long way since the advent of the internet. Kids are writing virii from their bedrooms between […]