China: Blogs ground down as National Congress gears up

Global Voices by John Kennedy | Sep. 16, 2007 (Opinion)

There was a lot of scoffing last month when a big announcement was finally made of a pledge signed by many major blog providers encouraging their users to self-censor their blogging activities. The 'new' pact didn't just rehash aims that many before it had attempted and largely failed to achieve, but the official justification given for its implementation also left netizens without much room for agreement.

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Subjects: World, Politics, Business, Media
Topics: China, Media and Politics
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Posted by: Posted by Leo Romero - Sep 16, 2007 - 8:34 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Leo Romero (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Patricia Blochowiak (review), Wu Nan (review)
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Patricia Blochowiak
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Oct. 1, 2008

Freedom of speech has always been in short supply in China, though in varying degrees. It's getting a little tighter now, but we need to compare this with the almost total lack of freedom of speech in the 1980's and before. I noticed an incredible difference between 1988, when 2 Chinese people in the same room would never say the things that either might say when alone in a room with me, and 1995, when people I had never met would have fairly indiscreet conversations, even in the presence of low level cadres. Even with this step backwards, we need to remember that there is much more freedom of communication than in the recent past.

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Leo Romero
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 by Leo Romero - Oct. 1, 2008
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