Georg R. Baumann
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Greetings,
Now that the Olympics are performed in China, more attention is payed to this empire of which we get so little informations otherwise.
I read an interesting article on the german magazine "Der Spiegel" concerning the census of Internet access. The Spiegel itself is censored in China.
The census of the internet has been achieved with the help of US companies such as Cisco. Nothing new on that part, when a profit is to be made, rarely they will question the ethics or the cause they supply technology for.
Newsweek eloquently called the methods China applies "Repression 2.0".
There are only estimates available, but it seems as if only 200 million chinese have access to the internet. Sites like amnesty international of course are blocked completly.
People who wish to surf the net in Internet Cafe's have to fill out a form with their name and adress first. In Lahsa thousands of people received SMS messages to keep up the law and obbey to authorities.
Crazy times....
Now that the Olympics are performed in China, more attention is payed to this empire of which we get so little informations otherwise.
I read an interesting article on the german magazine "Der Spiegel" concerning the census of Internet access. The Spiegel itself is censored in China.
The census of the internet has been achieved with the help of US companies such as Cisco. Nothing new on that part, when a profit is to be made, rarely they will question the ethics or the cause they supply technology for.
Newsweek eloquently called the methods China applies "Repression 2.0".
There are only estimates available, but it seems as if only 200 million chinese have access to the internet. Sites like amnesty international of course are blocked completly.
People who wish to surf the net in Internet Cafe's have to fill out a form with their name and adress first. In Lahsa thousands of people received SMS messages to keep up the law and obbey to authorities.
Crazy times....