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Internet and Activism in China
20 Years after TiananmenRebecca MacKinnon
Open Society FellowAssistant Professor, University of Hong Kong
Journalism & Media Studies CenterCo-founder, Globalvoicesonline.org
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20 years ago..
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Yesterday
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Google.cn top searcheshttp://www.google.cn/rebang/detail?bid=12000000
What day is June 420th anniversaryToday in history
June 4th
Twentieth anniversary
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Search engine censorship
google.com
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Search engine censorship
google.com
baidu.com
6Thursday, June 4, 2009
Search engine censorship
google.com
baidu.com
google.cn
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The “Great Firewall” in action
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Blog company censorship
Baidu:“Weʼre sorry, your article failed to be
published. It contains inappropriate content, please check.”
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Sorry, the blog address youʼre visiting doesnʼt exist.
Sorry, the page youʼre visiting canʼt be found.
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Ai Weiweiʼs blog
“This blog has been closed”
This week
10Thursday, June 4, 2009
Ai Weiweiʼs blog
“This blog has been closed”
This week
10Thursday, June 4, 2009
Ai Weiweiʼs blog
“This blog has been closed”
This week
“The system is undergoing maintenance. Service is planned to resume early on the 6th”
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Anti-censorship Protest video: “song of the grass mud horse”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3tPA_Z_MT0
“cao ni ma” ＝“grass mud horse” (alpaca sheep)
草泥马
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Anti-censorship Protest video: “song of the grass mud horse”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3tPA_Z_MT0
*你妈
Same sounds, different tones =“F***your mother”
“cao ni ma” ＝“grass mud horse” (alpaca sheep)
草泥马
12Thursday, June 4, 2009
Anti-censorhip meme:“River crab wears three watches”
13Thursday, June 4, 2009
Anti-censorhip meme:“River crab wears three watches”
“Harmonious”
“He xie”
“Harmonious Society”Slogan of President Hu Jintao
13Thursday, June 4, 2009
Anti-censorhip meme:“River crab wears three watches”
“Harmonious”
“He xie”
“Harmonious Society”Slogan of President Hu Jintao
三个代表
“Three Represents”Slogan of fmr. Pres. Jiang Zemin
“san ge dai biao”
13Thursday, June 4, 2009
Anti-censorhip meme:“River crab wears three watches”
“Harmonious”
“He xie”
“Harmonious Society”Slogan of President Hu Jintao
“Rivercrab”
三个代表
“Three Represents”Slogan of fmr. Pres. Jiang Zemin
“san ge dai biao”
13Thursday, June 4, 2009
Anti-censorhip meme:“River crab wears three watches”
“Harmonious”
“He xie”
“Harmonious Society”Slogan of President Hu Jintao
“Rivercrab”
三个代表
“Three Represents”Slogan of fmr. Pres. Jiang Zemin
“san ge dai biao”
代三个表
“dai san ge biao”
“Wears three watches”
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River crab muzzles Twitter bird
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River crabs vs. alpaca sheep
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Prime Minister Wen Jiabaoʼs 2-hour live chat with “netizens”
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Prime Minister Wen Jiabaoʼs 2-hour live chat with “netizens”
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“E - Congress”http://elianghui.people.com.cn
Sign up for a “membership
badge”
Two suggestions for fighting corruption
Crackdown on ads for illegal medicine as hard as the anti-porn crackdown
Suggestions for improving safety in coal mines
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Somebodyʼs proposal to abolish one child policy
“End the one-child policy, restore
population growth to a sustainable rate”
Don’t we have enough people?
Uphold the reproductive rights of the Han Chinese race!
Reward single childless people with free health care...
Deng Xiaoping himself said that the one-child policy would be for 30 years!
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Internet heroine Deng Yujiao
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ImprisonedOnline political organizers
Liu Xiaobo
Zeng Jinyan & Hu JiaHuang Qi
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Cyber-nationalism:Anti-Tibet independence video
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Cyber-nationalism:Anti-Tibet independence video
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Cyber-nationalism:Anti-Tibet independence video
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Liberals vs. Nationalists
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freedom vs. control
Both photos in public domain via Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:T_Jefferson_by_Charles_Willson_Peale_1791_2.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_Hamilton_portrait_by_John_Trumbull_1806.jpg
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freedom vs. control
Both photos in public domain via Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:T_Jefferson_by_Charles_Willson_Peale_1791_2.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_Hamilton_portrait_by_John_Trumbull_1806.jpg
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