我以前从来没有想过这个，但是当有人问我这个星期，这是我最喜爱的中国省，我很自然地回答了浙江。 我已经有旅游再次清明假期，我已经反映了它是一个多么了不起的地方。

浙江是在大陆最小的省，重庆市大只是有点。 但在这个狭小的地区，它包含了一些最美丽的地方，在中国访问。 在杭州皇家园林关闭宁波或美丽的阴天峰岛，它像整个中国的缩影，已被浓缩为方便旅客参观。

但它是人民观察家，浙江是最显着的。 包装有设法得到任何中国省人均GDP最高的，更令人印象深刻的东西，考虑它不包含任何主要城市的近50万人，它通常是通过地方的积极性作为发展的例子，而不是模型在深圳，上海，天津， 点击继续»

通过建设中的劳动教养的改革。 有待以前，该地区居民被迫疏散。

欢迎通过劳工改革劳动改造营。 您已被送到这里接受治疗你的思想僵化。 你不知道，但你受苦人民完全同样的病症。 不要担心，它有一个治愈：所有你需要做的就是放松，看了一些书，一些朋友，并获得互联网之外的正常生活。

虽然你是在营地里，你应该自我批评的做法，并热切研究幽人思想：

• 这博客是关于中国的，我不关心你认为我国。
• 我不是来自外国，我并不代表官方立场的外国。
• 此博客是不反对任何谎言和愚蠢除外。
• 一个政府不接受人民的批评始终是一个弱势政府。
• 共产主义不工作，如果没有中国共产党，实际上会使用它。
• 中国遭受不公引起国外一些国家的贪婪和残暴的过去， 和自己的自私的领导人。 我与中国的历史相当熟悉，我不需要这些不光彩的事件不断提醒，谢谢。

一旦你认为上述研究，本网站和背诵的完整的毛泽东思想 。 完成后你的思想革命化，你可以回来到我的博客。

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因此，奥巴马是在中国，即使他是不是我的总统，他仍然是我最喜欢的总统。 这里是我的第一手访问分析。

令人惊讶了所有观察家注意到，最重要的新闻，是奥巴马希望成为欧洲在中国广西巴马。 这就是我读他的名字以字符的新拼写 ，白宫网站的建议：

欧巴马（oubama）将取代奥巴马，其中欧是欧洲的汉字，像欧洲，巴马在中国的名称声音。

也许有人会说，新的拼写是选择更大的拼音的相似性，或因为它是在台湾的标准，但是，当有政治家听取语言学家？ 在欧元奥巴马命名有一个明确的的政治动机，我看到一个光明的前途的项目。

我觉得我的欧洲人大量说话的时候我说，我们非常高兴地看到，最后在执行这个计划。 奥巴马先生，请一扫一堆不称职的总统和总理，并成为欧洲联盟的国王。 然后，也许在下次会议上与中国，你可以代表我们的美国利益，而不是让每个欧洲部落中共发送小的可怜的行政巧妙地划分和 操纵A LA “孙子兵法。

我喜欢被欧洲的事情之一是，你可以对UE进行彻底的爱国，无人问津。 亲爱的华盛顿邮报的评论员，请不用担心了。 美国不是尚未下降，并不会很长一段时间。 除其他原因，因为它是需要太无能团结在国际政治中的欧洲国家。 事实上，当中国人看到奥巴马，他们看到尽可能多的西方领导人，因为他们看到美国的领导者。 因为从这里看到，西，欧洲，美洲，或Euramerica（欧美）的概念从未所有鲜明。

这个重要的地缘战略考虑后，可以继续阅读还有什么是阅读有关的访问。 从本质上没有什么，因为没有真正的新闻已经出现，但大多数记者和博客都各尽其能与中国泛泛填写在其列。 除了上面的链接，有趣的问题是：

• 奥巴马对人权观察的黑监狱和其他人权问题的报告有何评论？ 当然，这不会发生，没有比胡锦涛将阐述新的理论 ，解放西藏。 但有趣的是为辩论起见。

• 也许更可能的是，他提到的环境，这个博客。 我敢肯定两国领导人将就提到它，其实，不同的是将来自会议的承诺有多少。 从无声的世界的其余部分，我们将拭目以待，看看2巨头终于决定做出的举动，并退出其油烟发送到我们​​的后院。

• 最后，有很多的文章奥巴马狂热的发言，使一个大的处理Obamao图标，因为在选举之前已在中国流传。 我的看法是年轻现代的中国人往往喜欢奥巴马，他是轻微比布什更受欢迎。 但是，作为Obamania没有这样的事情，我们看到在欧洲，和大多数人采取“观望”的冷的立场。 分钟欧也提到了一些微妙的问题，或遇到一些老喇嘛，它会采取不超过一分钟的措辞的中央电视台新闻抹到空气稀薄的Obamania。

已经退出了Obamaos，给我一些Eurobamas，我们越来越政治累了，在这个大陆的另一边。

我回上海了一些有趣的轶事和日本一些轻度搞笑图片。 不幸的是，我不会可以发布的任何，因为这个星期我在中国的工作行程忙碌，特别是因为这是汉语水平考试本周。 这是一样好，我想，毕竟这是不Japanyouren，有有趣的旅行博客，在那里，如果您正在寻找寻找笑​​。

在我消失一个星​​期到我的研究巢穴之前，让我再次说明你这个企业的HSK。 这是汉语水平考试，汉语水平考试，它是官方的标准来衡量你的普通话水平，在内地所有大学接受。 这也是一个很疯狂的考试，旨在挤压考生的大脑在3小时内尽可能多的语言信息，然后把它衡量的统计术语。

碰巧的是，汉语水平考试是考试不主要衡量您对中国的水平。 它在盘后措施，更好的生活你的决心，耐力和sangfroid，和你的信仰。 它好的一面，除了你的灵魂从硬化，是它给你的ultracompetitive中国教育体制的口感好，他们的大学入学考试。 它甚至让人联想到科举考试 ，旧科举选择的官僚主义，著名的造成一些考生失去自己的智慧和成为天王。 对于严重（错乱），试着去了解中国的外国人，这方面的经验是必不可少的。

但回的事实：这个星期六17 HSK的先进，我要争取一个9级11个可能的水平，的。 我迫切需要得到这个学位，殴打我记录自己的光荣的唯一目标。 这是奥林匹克精神的。

我的做法与“四书”的想法散文

下面是考试的一些细节：阅读部分包含了超过4000 +字符，相当于约10页的标准格式小说的文本，该文本，你必须回答15个问题（不选择A，B ，C，D，但实际上一个句子回答）。 这部分的总有一个... 15分钟。 我测试了一个土生土长的中国朋友，这是她只花了阅读文本以正常速度的时间。

征文是另一个可怕的一部分，因为你这样用电脑打字，当涉及到手写字符，你甚至不知道从哪里开始。 至少在这里，你获得30分钟400-600字的短文，所以你确实有时间阅读你写什么，并考虑如果你真的想表达你自己的观点，包含演习考试如：

“ 科学发展观引领我们走向更加---社会人 ”（一个和谐，谐波，B - D - C -风琴荷尔蒙）

这个例子是不完全的文字，我从内存报价。 点是汉语水平考试具有很强的北京风味，和一些短语是直接从中国共产党的手册和舵手的理论。 从某种意义上说，感觉像四书一遍科举：3理论，毛泽东思想，三个代表，科学发展观... ...正如古语有云：他们已经改变了的东西，并没有任何改变。

现在，我是在一个自由的互联网国家，我有机会看看CDT的网站，以及来自人贾兹拉的我发现这个有趣的问题：如果失去了毛泽东，会出现什么情况？

我不是对反事实历史的原则，它可以在很多情况下是有用的，看到从不同的角度出发的事件。 这也使得热闹的酒吧交谈和博客评论。 但这种锻炼意义的基本条件是，在我看来，连锁分析事件有任何实际发生的机会。

例如：它可能是有趣的想象，如果希特勒在1944年刺杀未遂被打死，或会出现什么情况，如果毛泽东死于大跃进前，这个世界是如何将已经。 以类似的方式来隔离以后的因素，在物理实验中，我们尝试分析其政策的影响到这一点。 但是，在分析的结果不可能甚至荒唐的事件，幽默的目的以外的兴趣不大。 如果希特勒在1941年突然成为一个和平主义者？

回到这一点：“什么？如果失去了毛泽东”这个问题当作一个单纯的历史意外，运气问题击败江洁士的结果，像希特勒和炸弹，可能已经决定由Fluke 。

但江的失败（或撤退）是不是一个单一的战斗的结果。 问这个问题的人忘记，江泽民的权力与国家所有的乐器，他的控制之下的人口和领土的最大部分，以及来自其他国家的军事和经济援助，多年。 几年来，所有的赔率都在他的身边。 隐含在问题的机会：“如果毛泽东失去了吗？” 已经给江。 和最好的答案是：

如果失去了毛泽东，江泽民失去反正

有深刻的原因，江泽民的系统是不可能的。 他的思想或缺乏没有吸引力的时刻，中国需要一个催化剂，其释放的能量。 东西需要集会反对外国人的压迫和人民打土豪，江不提供任何两条战线。 中国需要的东西，相信如果毛泽东没有去过那里，另一位领导人将已售出的想法，或其他更糟糕的想法，谁知道，有可能导致可怕的政权。

这江泽民失败的启发，他的政权固有的腐败，谴责他对原始力量的权力。 一个行之有效当他搬到相对于当地居民大量的支持者和士兵到台湾，但它根本没有在中国内地工作的计划。 这将需要一个有组织的暴行，只有狂热的可以接受的水平。

因此，毛泽东赢了，然后什么？

因此，回到现实中来：毛泽东赢得了。 他打出了自己的的卡要好得多，他赢得了一大截。 若干年后，他被证明是作为一个政治家的天才，不是作为一种革命性的。 更糟的是，这是真的他最严重的罪过，他爱上了与自己和权力，他不具有良好的听感能力的顾问，也没有尊严的退休时，他仍然在时间。 可能过于慷慨的，但不可避免的：“70％good/30％坏”的判断邓小平通过谴责毛泽东，谴责他的生活工作。 邓小平可能不超过他没有，和那些后，他来到，没有一个有什么需要，甚至不敢触及这个问题。

这里，在我看来，心脏的问题：为什么是毛泽东还是那么目前在中国人的心理？ 当我们要继续前进？ 主席是不是仅仅在墙壁上停留，他烙印非常深刻的中国人集体的心灵，并通过强制性的教育，宣传和像上周的游行，他认为自己的位置，并没有什么经济进步可以扫他走。

这里是我的意思的例子：最近，我借给本书：“毛泽东鲜为人知的故事“，张戎毛泽东的中国朋友，这是非常关键的一本书。 这位朋友很年轻，和自由点，他认为达赖是一个好人。 然而，两个星期后，我问他这本书，我的反应吓了我一跳。 他说：“这女人是不是真的中国”，“你可以不理解”，他抱怨破短语。 我知道这本书肯定不是最均衡的毛泽东传记，我是开放的，接受他的许多论点。 但我看到有没有进一步讨论，因为不知怎的，我们有伤感情的领土降落。

但有趣的今天的讨论是没有毛是否是70％的权利或17.5％。 过去的已经过去了，并没有挖掘的骨骼再次使用，除了在历史的专家，。 关键是现在，应在今天的领导人搜查的原因，毛泽东仍然认为他的地方。

答案很简单：毛泽东，因为他仍然需要。 无论他的失败是多么可怕，多么残酷的后果和大多数中国人都知道他们，毛泽东仍是只有一个系统，使一些思想内容。 他上周丰富多彩的游行，黑色适合木乃伊的其他游行是“具有中国特色的社会主义”的含义。 这就是为什么大多数中国人都这么快原谅他的理由：“他是由他的妻子用好人”，他们说，“这是不是他的错，他是老年”。

理想是重要的一个社会相信自己。 在西方，我们有民主，人权，宗教，他们的整个范围，以适应所有的情面。 由于经常不，他们是为自己的自私的目标的政客利用任何实际意义devoided。 但至少他们的理想，他们给我们的错觉，我们的斗争是值得为之奋斗。 我看到奥巴马还是布什讨论的人，无论其政策的实际效果可能会很明显，他们给了意义，在美国politcs。

在中国，相反，死于以来毛泽东唯一的理想一直邓小平的“致富”。 许多理论已​​出版以来，党修辞填充的厚书，但不是他们包含什么，人们可以相信，或者甚至理解。 一次又一次，党的行动已经表明，任何其他考虑之上，唯一重要的目标是国内生产总值，与现状的维护保养。

是严重缺乏，在中国共产党的领导，部分原因是由于党本身的内部机制。 严格唯物主义的目标是迅速dissapointing，为实现他们尽可能为那些留下的人自然为灵感唯一可用的理想：民族主义和毛泽东。 所以发生，旧的肖像不能取下来，因为它是有盖了一个洞。 中国政治的黑洞。

在中国讨论关于种族主义保持在一段时间每一次回来，每次都引起强烈的激情。 这是我一直在想，做了一段时间，下面的有趣的评论，我们在3月，以及对新疆系列结束后。

这个时候的故事，引发了辩论 ， 娄婧 ，一个中国的一半，在一个电视选秀节目的黑色的参加者已经在互联网上的种族主义言论的对象。 我不认为这本身是显著的，所有国家的网民是众所周知的后离谱的意见，他们决不会在现实生活中彻底。 但撇开，很明显是有一个特定的态度，在中国的比赛，冲击许多在西方，负有一定的反思。

因为它不只是不成熟的网民，同时也支持像笑话的名称和姓氏尊敬的人，或写这样的评论。 当然，在许多情况下，我们看到的是只是一个内脏的反应来自西方的指责。 具有讽刺意味的​​是，对许多中国人认为肯定讨厌，即使在中国一直表现比他们更好的领域，，傲慢的，光顾西方人仍觉得有道理给他们市民的经验教训。

但双方通过加热意见第一波后，这是值得冷静地看待事物，看看这些误解背后的现实是什么。 而现实情况是，它是在中国太常见了，听到这样的报表为“维吾尔危险”或“非洲人少智能”，甚至，令人惊奇的是，“白人更能够比​​亚洲”。 所有相当惊人的，他们的意见，以西方的耳朵，但中国人从来归咎于种族主义。

事实上，大多数似乎遵循简单的逻辑：“在中国有没有问题，因为不像西方人，中国人不是种族主义”。 这种想法显然来自事实上，大多数中国人没有与其他不同种族的比由宣传部门制作的工作室材料，在五颜六色的服装的儿童，许多国家都面带微笑经验。 和它背后是从共产主义学说，仍然可能会被视为该国的中心的继承的“人民联盟”：

毛泽东：“对于世界各国人民，华友世纪的联盟 “

我不是暗示共产主义理想，这是没有诚意的。 它是，它可能对许多人来说仍然是。 问题是，而20年前，这当然是在宽容和尊重的先锋队，在当今全球化的世界中，它只是不切了。

因为果然，中国有权利说，这是西方人不规定可接受的种族态度。 但无论是汉的特权。 归根结底，是人民感到歧视，无论是非洲人或维吾尔人，他们应该有一个重大的发言权。 对于任何争议，这是不违规的，但得罪了党的决定（一些合理的限度内），有什么话或态度侮辱。

最终，在中国新的种族态度的发展将有重要的后果对整个世界，特别是在为自己的国家利益。 该进程仍然在其最初的步骤，但已经有一些关键的挑战是显而易见的：内部，越来越多的少数民族质疑其治疗汉;和外部，随着中国试图扩大在战略地区，如非洲和南美洲其影响力。 如果中国不生活在那里的人民表现出令人信服的尊重，在这些领域取得的所有的软实力将是毫无价值的。

再次，是中国的种族主义 ？

那么，有没有一个真正的问题，并若有，可以做些什么来解决它？ As some Chinese would have it: Is it wrong just because we say that Asians are better at math and black Americans better at basketball? In other words, is China racist?

From my own observation, China is in essence no more racist than most other countries. Which is to say, very much indeed. Because that is how most of the World is today, and how it has always been. If there is a notable difference between China and the West, it is just one of appearance: we are better at hiding our prejudice.

Indeed, in the West we censor ourselves to a point that it is hardly even acceptable to ask questions like the one in italics, which boils down to: “Do different races have on average different sets of skills?” The non-prudish answer to this is obviously yes, as can be learned from simple observation. Different races, just like different genders, tend to have slightly different characteristics, and this diversity has never been a problem for honest, open minded people, but rather the opposite.

The problem comes when obtuse individuals choose to focus partially on these differences, and then theorize them in a way as to satisfiy some low psychological needs. And at times such individuals have even convinced enough people to be able to rule their country, invariably leading it to ruin and to shame. From old Sparta to imperial Japan, history shows that short-sighted ideas of ethnic purity do not yield best results, groups based on those premises consistently falling behind the creative power of diverse societies.

So, knowing that in every country the obtuse are legion, what has the West done to prevent those outbreaks which oppose diversity and “brought untold sorrow to mankind”? Recognizing that human stupidity knows no bounds and cannot be eliminated, Western societies have instead learnt to sweep it under the carpet. And in an amazingly short period of time, in the second half of the XX century, they have developed a series of norms to regulate speech, enforcing them through the power of the socially acceptable. This non-written code, derisively known as PC, ensures that individuals can remain as prejudiced as ever, but will refrain from making it public, or else face social exclusion.

In the meantime, China's insular society has never really felt up to now the need to develop these restraints, and so its racial prejudice is able to run free in conversation, shocking the sensitive ears of the occasional foreigner, and earning little goodwill from the peoples they are supposed to befriend.

Should China follow the West?

There is a natural resistance from the Chinese to adopt any kind of PC solution, mostly because they don't feel the problems described apply to them: in the history of racist madness, they were mostly on the receiving end. And it is fair to say that, as a people, Chinese have always been one of the most tolerant, accepting different religions and cultures at a time when their counterparts in the West were already going berserk to eliminate the infidel. Why would such a civilized society need to apply the same rigid standards of restraint as the wild West?

It should not, in my opinion, and China is right to ignore upfront many of the Western over-reactions. In a healthy community there is nothing essentially wrong with calling a black “black” or a yellow “yellow”, like Chinese and other peoples do. The complex, guilt-ridden American style PC is best suited for the conditions of that particular country, and should not be forced onto the Chinese.

But this is not to say that the system should not be improved. From my observation of some of the affected communities in China, it looks like the present state of affairs is far from ideal. Chinese should work to modernize their rusty, communist era conceptions and little by little come up with a more realistic, more equal and less condescending racial attitude that will be key for the success of the coming challenges, internal and external. And the State alone cannot undertake this modernization. Like in the West, it is society at large, with its authors, and celebrities, and other public role models that should join in the effort.

Chinese have a golden opportunity now to build their racial attitudes starting almost from scratch, from intelligence and generosity rather than from guilt, and to regain the image of tolerance and good sense in international relations that their country has deserved.

This is the imposing main entrance of my favourite university campus in Shanghai: HuaShiDa. I like this entrance because it is very green and very complete, and it has everything from a roundabout sign to a saluting giant Mao, to a construction crane in the background. But what I like most is the inscription:

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I just came across this picture on Hecaitou's Blog . Brilliant:

I hate spoiling jokes, so those that can speak a bit of Chinese should figure it out by themselves.

For those who don't speak Chinese, see after the fold.

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Since I started posting about censorship I've noticed that the basics of the system are not clearly understood by many readers outside China. This post is to classify and explain the system in the most simple way possible. It is largely drawn from my own experience as a user in China and from the studies by Rebecca Mackinnon .

The internet censorship in China is a complex system in constant evolution, both technologically and in terms of the content censored. It is managed by the State Council Information Office – Internet Management Division. Until recently it was mostly referred to by foreigners as the Great FireWall of China (GFW) , but today the name of Net Nanny is more in use, especially since studies like this one exposed the limitations of the GFW metaphor.

In fact, both names can be used, as they refer to different mechanisms of the censorship system and they help visualize the basics for non China-dwellers. Man gave names to all the animals, and let's give clear names to these ones too so that we can avoid further confusion. China's Censorship system is composed of: the Net Nanny , the Great Firewall (GFW) , and the Search Engines Manipulation (SEM) . Note the important differences between the three, which can be summarized as follows:

• the Nanny eliminates content, by forcing self-censorship.
• The GFW blocks content from access in mainland China.
• The SEM hides content, making sites unsearchable/invisible.

These three elements or any combination of them are currently used to censor content on the Chinese internet.

1- The Net Nanny

Like a nanny does with naughty kids, the government scolds rebellious citizens who publish content of “vulgar” or political nature. The Net Nanny is the mechanism that controls content by putting pressure on the publishers to self-censor. Of course, Net Nanny methods are only applied when publishers are in some way subject to the power of the Chinese government. Normally because either they are Chinese, have business in China, or have their websites hosted in China.

The Nanny's power comes from its ability to close down a website, take away the business license or directly impose “ stern punishment ” on offenders. The Nanny monitors compliance using a large human workforce aided by sophisticated devices that sweep or sniff the data moving about the Chinese internet. She regularly warns the publishers, either privately or in public inquisitorial lists that make the headlines in Western media.

Final users suffer the Nanny in one of the two following ways:

• The site where they read/publish content is found non-compliant and closed down, like recently happened to bullog .
• The site where they read/publish content is self-censoring, erasing individual user's content or refusing to publish it.

In all cases, content censored or “harmonized” by the Nanny is not accessible from anywhere, regardless of the use of coded connections. This content is not blocked, but simply eliminated from the internet.

2- The Great Firewall of China (GFW)

The Great Firewall is a different creature altogether, although closely related. It is another tool that the Information Office uses to control access to content. As opposed to the Nanny, the GFW is not directly based on human interaction, but rather on a series of technological devices that are able to detect the sensitive content entering the Chinese internet and block it, whether the original site is in China or not. Depending on the devices used, the GFW can come in different flavours, such as “Reset Connection” or “Time Out”, but the result is always the same: the page cannot load in mainland China .

The blocks applied by the Great Firewall of China are often very quick, automated, and without previous notice to the publishers. In fact, it can happen that the owners of the site go for a long time without noticing, especially if China is not an important part of their business.

Other characteristics of the GFW are:

• It is only visible to users in mainland China.
• It is erratic and unpredictable, block can last hours or years.
• It is easy to bypass using coded connections, like VPN or web proxies.
• It can affect a single post , a website or a whole host/subnet.
• GFW often tries to disguise itself as technical problems of the Chinese network.

GFW is the most annoying part of the Chinese censorship. One might think it is worthless, since it can be bypassed by widely available free proxies . In fact it is extremely effective, due to a mixture of laziness and lack of information of the public. Using myself as an example , there are some excellent blogs I had not visited for months just to avoid the (minor) hassle of connecting through proxy. How many Chinese would go out of their way to access political documents like Chrter 08 that they've never heard of and they cannot locate in their Search Engines anyway? (see below SEM)

But the worst aspect of GFW is that it embodies the complete lack of respect of the censors for the individual rights of the users. Indeed, to avoid access to a few pages, the GFW regularly blocks whole subnets without previous notice, affecting thousands of users that had nothing to do with the non-compliance in the first place. There are many examples of this, one of them is the major blog hosting service “Blogger”, which has been blocked in China for years.

3- The Search Engine Manipulation (SEM)

This is the part of the censorship system specifically dedicated to Search Engines. Technically it is not a new mechanism, but a caffeinated Net Nanny applied to Search. The main difference lies in the essential role of the Search Engines in directing internet traffic, and the enormous potential for manipulaton that Search Result lists provide. Note that SEM refers only to the List of Search Results itself, and not to the possible blocks happening when clicking on one of the individual resuts, which would belong to point (2) above.

When an internet user looks for a term in a Search Engine, he is trusting this Engine to bring him the most relevant results for that Search. A List of Search Results that is manipulated to show only what the government wants to show is one of the most powerful tools of deception, and one that is less obvious to the final user than the plain blocking of websites. The websites that don't appear on the list are not perceived as “censored”, they are simply nonexistent.

Like any other websites, the Search Engines can suffer the 2 kinds of censorship described above.

1- They “harmonize” their Result Lists, following the Nanny. This is properly SEM.
2- They get some Search Strings blocked by the GFW. This is just a URL block of the GFW.

Note that, while (1) is a flagrant case of Search Engines actively collaborating with the system, in (2) it is the URL of the search that trips the GFW, and the Search Engine's responsibility if any is ony passive (ie. they don't fight against it) (*) . As far as I have seen, all the search engines based in China, including Google, Yahoo and Baidu practice SEM, the most form of censorship. I already did a little study of SEM recently where you can see some results.

(*)UPDATE: Following suggestions by international expert Nart Villeneuve : I have introduced a few changes of my own in my SEM post . It is very important to understand the role of Search Engines in GFW censorship: to get the details of this complex question you should read proper research papers like this one, or this one .

Also by same author a suggestion of what could be the 4th and newest animal in the Censor's farm: application-specific censorship such as the censoring of IM's by qq and Skype.

UPDATE 2: Coming back to this post one year later I realize that I have learnt a lot since then, and I have corrected a few details. There are also some aspects that are missing, like details about how the GFW works, the IP, URL and keyword blocks, etc. which I learnt when this blog was GFWed in June 09. You can read all about that in the comprehensive instructions I did after I managed to unblock it.

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NOTE: Comments and corrections welcome. Also please let me know if something is not clear enough so I can edit/clarify.

哇！ The People's Daily (AKA the Mouthpiece Newspaper) is getting state-of-the-art technology for its online English edition: you can now listen to the articles at the same time as you read them. I'm just back from their website where I have heard these words of Grandpa Wen pronounced by HAL 9000:

“We must have faith and determination”

Now this is reassuring. I am going to play it to the old professor of my last post and I'm sure he will quit his compulsive hoarding and get back to enjoying life again. Other than that, I am not sure the device is of much practical use for the readers, as it reads English slower than I read Chinese.

Then again, come to think of it, the English edition of the People's Daily has mainly 2 groups of readers:

1. Chinese Communist Party members studying English, and
2. Western political analysts studying the Party members.

Which probably accounts for the rather schizophrenic readership that expresses itself on the comments section. Mind you, this doesn't stop them from commenting openly on many issues and it is sometimes a lively forum. The Mouthpiece, who doesn't “endorse or oppose”, is relatively tolerant and does not censor all the comments against the party.

Anyone familiar with this blog knows that I'ma keen commentator and I'm always ready to go and share my ideas with others. So I thought that The Mouthpiece was one of the few websites were I hadn't left my trademark, and I prepared a comment for their topic “”Nonviolence” in the mouth of “Dalai Lama”" (note the dense population of inverted commas).

This was my comment:

Dear Comrades, Dear Lamas!!! You must all show fraternal feelings and respect for each other and abandon your fruitless arguments. You must work united and be prepared to overcome difficulties with great enthusiasm, courage, care and stamina. Your Chairman, Mao

I was just about to press the publish button – for I am intrepid and I know not fear – when I realized that a slight detail had escaped my notice: comments have the author's IP published for all to see. This has discouraged me somewhat and I have kept my little message to post on my own, more intimate blog. Oh, well, just a little passtime for those condemned to browse the Mouthpiece on a daily basis.

Barely two weeks after the publication of the Chrter 08, it has already become old news, lost in the indifference of Western media (with notable exceptions ), and erased in China by the cold intervention of the censors. I want to examine here the importance of this document and give some more thought to it and its possible impact.

There is one line in Chrter 08 which concentrates in my understanding the essence of the document:

“Human Rights are not bestowed by a State. Every person is born with inherent rights to Dignity and Freedom. The government exists for the protection of the Human Rights of its citizens.”

This principle, inspired in the long tradition of the Enlightment and the famous 18 ^th century Declarations, is at the heart of the matter. Should these rights apply to China, or are they just an interference of foreign ideas in Chinese affairs? This mostly unspoken debate that rages today in China is putting in doubt the universality of Human Rights, and questioning it in view of the singularities of the Chinese culture.

当然，这种论点不抵制了最低的知识产权审议，但它的市场狂热的爱国者。 一个并不需要接触许多脑细胞会看到毛主义或今天的野生资本主义，整个意识形态的问题，也对外国的思想基础。 伟大的想法，像印刷和造纸，治愈癌症或人权，属于人类。

其中一个最有影响力的政治思想家的启示，启发本“宪章”的前兆，3个世纪前写道：

“我一个人之前，被法国。 我一定一名男子，但只能由意外法国。“

该宪章是现在在中国大陆最大胆的发言人权的普遍性。 其影响力，直接或间接，无疑将是决定性的时候，这些问题将要由中国政府认真辩论。 无论是发生在动荡的2009年或多年后，中国将在债务与那些303那些敢于勇敢的男人站在自己的想法。

Chrter 08的几点思考

之前我写的这些思考，我想说出我的所有作者和“联合国宪章”在中国的支持者的的尊重。 我以下几点是不会拒绝他们的基本原则，他们应被视为建设性的评论家理解。

1。 在内地出版的“宪章”，并获得几千签名的事实本身的最重要的行动，为在中国进行过的人权，它代表了质的飞跃，从以前的行动：1 - 纯粹是被动的，2 - 主要是隔离，3 - 西方演员的大力支持。 这是一个严重的挑战，中国政府，并为签名者非常危险的，因为它是众所周知的中国如何反应，这种协调的努力。

2。 从过去的行动的一个重要的区别是运动的积极性。 “宪章”是不是仅仅是一个反应或投诉;它是一个声明，代表在自己的权利。 但是请注意，以上线之间的重要区别之一和经典的美国和法国的声明引述：这是否定的制定，“人权不是一个国家赋予”的。 还有一个反应的重要元素，这将有关于“宪章”的未来的后果。

3。 这种文件应该尽量寻求在中国大陆的最大共识。 这一点，在我的理解，Chrter 08的主要弱点。 走进特定的细节，比如，台湾提出的联邦制，或问题，如邓小平把神圣的数字（*）不是合作，以实现最大限度的共识提及天安门，。 无论是积极的批评毛泽东的遗产，同时不承认现政权的重要成就。 这些点可以很容易地利用由诽谤者把对“宪章”的舆论。

4。 最重要的是，从理论的角度来看，像毛泽东还是国民党的数字应该有没有“宪章”，要团结起来，中国的地方。 中国近代历史上是一个惊人的故事，残酷的失败和无与伦比的成功。 需要在一些点，可以肯定，并给予受害者补偿公开讨论的事件。 但直接的指责是完全不同的级别和不配共享相同的文件与“宪章”中所述的慷慨理想。 这些东西不只会削弱Chrter 08从实际的角度来看，也降低了其作为一个通用声明的稳健。

Chrter到09 08飞

我写这个博客，我坚信这一点：中国有一个聪明的政府。 对于每个宣传muncher哭刘晓波汉奸，有一个周到的官方读取“宪章”，并了解他的国家所面临的挑战。 中国政府娴熟的控制内部的问题，因为它是无法控制该国的外部形象，做一个令人印象深刻的工作，这个时候，在“宪章”的淡化和沉默。 1989年的教训是很好的教训。

这个可悲的后果是，今天的中国人口的绝大多数已经没有存在Chrter 08的想法。 我不仅讲的农民群众。 我个人的上海朋友之间的快速调查，其中至少一门外语的大学教育和扬声器，提出了令人沮丧的结果：不是单一的， 甚至听到“lingbaxianzhang”（Chrter 08）一个星期后其出版。

这是不可能的这个“宪章”或任何其他“宪章”本身这件事情会引发政治上的变化。 其直接影响是有限的，它可能已经运行的所有运行。 它是不是“宪章”，但革命的领导人开始。 当他们这样做，他们回头的知识分子的作品给予了他们的行动的意义。 不可避免的，时间会在中国的政治变革，并Chrter 08可易制毒化学和未来的辩论的基础上。

然而，这些变化发生的和平，他们应该首先达到最大可能的共识，不仅在知识分子，但在中国人民中。 这包括诚实的中间年龄中国百万人仍然认为作为一个受尊敬的领导人毛泽东，和他们了解，这是他和他的追随者，他们所有的故障，导致从苦难和屈辱，中国今天的繁荣。

这些人不是罪犯或自由基，也没有他们自觉地造成任何痛苦，在毛泽东​​的可怕年其他。 他们是简单的，诚实的中国人生活的时候，他们静静地为他们的国家工作生活。 洗脑与否，这些都是今天中国的善良的人们。 当知识分子起草并签署宪章，他们应该始终牢记在心中，它是他们，他们是战斗。

历史表明，改变中国的制度有两种方式：暴力革命方式（毛）和和平协商一致方式（邓小平）。 我相信，这第二种方法是，大多数中国人的愿望，为他们的国家，中国在过去，它是能够成功的证明之一。

然而，中国共产党的移动巨大的惯性，需要某种程度的困扰，像1978年以前现有的。 无论是在2009年危机的影响，将足以导致这种情况，无论是在中国的领导人将愿意或敢于推的变化，还有待观察。 但2009年很可能带来多年来的第一次真正的机会，这定时Chrter 08说，在未来几个月内仍可能有其字。

以检查员的结论，并注意

我生活在中国，我一直有耐心和慷慨的对待中国人民。 为此，我学会了爱和欣赏这个国家。 我知道我的义务，作为嘉宾和我的工作，我的生活和我的写作，我尽我所能回报，中国给我的。

因此，我的状态在这里我尊重中国的意识形态。 亲爱的检查员，我更欣赏它，如果你能继续负担我住在贵国的特权，不仅身体，而且还通过我在互联网上的一点声音。 请不要阻止我的博客。

最后，我最良好的祝愿刘晓波和他的家人在这些艰难的时刻。 吕晓波Chrter 08的主要起草人，在这一刻，他仍是被警察拘留。 他应立即释放。

我想告诉他我所有的支持，并传播他的工作给予我的小贡献。

圣诞快乐。

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“原则”

这303名勇士在2008年在中国出版的崇高原则：

自由 ，自由是人类普遍价值的核心。 Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, freedom of association, freedom in where to live, and the freedoms to strike, to demonstrate, and to protest, among others, are the forms that freedom takes. Without freedom, China will always remain far from civilized ideals.

Human rights. Human rights are not bestowed by a state. Every person is born with inherent rights to dignity and freedom. The government exists for the protection of the human rights of its citizens. The exercise of state power must be authorized by the people. The succession of political disasters in China's recent history is a direct consequence of the ruling regime's disregard for human rights.

Equality. The integrity, dignity, and freedom of every person—regardless of social station, occupation, sex, economic condition, ethnicity, skin color, religion, or political belief—are the same as those of any other. Principles of equality before the law and equality of social, economic, cultural, civil, and political rights must be upheld.

Republicanism. Republicanism, which holds that power should be balanced among different branches of government and competing interests should be served, resembles the traditional Chinese political ideal of “fairness in all under heaven.” It allows different interest groups and social assemblies, and people with a variety of cultures and beliefs, to exercise democratic self-government and to deliberate in order to reach peaceful resolution of public questions on a basis of equal access to government and free and fair competition.

Democracy. The most fundamental principles of democracy are that the people are sovereign and the people select their government. Democracy has these characteristics: (1) Political power begins with the people and the legitimacy of a regime derives from the people. (2) Political power is exercised through choices that the people make. (3) The holders of major official posts in government at all levels are determined through periodic competitive elections. (4) While honoring the will of the majority, the fundamental dignity, freedom, and human rights of minorities are protected. In short, democracy is a modern means for achieving government truly “of the people, by the people, and for the people.”

Constitutional rule. Constitutional rule is rule through a legal system and legal regulations to implement principles that are spelled out in a constitution. It means protecting the freedom and the rights of citizens, limiting and defining the scope of legitimate government power, and providing the administrative apparatus necessary to serve these ends.

*For the mention of Tiananmen incidents and discussion on discrepancies in the Charter, see my previous post here .

Last weekend, as I was browsing the net for some material to get over my post electoral withdrawal, I came across this iconic Obama.

I didn't know exactly what it was, but something in it looked very familiar. Very Chinese . I saved it in my Obama bookmarks, and didn't think of it again until Sunday evening.

That was the evening when I went to the barber's to have my hair uncut.

我喜欢在路上的理发店，我已经去那里每月自从我来到上海，现在他知道我喜欢什么。 这是一个很大的优势，因为我始终处于亏损状态时发出指示，以一个中国美发。 我觉得更尴尬，当他们继续给我的男子超级名模的照片，而乐观地问我在其中一个点。

但吴市府路会做的，没有。 他是一个没有废话的专业，他提供了20蒯真正的造型价值的价值。 一个真正的完美主义者，他需要照顾的每一个细节，并不会放弃，直到每一个的头发在正确的长度。 Every now and then he stops cutting and reaches for the little mirror with which he shows me around my own head, asking eagerly if all sides are well shaped, and secretly hoping that I will request some virtuoso manoeuvre, perhaps a re-balancing of my寺庙。

像往常一样，最后一个星期日的男子做的非常出色。 当它几乎完成，他来到第五届一次小镜子，我以为我也可以给他一些麻烦有点满意。 而且，由于我们是在它，为什么不考他为中国特色。

- 是否确定这一边？ 在这里呢？ 和顶部呢？

- 嗯，不，不。 过顶太短，我将有时间稍长。

- 呃，呃... ...不再是什么，在这里？

- 是的，请你能做到这一点？

- 是的，我们可以 - 管理单元，管理单元，管理单元。

他去捕捉与他的剪刀，切割空气接近我的头在他的高效的方式，并可能在想，如果他足够长的时间，我的头发，其实他是用它做的时间增长不再。 切割空气薄5分钟后，我看着他的电视超无聊的申花，天津，我决定，我的头发已经足够长的时间，并告诉他因此。

- 谢谢你，吴师傅，现在看起来要好得多。

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