In today’s China, it is government censorship which gives credibility to unsubstantiated rumors, and that turns rumors into news.
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Would Hu Jintao ever consider allowing his daughter and/or wife to film an Internet group sex video with Charlie Sheen, “Snooki” from Jersey Shore, and half a dozen or so rabid chimps if it meant a guaranteed six months of ‘harmony and stability’? Maybe, maybe not. Australian journalist in China confronts his government shadows. 
Those who thought that Dylan was going to get up on stage in Beijing to harangue the CCP and then lead the crowd in a singalong of “Ai Shall be Released” were seriously kidding themselves. Now this could just be a glitch in the system, but I’ve been hearing over Twitter this evening that Google searches are now being disrupted in PRC. So with a couple of minutes of time to kill, I switched off the VPN and tested it out from my office here at the Beijing Foreign Studies University: Google.com search for “Happy Birthday” = connection reset. Google.com.hk search for “Happy Birthday” = connection reset. Google.cn/music/ search for “Happy Birthday” = worked normally. Google.cn = automatic connection reset, no chance to search for “Happy Birthday” Looks like things are amiss…For more on the Google fiasco, be sure to check out Will Moss’ “A handy cheat sheet for interpreting the Google China story.” UPDATE 3/30/10: Turns out it was just a technical glitch with Google. Good news for now. |
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