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“The People’s Republic of China has apparently barred its citizens from visiting a host of Google properties, including the main search engine, Google Apps, Google Reader and Gmail. A search on Twitter (preferred hashtag seems to have become #fuckgfw) reveals that many Chinese are complaining, particularly about not being able to use the search engine, although it appears Google.cn can still be reached at this point.” Link
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“Google China’s website has not installed filters to block pornography in accordance with the laws and regulations of our nation,’ the China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Centre (CIIRC) said in a statement. ‘A lot of overseas Internet pornographic information has spread into our nation by way of this website, seriously violating laws and regulations.’” Link
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“The Badong County People’s Court said she had limited criminal responsibility because she was manic-depressive, and had also turned herself into police after stabbing 43-year-old Deng Guida, who later died, it said.” Link
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“Ninety-one websites have been taken offline for hosting or pointing to pornographic and ‘vulgar’ content since last Thursday, according to the state-run news agency Xinhua, and authorities are continuing to crack down on sites that the government doesn’t feel is appropriate for young people. ” [Link]
“The Associated Press reports China has begun the process to ‘purify the Internet’s cultural environment and protect the healthy development of minors.’ This has resulted in the Chinese government finding that both Google and Baidu have failed to take ‘efficient’ actions to remove content from their results after being notified of issues.” [Link]
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“The researchers, from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, say they have unearthed 7600 dinosaur bones since March in Shandong province. Most of the bones date back to the late Cretaceous period which is around the time when dinosaurs became extinct. ” [Link]
“Harmony Films is extending a contract offer to Chinese Internet adult sensation “Kappa Girl” to further her career in the adult industry by shooting for the international award winning X-rated studio in the West. Kappa Girl, a Shanghai resident identified by her surname Huang in news reports, is featured in a 12 minute clip that catapulted her to the top of Chinese peer-to-peer download search queries.”
“Tian Wenhua, former board chairwoman and general manager of Sanlu Group Co., went on trial along with three other top executives in the scandal over infant formula contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine, the Xinhua News Agency said. Melamine, commonly used to make plastics and fertilizer, has been blamed for the deaths of at least six children and sickening nearly 300,000 others.” [Link]
“Chinese warships — armed with special forces, guided missiles and helicopters — set sail Friday for anti-piracy duty off Somalia, the first time the communist nation has sent ships on a mission that could involve fighting so far beyond its territorial waters.” [Link]
“A Chinese woman who became an online sensation after posting a homemade pornographic film of herself on the internet has been detained in Shanghai, according to state media. The 12-minute-video showed the woman, surnamed Huang, performing ’sex acts,’ the official China Daily said in its weekend edition, without elaborating.” [Link]
