tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097293516411888153.post7841828491306957656..comments2023-12-04T10:02:29.445-06:00Comments on Mark's China Blog: The Non-Anonymous InternetMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967364257656897151noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097293516411888153.post-35616757300319873792009-09-13T09:26:07.349-05:002009-09-13T09:26:07.349-05:00It's tough to argue the censorship, there are ...It's tough to argue the censorship, there are internet sites that you can't get to in the US that we can reach in China. Yes, they block more, at least in our mind, but most of that is visible to us laowais and some Chinese, the majority don't notice blockage as there are similar sites in Chinese that they visit. While we might miss New York Times, the Chinese in the States might miss a Muslim site that we block. A free internet is something we hope for but is hard to fully comprehend, as we often don't realize what is blocked because we don't look for it...Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13697336707947056007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097293516411888153.post-28415165301867664212009-09-06T16:11:30.381-05:002009-09-06T16:11:30.381-05:00But at least there's no chance of becoming an ...<i>But at least there's no chance of becoming an enemy of the state</i><br /><br />Depends who's authority you're questioning. Questioning Republican authority is traitorous, whereas questioning Democractic authority is just sensible centrism.Brother Bastardfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04729801899722395994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097293516411888153.post-13874432206749682152009-09-06T10:22:32.303-05:002009-09-06T10:22:32.303-05:00If there is one major blunder the CCP is making in...If there is one major blunder the CCP is making in their attempts to control the population, it is the lockdown of open communication via the web. Eventually people are gonna resent it to a point where they start to question the motivations for such stringent controls.<br /><br />China will never be a world leader until its people are allowed these modern freedoms. It wreaks of cowardice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com