11 years in jail for using the Internet in China.....

MIKE BURN

A court in the chinese province of Gansu has sentenced former policeman Li Dawei to 11 years in jail, for using the internet to download 'anti-chinese-regime' essays and printing them out.

The government in Bejing announced to strengthen the so called "Internet Police", which is already equipped with everything neccessary to observe the chinese surfers up to the extent.

Banning/Blocking of foreign media services continue, this banning includes already most of all known western online news services like Cnn.com for example........

They are NUTS!!!!!!!!....

MIKE

PLX180 · Joined: 02 Aug 2002 Posts: 320

I was working in China about a year ago, and noticed a few things.

The hotels can recieve normal satellite TV, including asian style pop shows. This gives the impression to visitors that the whole population can see it too. But they can't. It's only in the hotels for foreigners.

Also, at the market I was attending, all our company leaflets were confiscated by the "leaders" overnight from our stand. We just turned up on the morning of the market to discover that all our stuff had been taken! No warning or explanation was given. We eventually got them back after having to cut out the offending page from over 300 leaflets. The problem was a picture of Chairman Mau on the same page as a picture of Hitler. They were totally unrelated though.

Bizarre in this day and age. But the people accepted it totally.

bbchris

I read about that policeman in China.......

Here in Hong Kong, we have a lot more freedom than the people in China. A LOT MORE. That's why people were so worried about 1997.....

Yes they do ban certain sites like cnn.com outside of the big hotels in China. The closer you get to Hong Kong, the more freedom you get......

I first visited China when it was still very communist. Most interesting and completely different to now. The people are far more affluent and have more freedom.

I do believe they also censor the Internet in Singapore. For the good of the people.....

PLX - where were you working in China?

| Jane Eliz | Blah Blah | Song of the Week |

PLX180 · Joined: 02 Aug 2002 Posts: 320

Isn't spitting illegal in Singapore? I went there through work again, and I liked the safe atmosphere. Spitting *should* be illegal anyway ha ha. I think chewing gum may be illegal too, but I could be wrong about that.

I was in Shanghai Chris. The city built for Westerners

bbchris

yes both spitting & chewing gum is illegal in Singapore

Ah! I've never been to Shanghai! I really want to go there, there's apparently a good music scene

I've been to Beijing though.....

Gotta crash! Good night!

| Jane Eliz | Blah Blah | Song of the Week |

droolymutt

Having been born and raised in Canada, it still knocks me off my feet to hear stuff like that.

I STILL can't understand how a select few can inflict such wrongness on everybody else.

Is it because of money? Is it because of the Devil? Moral weakness? Is it because the World isn't perfect, the way I thought it was when I was a child?

That's why I love music. Helps me forget that stuff for a while....

An occasional beer helps, too..

sigh...

Shauna Skye · Joined: 05 Aug 2002 Posts: 80

Chris, where are you from originally?

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bbchris

Drooly! It's not that bad........! Well I suppose I can say that cause I'm in Hong Kong......

PR! Hello!

Shauna! I'm from Hong Kong originally! Mum's Chinese, Dad was English. So I'm that mix described here as Eurasian. I've pretty much lived here all my life. I tried living in the UK once for 18 months, didn't work out. Where are YOU from originally?

Oh MORNING everyone!

| Jane Eliz | Blah Blah | Song of the Week |

Shauna Skye · Joined: 05 Aug 2002 Posts: 80

Chris, I was born and raised in a Chicago suburb, but the ancestors came from Wales and England. Most of my family lives in Georgia (USA).

bbchris

So you have English roots Shauna? Great! I've not been to either Chicago or Georgia (yet!) I was at your artistlaunch page earlier and noticed you used to do stage plays & musicals? That's really impressive! I've always liked your song Brite btw! Any plans to visit Asia?

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PLX180 · Joined: 02 Aug 2002 Posts: 320

I went to Chicago too (yeah yeah I know). I really liked the place. Seemed to have an atmosphere all to it's own.

On the downside, it was extremely cold and the food was bad.

I was only there for 24 hrs

PLX180 · Joined: 02 Aug 2002 Posts: 320

I remember a skating rink in the middle of the city. When we arrived it was in the middle of the night. We had to trudge through the snow in darkness to find some food. Black sludge (the snow I mean).

"High Fidelity" was set there wasn't it? Didn't see John Cusack when I was there though........