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Playing the China Card

Monday, February 8, 2010

In a speech a few weeks ago Hillary Clinton criticized China and other nations for their Internet censorship, warning that what she called an “information curtain” might prevent the citizens of such countries from the free flow of information.  Her speech came shortly after Google reported it was the victim of computer hacking that it [...]

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Green Dam

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Despite domestic and international opposition (e.g. “China Faces Criticism Over New Software Censor“) China is proceeding with its requirement that the Green Dam Youth Escort content-filtering software be installed on, or included on a compact disc accompanying the purchase of, all new computers sold in the country as of July 1.  The name “Green Dam [...]

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Trade Polls

Monday, February 25, 2008

A friend sent me a link to a compendium of polls an American views of the economy and foreign trade: http://www.pollingreport.com/trade.htm. There’s a lot of information but even a brief look reveals how we perceive our role in the world economy. Many Americans fear China, free trade, and global competition and would like [...]

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Hacking the Great Firewall

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

In Who Controls the Internet Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu describe the Internet in China as a “national intranet, ” an internal network with carefully-monitored connectivity to the rest of the world. Chinese refer to it these controls as the “Great Firewall of China” and, as described in this story, are starting to rebel. [...]

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China and the Internet

Thursday, September 13, 2007

China comes to mind when one considers how geography has extended its dominion over the supposedly borderless Internet of the early 1990s. Two recent articles together make the point that Chinese control over the Internet is pervasive, but not as infallible as commonly believed. The first from E-Commerce News highlights China’s effort [...]

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Help 2.0, Or

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Why The Wisdom of Crowds Provides Feeble Tech Support
I’ve been trying to run down the answer to a problem I encountered entering events to secondary Google calendars. The problem’s details aren’t important for this post and, in any event, it has been resolved. The passive voice is intentional; I’m not certain what solved [...]

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China’s Information Duality

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

A decade ago a common belief was that the Internet would inevitably free societies from governmental regulation, John Perry Barlow’s “weary giants of flesh and steel.” Times change. In chapter 6 of Who Controls the Internet? Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu describe how China has created what is, in essence, a national intranet, “an [...]

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