[governance] [chineseinternetresearch] Some traces of irony: A call to "nationalize" major "Chinese" portal sites is censored and then "liberated" in Free Weibo

Fri May 24 01:03:46 EDT 2013

Suresh,

Your response to my post of what I think is rather neutral information of general use and value is typical of your behaviour and also a good indication of why I and I would assume anyone with any sense would be reluctant to contribute anything substantive to this list.

Since you seem not to have anything of any substance to add to the note that I sent, there is IMHO no call or need to respond at all and certainly none to make quite incorrect and personalized comments (I would be interested to see the specific posts where I "rail" against the US or anyone else).

M

From: Suresh Ramasubramanian [mailto:suresh at hserus.net] 
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 7:36 AM
To: michael gurstein; governance at lists.igcaucus.org; ciresearchers at vancouvercommunity.net; brics-internet-research at vancouvercommunity.net
Subject: Re: [governance] [chineseinternetresearch] Some traces of irony: A call to "nationalize" major "Chinese" portal sites is censored and then "liberated" in Free Weibo

Any censorship or liberation takes place under government oversight 

And china is the sort of place where the government and industry, even private industry, are heavily intertwined, with policy decisions and corporate interests linked to an extent that would dwarf what you routinely rail against in the usa 

--srs (htc one x)

On 24 May 2013 9:56:08 AM "michael gurstein" wrote:

Without having a lot of background I found this rather difficult to follow but interesting as an insight into aspects of Chinese Internet politics, governance and control.

Also, 

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/05/22/how-social-commerce-tighens-chinas-grip-on-the-internet/

M

From: chineseinternetresearch at yahoogroups.com [mailto:chineseinternetresearch at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Han-Teng Liao
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 6:36 AM
To: chineseinternetresearch at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [chineseinternetresearch] Some traces of irony: A call to "nationalize" major "Chinese" portal sites is censored and then "liberated" in Free Weibo  

Dear all,

It might be of interest to some of you who is analysing censorship
and/or ideological struggles in mainland China.

* Zhang Hongliang (張宏良), a leftist commentator advocates to
"nationalize" major "Chinese" portal sites such as Sina, Sohu, Biadu,
Netease, etc. http://kan.wyzxsd.com/article/elite/2013/05/301838.html For
an English partial translation of the article, please read:
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/05/23/well-known-chinese-leftist-advocates-militarized-internet/

* The article was removed and thus censored by Sina blog and Sina Weibo

* The article is now in Free Weibo:
https://freeweibo.com/weibo/3579021897679484

The questions remain: Can the US authorities ask these major "Chinese"
portal sites to do what they want and what Beijing does not want? Is it
likely or even possible that all these portal sites make a concerted
effort declare not to follow filtering/censorship directives altogether,
seeking sympathy/support from Chinese Internet users?

Best,
han-teng liao

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