Let’s face it: Google is the best search engine, even in the Chinese Internet dominated by the local moloch Baidu. Google is the best because it has the best search algorithm, the best suite of added-value services (how cool is Gmail?), and much more. Google has recently renewed his ICP licence and government officials acknowledged [...]
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Escape from the Great Firewall of China: A Guide to Paid and Free Proxies, VPN Platforms and Their Friends
If you live in China, then you know that poking your friends on Facebook or watching funny videos on Youtube is apparently against the laws and the moral fibre of the People’s Republic and its population, as ratified by a recent white paper on Internet censorship. At the same time you surely know that everybody enjoys freedom of [...]
Harmonising the World Cup: Chinese Censorship and the Coca Cola World Cup Song in Mandarin
The World Cup is almost over, and it has been a good tournament all in all. Besides the atrocious noise of the vuvuzelas, there are at least three things that none of us will forget about the 2010 World Cup in South Africa: The Coca Cola advert/song “Wavin’ Flag“, which became an instant hit in [...]