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Chinese Internet Revolution: Bridging Cultures and Freedom

Explore the impact of the internet on China, from democracy movements to pop culture influencers. Learn about China's vast online user base, user-created content, and challenges with censorship. Discover how blogs and social media are shaping Chinese society. Follow the stories of internet stars, political movements, and the struggle for free expression in the digital age.

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Chinese Internet Revolution: Bridging Cultures and Freedom

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  1. China and the Internet: The change goes both ways… Rebecca MacKinnon www.RConversation.com www.GlobalVoicesOnline.org Pop!Tech October 21, 2005

  2. The village of Pu Sa Lu Rebecca MacKinnon 10/21/05 www.RConversation.com

  3. “UFO’s Around The World” http://tech.sina.com.cn/d/focus/world_UFO

  4. Website for Pu Sa Lu Village, Changping County http://www.Pusalu.com

  5. 菩萨鹿村 数字家园 Pu Sa Lu Village “Digital Homestead” (estab. March 2005) Source: Beijing Assoc. for Science & Technology Rebecca MacKinnon 10/21/05 www.RConversation.com

  6. Sex-blogger Mu zi mei:China’s 1st internet star Rebecca MacKinnon 10/21/05 www.RConversation.com

  7. Muzimei’s blog http://www.wenxue.com/T3/?q=blog/353 Oct 17, 2005:: “With or without a boyfriend, a woman should make love at least once a week.”

  8. Yang Chengang:Schoolteacher turned Internet Hearthrob MP3 mega-hit: “Mice Love Rice” Over 100million downloads Source: weifang.sohu.com Rebecca MacKinnon 10/21/05 www.RConversation.com

  9. “Super Girl” Li Yichun: elected by fans Chinese blogger quotes friend: ““I don't think that I will ever get to vote a president in this lifetime, so I'll choose a girl that I like."  Super Girls is obviously not the same as democracy, but it is the fantasy for the 1.3 billion Chinese people who do not have democracy. ” Michael Anti: http://spaces.msn.com/members/mranti/ Rebecca MacKinnon 10/21/05 www.RConversation.com

  10. Chinese internet users • 103 million: World’s 2nd largest internet user base (U.S. about 135 million) • Only 7.9% Chinese are online (compared to 67% of Americans) • 10% global PC demand, 15% global handset demand are in China. • 385 million mobile phone users (World’s #1 in mobile subscribers.) (See official Chinese internet stats at: http://www.cnnic.net.cn/en/index/ Also see: Morgan Stanley’s latest China Internet report at: http://www.morganstanley.com/institutional/techresearch/China_Internet_091205.html) Rebecca MacKinnon 10/21/05 www.RConversation.com

  11. Chinese user-created content • over one fifth Chinese internet users use BBS (internet bulletin boards) • more than 50 blog-hosting services • 5 million blogs • over 200 billion SMS mobile phone short text messages sent in 2005 Rebecca MacKinnon 10/21/05 www.RConversation.com

  12. World blog growth: “Some of the significant increases we've seen over the past 3 months have been due to a proliferation of Chinese-speaking weblogs.” ---David Sifry, Tecnhorati 60-70% MSN Spaces Blogs are in Chinese Rebecca MacKinnon 10/21/05 www.RConversation.com

  13. Taishi Village democracy movement For details on the Taishi village democracy movement see the Hong Kong blog EastSouthWestNorth at: http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20050919_1.htm Rebecca MacKinnon 10/21/05 www.RConversation.com

  14. Rebecca MacKinnon 10/21/05 www.RConversation.com

  15. Failed access: Human Rights Watch at www.hrw.org Rebecca MacKinnon 10/21/05 www.RConversation.com

  16. Google News search from outside China: “Tiananmen Massacre”

  17. Google News search from inside China: “Tiananmen Massacre” “Pages containing the phrase ‘Tiananmen massacre’ cannot be found. Suggestion: Please check for errors in entering the text. Please try another phrase. Please change to more commonly used words.”

  18. Isaac Mao: General Manager, Blogbus.com Blogbus.com must censor member blogs to stay in business. His own blogs are not on Blogbus: www.Isaacmao.com http://www.isaacmao.com/meta Rebecca MacKinnon 10/21/05 www.RConversation.com

  19. SAFE BLOGGING ON BLOGBUS: “The Spaceship of Me and E” http://parasite.blogbus.com

  20. “24 Hours online” http://24hour.blogbus.com 10/13/05: “Blogs – a carnival of free speech”

  21. msn Spaces blog title: “I love freedom and democracy” MSN Spaces blog title entered: “I love freedom of speech, human rights & Democracy” Rebecca MacKinnon 10/21/05 www.RConversation.com

  22. Error message: "You must enter a title for your space. The title must not contain prohibited language, such as profanity. Please type a different title." Rebecca MacKinnon 10/21/05 www.RConversation.com

  23. Yahoo! Aids arrest of journalist Shi Tao Rebecca MacKinnon 10/21/05 www.RConversation.com

  24. Anti-Japan internet forum “Anti-Japan Forum” http://www.frhlm.com/bbs.index.asp

  25. Anti-Japan war video game Rebecca MacKinnon 10/21/05 www.RConversation.com

  26. Spring 2005 Anti-Japan protests Rebecca MacKinnon 10/21/05 www.RConversation.com

  27. Mobile blogging community http://www.pdx.cn/pdx

  28. Mobile blog: “Personal Photobank” http://caiallan.pdx.cn/blog (can upload and read on phone or PC)

  29. CODE IS LAW. - Larry Lessig, Creative Commons Rebecca MacKinnon 10/21/05 www.RConversation.com

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