1. Internet and Activism
in China
20 Years after Tiananmen
Rebecca MacKinnon
Open Society Fellow
Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong
Journalism & Media Studies Center
Co-founder, Globalvoicesonline.org
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6. Google.cn top searches
http://www.google.cn/rebang/detail?bid=12000000
What day is June 4
20th anniversary
Today in history
June 4th
Twentieth anniversary
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11. Blog company censorship
Baidu:
“Weʼre sorry, your article failed to be
published. It contains inappropriate content,
please check.”
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12. Sorry, the blog address youʼre
visiting doesnʼt exist.
Sorry, the page youʼre
visiting canʼt be found.
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13. This week
Ai Weiweiʼs blog
“This blog has been closed”
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14. This week
Ai Weiweiʼs blog
“This blog has been closed”
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15. This week
Ai Weiweiʼs blog
“This blog has been closed”
“The system is undergoing maintenance. Service is planned to resume early on the 6th”
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21. Anti-censorhip meme:
“River crab wears three watches”
“He xie”
“Harmonious”
“Harmonious Society”
Slogan of President Hu Jintao
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22. Anti-censorhip meme:
“River crab wears three watches”
“He xie”
“Harmonious”
“Harmonious Society”
Slogan of President Hu Jintao
“san ge dai biao”
“Three Represents”
Slogan of fmr. Pres. Jiang Zemin
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23. Anti-censorhip meme:
“River crab wears three watches”
“He xie”
“Harmonious” “Rivercrab”
“Harmonious Society”
Slogan of President Hu Jintao
“san ge dai biao”
“Three Represents”
Slogan of fmr. Pres. Jiang Zemin
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24. Anti-censorhip meme:
“River crab wears three watches”
“He xie”
“Harmonious” “Rivercrab”
“Harmonious Society”
Slogan of President Hu Jintao
“san ge dai biao” “dai san ge biao”
“Three Represents” “Wears three watches”
Slogan of fmr. Pres. Jiang Zemin
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27. Prime Minister Wen Jiabaoʼs
2-hour live chat with “netizens”
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28. Prime Minister Wen Jiabaoʼs
2-hour live chat with “netizens”
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29. “E - Congress”
http://elianghui.people.com.cn
Sign up for a
“membership Two suggestions for fighting corruption
badge”
Crackdown on ads for illegal medicine as
hard as the anti-porn crackdown
Suggestions for improving
safety in coal mines
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30. Somebodyʼs proposal to abolish one child policy
Don’t we have enough people?
“End the one-
child policy, restore
population growth to a
sustainable rate” Uphold the reproductive
rights of the Han Chinese race!
Deng Xiaoping himself said that the one-
child policy would be for 30 years!
Reward single childless
people with free health care...
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37. freedom vs. control
Both photos in public domain via Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:T_Jefferson_by_Charles_Willson_Peale_1791_2.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_Hamilton_portrait_by_John_Trumbull_1806.jpg
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38. freedom vs. control
Both photos in public domain via Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:T_Jefferson_by_Charles_Willson_Peale_1791_2.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_Hamilton_portrait_by_John_Trumbull_1806.jpg
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