The conflict between the world's biggest censor and an array of
journalists, bloggers and dissidents has just taken a remarkable turn,
explains Jonathan Watts in Beijing
According to Mao Zedong, power comes through the barrel of a gun. These
days, however, it is more likely to come through the barrel of a pen -
or the sensors on a keyboard.
China is in the midst of a guerrilla war, a conflict against the
world's biggest censor that is very much in keeping with the
information age. In the 1940s, Mao's communist rebels used hit-and-run
tactics to sap the morale - and eventually defeat - the numerically
superior but morally bankrupt nationalist forces. This time, it is
journalists, bloggers and dissidents who are probing the defences of a
more powerful but equally despised enemy: the propaganda department of
the Communist party.
Call for more releases after four dissidents, including a journalist, are freed ... Feb. 18 /CNW Telbec/ - Reporters Without Borders welcomes the ... release on 15 February of four dissidents who were arrested during the ... 23 Cuban journalists continue to languish in prison simply for doing ... (soc.culture.cuba)
Journalism watchdog calls for Cuba blogger freedom ... HAVANA -- A U.S.-based journalist watchdog group called Thursday for an end to what it described as "systemic harassment" of bloggers and independent journalists in Cuba, and urged the international community to step up its lobbying on the bloggers' behalf. ... The Committee to Protect Journalists said a surprisingly vibrant blogging community has sprung up on the communist-run island, despite government intimidation, official barriers and the high cost of going online. ... (soc.culture.cuba)
Re: Non Sequitur vs. LICD ... read about bloggers who know what they are doing outing the ... The writer's point is to sell books, not to discuss if English has become the world's language.... These traditional media journalists didn't do any research - they each wrote the article from a single source. ... (rec.arts.comics.strips)
Re: Non Sequitur vs. LICD ... read about bloggers who know what they are doing outing the ..."professional journalists" who phoned it in instead of researching the ... English has become the world's language.... The writer's point is to sell books, not to discuss if English... (rec.arts.comics.strips)
