« China Search Marketing Tour 2006 - SES China (Nanjing) | Main | That Girl from Kobe »
January 28, 2006
Google and censorship in China - Yaaawn
On my last trip to UK everyone was asking if my cough was bad as a result of the Bird Flu, and switching on any TV station had headlines of how everyone in China was catching Bird Flu (slightly exaggerated).
So on this latest trip back to the UK has a similar slant, but this time it's by people jumping on the Google censors in China bandwagon, and these are people who never seem to have anything positive to say about China in the 1st place.
I don't wish to get political here, but can I just say "Get over it folks, the world doesn't revolve around what the West thinks is democracy", firstly half the pople commenting don't even actually understand what has taken place and combine that with their blinkered view of China as a whole and you are heading for a bashing for sure.
The guys over at Danwei as always have some great posts on the topic and I suggest you go read them instead.
and as for democracy and freedom, that I will be posting about in my next post in a few days, sharing my wonderful experience of coming back to a so a called civilised society.
Posted by shak at January 28, 2006 4:29 AM
Technorati Tags
Comments
I agree with you. While I admit that majority of the west media is truthful, few of them, especially in the US, have balanced coverage about China.
I do like some U.K media such as "the economist". That's my favorite.
Let's not pretend there are no problems in China. But it is as much as absurd to neglect the positive development and progress as well.
Posted by: Patrick Zhang at February 8, 2006 11:05 PM