links for 2008-05-20

China’s All-Seeing Eye With the help of U.S. defense contractors, China is building the prototype for a high-tech police state. It is ready for export. (tags: censorship internet security surveillance privacy) Durbin bashes Yahoo, Google operations in China Durbin told tech executives to expect some legislation in the Senate similar to the Global Online Freedom [...]

links for 2008-05-19

China Allows Bloggers Freedom Amid Earthquake Aftermath In a rather rare situation for the people of China, the government is allowing information created by citizens about last Monday’s devastating earthquake to flow without much restriction. (tags: blogger earthquake freedom) China’s Olympian Challenges Minky Worden of Human Rights Watch says China is struggling with its role [...]

links for 2008-05-17

Europe against leaders’ presence at Olympics More Europeans do not want their leaders to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games than do, with the strongest opposition coming from France and Germany, according to an opinion poll carried out for the Financial Times. (tags: boycott politics europe)

links for 2008-05-09

China won’t guarantee Web freedom over Olympics | Technology | Reuters China will not guarantee it won’t censor the Internet over this summer’s Beijing Olympics, nor can it guarantee to stamp out piracy of Olympic-branded goods, officials said on Thursday. (tags: China censorship internet freedom)

links for 2008-05-07

Tashi Delek :: Tibet Shirts Game’s Over – Free Tibet : An online shop for your protest T-Shirts, Flags, Signs & Symbols… (tags: tibet fashion protest)

links for 2008-05-06

Peking 2008: Deutsche Olympiasiegerin boykottiert Eröffnungsfeier Aus Protest gegen Chinas Tibetpolitik wird Judo-Kämpferin Yvonne Bönisch nicht an der Eröffnungsfeier der Olympischen Spiele in Peking teilnehmen. (tags: athletes boycott) ISN Security Watch – China: Putting the PR into the PRC Beijing is the target of world criticism over its Olympic preparations and its Tibet and Xinjiang [...]

Jacques Rogge against a “better world”?

The Economist blog “Certain ideas of Europe” describes the China argumentation of IOC boss Jacques Rogge. His defensive approach can be summarised with the following statements: “be reasonable, old chap, what can we do?” and “we don’t do politics but things are much better than you think” combined with some claims about the successes of [...]