So Much News in China… #070

Star Chang, Feb 3, 2013 10:15 AM, 419 views, Got something to say ?,

There are so much news from China that passes by that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Here are the Chinese tech news we have left behind this week because we’re just too busy or too lazy to post. There are stories on Samsung big investment in China, difficulties on bringing Chinese games to the West, Apple desperately needs an cheap iPhone and so on, check them out after the break. Video for this week: watch how American satirical television show laugh at the China’s air pollution… Hope everyone have enjoyed your weekend and a fresh start to your week.

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Apple vs. Great Firewall of China, Who Will Win ?

Carson Cheung, Jan 1, 2013 9:13 PM, 732 views, 1 Comment »,

The “Great Firewall” of China has properly killed many VPN connections recently. It has blocked searches for VPN apps on iTunes App Store in China too. But Apple, not to be out-gunned by the communist, has just switched connections to the App Store to the HTTPS protocol, a secure connection that is not easy to selectively filter. There is no doubt that Apple decision is brave enough, but it’s also extremely risky and may end up with more restrictions from the authorities. Apple’s move is actually building an unrestricted commercial platform which is free from the GFW’s control. It’s not clear how long the secure connection will be available. At the moment, Chinese Apple users can download or buy VPN apps freely in App store. In China, nothing can stay out of Chinese government’s eyes, especially the flow of information. It is highly likely that the government have noticed this loophole and they would step-up regulation on the Android and iTunes App Stores …

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Watch: The Great Firewall Of China Song

Star Chang, Oct 16, 2012 1:39 PM, 363 views, Got something to say ?,

“The Great Firewall of China”, a well-known part of the Chinese government’s censorship of the Internet. It is one of the most powerful tools ever created for controlling public discourse in China. And yet it’s also a notoriously leaky construct that Chinese web user can circumvent by using VPN or speaking in code words and innuendos. So how does it all work ? Silicon Valley’s “site of record” Pando Daily channels have this music video to explain it all.

The Secret of Banning Ferrari Online Search in China

Star Chang, Sep 10, 2012 1:30 PM, 1,765 views, Got something to say ?,

The son of a Chinese government official was killed in a Ferrari crashed accident earlier this year. The authorities have been trying to block every single details about the accident, going so far as to block the search terms “Ferrari” on Chinese social network. Details of the March accident in Beijing, which allegedly also injured two young women, have stayed under wraps in China but are leaking out via media in Hong Kong. The South China Morning Post cited an unnamed official in Beijing as confirming that Ling Gu, the son of a loyal aide to President Hu Jintao, was the person killed in the Ferrari accident. The report said Ling was half-naked when the crash occurred and his two female passengers were naked or half-dressed, suggesting they had been involved in some kind of high-speed sex game …

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China Govt Officials Sex Scandal in Animation

Star Chang, Aug 29, 2012 10:10 AM, 4,096 views, 1 Comment »,

A political sex scandal is brewing in China recently, and the photos associated with it may just be the cheesiest in the history of online scandals. More than 100 photos of three men and two women having sex went viral on China’s social network. The sex scandal allegedly involved Chinese Communist Party high-ranking officials. Taiwan Next Media Animation has created a humorous CGI-animated coverage of the recent news story. More info and video about the sex scandal after the jump.

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Chinese State TV Censored Michelangelo’s David “Penis” (Video)

Herman Lai, Jul 10, 2012 11:30 AM, 679 views, 1 Comment »,

The Chinese Government uses censorship to weed out all the things it doesn’t want its citizens reading about, listening to or watching. Lately, the genitals of Michelangelo’s David statue seems to be something that Chinese government doesn’t want their citizens to look at.

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China President’s Name Ban on Chinese Social Media For ‘Patriotic Act’

Star Chang, Jun 21, 2012 12:50 PM, 1,082 views, Got something to say ?,

Chinese President Hu Jintao picks up a Chinese national flag sticker that has marked his spot for a group photo taken at the G20 summit in Mexico. Each leader’s position was marked with the appropriate national flag sticker. President Hu was the only leader to pick his up and his action has heat up a great discussion on Chinese Internet. Major Chinese news agency praise Hu for his patriotism, for picking up the ‘pride of China’. But Chinese net citizen later found out that their president was actually trying to free his shoes from gluey confusion caused by the flag sticker. The discovery has led to a censorship on searching the Chinese name of Hu Jintao on Chinese social media …

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Infographic: Rise Of Social Media In China

Star Chang, Jun 7, 2012 2:36 PM, 951 views, Got something to say ?,

China internet censorship has caused several social networks to be banned from being used in the country. The Chinese have came up with their own versions of Twitter and Facebook, and by capitalizing on the huge amount of internet users, social media in China has reached a new height. Here is an infographic chart which shows some useful data which might be useful to all foreign tech companies. From the info, there are 91 percent of Chinese net users visited a social media site in the past six months. By comparison, only 67 percent of Americans have done the same. It seems to be true why the Chinese are so addicted to SINA weibo …

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Google Warns Chinese Users Some Search Terms Could Cause “Connection Error” (Video)

Herman Lai, May 31, 2012 11:45 PM, 623 views, Got something to say ?,

Even those who don’t live or haven’t recently traveled to China would know Google has had a long history of battles with the Chinese government in regards of censorship. Yesterday, Google in a blog post, notified users that some particular search terms could cause connection interruption, pop up error messages like “This webpage is not available” or “The connection was reset”, and block users from searching again for a minute or more.

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China Is ‘S.I.C.K.’ With No Facebook

Star Chang, May 31, 2012 2:26 PM, 1,235 views, 2 Comments »,

Chinese internet users are putting together the initials letter of the four countries — Syria(S), Iran(I), China(C) and North Korea(K) — that have restricted access to Facebook, and ridiculed China as a member of the “S.I.C.K.” group of countries. The acronym has been circulating online since Facebook submitted its IPO filing in February. In it, the company stated that access to its service “has been or is currently restricted in whole or in part in China, Iran, North Korea, and Syria”. This triggered plenty of discussion in Chinese social media, with one weibo user saying China, which is part of the BRICS group of emerging markets, has now joined the new “SICK” group of no-facebook countries. Well, we only know the CEO of facebook is sick enough for not getting into China yet …