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- 1. Chinese Activism Hanna Sterle, DanteWest, Clare Walsh
- 2. “Great Firewall” vs. “Golden Shield Project” From the article “Watch Your Language! (In China, They Really Do)” By Mark McDonald http://www.new syaps.com/wp- content/uploads /2011/06/golde n-shield- project.jpg
- 3. In a nutshell… Chinese bloggers often ridicule government, so much that the China Digital Times monitors popular vocabulary Blog users with more than 100,000 followers are regulated – more than 16% of public blog posts are deleted
- 4. What’s regulated/banned? Objective writers International People (like former Am. Outspoken artists Ambassador Jon Imprisoned nobles Huntsman) Dates of unfortunate Phrases and terms events in Chinese that sound like other history expletives in Chinese (like Grass-mud horse) Magazines Certain countries (like Egypt)
- 5. Chinese Censorship From China'scensorship can never defeat the internet Ai Weiwei http://chinalawandpoli cy.com/wp- content/uploads/2010 /07/blocked-in-china- censorship- 320x240.gif
- 6. Chinese Censorship Policy China’s Censorship blocks many sites that many people in America use Example: Facebook and Twitter Any website that gives the people their own “freedom of speech”
- 7. The People’s responseto Censorship The people of China now try to reach out to their own community in making certain websites that are not going to be blocked by the government. For example: In the article “Chinese Censorship can Never beat the internet” The main point is that the people will always find a way to overcome their restrictions of freedom.
- 8. “Activists Crack China’s Wallof Denial About Air Pollution” Article by SHARON LaFRANIERE
- 9. The people of Beijing do The government is now not seem to wait around for tracking the air pollution anyone If the people of Beijing didn’t They decided to take a speak up there was most matter into their own hands likely no hope and buy their own air quality monitor This polluted are can cause increased risk of They started a huge uproar cardiovascular and volunteers in other ailments, respiratory disease places started doing the and lung cancer. same thing The officials claimed that the air quality was improving http://mag stags.com/ when in reality it was getting wp- worse content/upl oads/2010 /01/airpollu tionChina.j pg
- 10. Only afew of cities were If something is not going able to meet Chinas own right for them they figure tough standard out a way to change it themselves The World Health Organization estimated in They are very active in 2007 that 656,000 Chinese their cities and they try to died prematurely each year make changes if necessary from ailments caused by indoor and outdoor air I believe that it is very pollution smart to be involved in your country because things will The city’s lung-cancer rate not be solved if you do not had risen 60 percent in the participate past decade, probably as a result of air pollution These people stand for what they believe, they try These people are very self to figure out what will help sufficient their country
- 11. Sources China Digital Times http://chinadigitaltimes.net/china/online-activism/ Activists Crack China’s Wall of Denial About Air Pollution By Sharon LaFraniere Published Jan. 27, 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/28/world/asia/internet-criticism-pushes-china-to-act-on-air- pollution.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto China's censorship can never defeat the internet By Ai Weiwei The Guardian, Sunday 15 April 2012 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2012/apr/16/china-censorship-internet-freedom Watch Your Language! (In China, They Really Do) By MARK MCDONALD MARCH 13, 2012 http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/watch-your-language-and-in-china-they- do/?scp=1&sq=china%20digital%20times&st=cse