“Anyone typing the words “Nobel Peace Prize” or “Liu Xiaobo” into Google found themselves facing a blank screen.”
Angry China Blocks Prize Celebration - NYTimes.com
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“As a matter of domestic U.S. politics, McConnell argues that we now suffer from a conspiracy of secrecy about the scale of cyber risks. No credit-card company wants to admit how often or how easily it is cheated. No bank or investment house wants to admit how close it has come to being electronically robbed. As a result, the changes in law, regulation, concept, or habit that could make online life safer don’t get discussed. Sooner or later, the cyber equivalent of 9/11 will occur—and, if the real 9/11 is a model, we will understandably, but destructively, overreact.”
One of my earliest childhood photos has me in a tutu holding a toy machine gun. I’m just sayin’.
China celebrates 60 years - The Big Picture - Boston.com
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Photo of the Day: A vacant 13-story apartment complex in Shanghai toppled over, killing a worker who was inside the building at the time.
More photos can be found here.
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Photo of the Day: A vacant 13-story apartment complex in Shanghai toppled over, killing a worker who was inside the building at the time.
More photos can be found here.
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“In our village, when a boy is older than 24, 25, it is a shame on him for not marrying,”
— a rural Chinese mother.
In a rather sad story of flat footed brides scamming bachelors for doweries, there are some humorous tidbits about shame.
“It’s hard to talk about censorship because the word for censorship gets censored”
What are you? I had you and all the Chinese people were horrified. Have I made a huge mistake?
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