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| China Shuts More Than 8,600 Internet Cafes - via Drudge |
| 2004-05-07 |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #12 It is an interesting cultural difference. China bans internet cafes withing 220 yards of a school, and the librals attempt to ban guns with 1000 feet of our schools. Personally, both policies are flawed for basically the same reason. The Chinese and the liberals are afraid of freedom and the responsibilities it brings. |
| Posted by: Douglas De Bono 2004-05-07 10:32:57 PM |
| #11 Don't forget Juche High! They aren't very good at team spors, but they've got the best cheerleaders and dear leaders in the region. |
| Posted by: Classical_Liberal 2004-05-07 6:09:56 PM |
| #10 Sea - Lol! Or the Smokin' Hole Consolation Trophy - reserved for ex-populations? |
| Posted by: .com 2004-05-07 4:29:05 PM |
| #9 .com ... I just hope they won't be playing for a glow-in-the-dark bronze medal... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-05-07 4:24:29 PM |
| #8 CL - Lol! I think they're having a private tourney with PakiWaki Cannon Fodder High... perhaps it's a warmup for taking on final winner in other bracket - perhaps it's a consolation game. Hard to tell if they want to be part of the Big World or continue to live in Regional World, heh. ;-) |
| Posted by: .com 2004-05-07 12:27:13 PM |
| #7 Most of the internet connections in China are dialup... That may be. But there is still a whole lot of high speed going in. China added 10M DSL lines last year alone and is now the world leader in DSL. I'm curious as to what effective speeds connection speeds are to the "outside" world. Sounds like much of the traffic gets bottlenecked through Great Filtering Firewalls of China gateways. .com: Is Taj Mahal High going to be contending in this tournament? |
| Posted by: Classical_Liberal 2004-05-07 12:22:14 PM |
| #6 BigEd: I thought the beneficent government was worried about some 13-year old getting an "education" from observation of a "Tall Blonde 'Round-Eye', with large. . ." Pirated adult material is readily available in China on VCD and DVD, despite the widely-reported crackdowns. Enough local cops have been bought that raids generally end up with a token number of arrests and a small amount of confiscated contraband. (Most of the internet connections in China are dialup, and Chinese credit cards don't work abroad, which kind of limits their ability to get and pay for online material). |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-05-07 12:06:33 PM |
| #5 Single-elimination tournament: Last Friday: More Science High vs. Communist Martyrs High This Friday: More Science High vs. Islamofacist Dominion High Next Friday: Winner vs. Golden Dragon High |
| Posted by: .com 2004-05-07 11:50:38 AM |
| #4 sooner the better for the west if we had a war with china -- like it or not one it will happen and we have no choice in the matter. it will be either leave the pacific to the chicoms or go to war. i would rather it happen now while we have the tech leat and not leave it for my children or thier children. |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-05-07 11:43:24 AM |
| #3 I thought the beneficent government was worried about some 13-year old getting an "education" from observation of a "Tall Blonde 'Round-Eye', with large. . ." |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-05-07 11:36:17 AM |
| #2 Most of the Chinese I've encountered (here in the US and in China) are extremely nationalistic. Exposure to the foreign media isn't going to do much to sway their opinions, given the foreign media's tendency towards moral equivalence. Xinhua (China's news-cum-spy agency) and People's Daily don't read all that differently from Reuters, AP, CNN and the BBC, except on Chinese news. I think the reason for this clampdown is to reduce ultra-nationalist debate and incitement, which have called for war with Japan over the Senkaku Islands and with the US over Taiwan. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-05-07 10:57:46 AM |
| #1 Probably to protect them from pornography...Like Rantburg. That becomes a problem when too many people learn English. You need enough to read the documents the spys steal, but not enough to read what's free. |
| Posted by: Mr. Davis 2004-05-07 10:49:44 AM |