QQ, the largest instant messaging system in China, is now requiring users to register their real names. The official notice very clearly hints that they were forced to do so by the Public Security Bureau.
This is not new. Earlier this year the CCP Government required online BBSes to do the same; many or the largest and most popular ones closed down as a result. Together with the new laws requiring Internet content providers (Web sites for example) to register with the PSU, the CCP is really trying its hardest to wield absolute control over the Internet. Or at least the part that’s inside their borders.
Will we ever see a censor-free online environment in China in our lifetime? Just thinking about this is disgusting…
This has to be the funniest thing I have read in a while (emphasis mine):
“China is controlled by law. We handle our affairs according to law. There is no so-called political persecution at all,” the foreign ministry said in a statement.
From The Age.
Meetings. More meetings. Yet more meetings. Still more meetings.
The above sums up what I have done during the past month. Actually it would be fine if the meetings actually achieve anything. But far from it. And even though the host of each meeting is different, in the end it’s always the same old bunch of people: the ones from Red Flag, the ones from Cosix, the ones from Software Institute, maybe some guy from Kingsoft. Same old stuff, every single time.
The worst meetings are the ones where the person making the call know nothing about Linux; once I even heard someone who said they will seriously look into rewriting the kernel to achieve Win32 binary compatibility. These people often are also the ones who are most stubborn; no amount of persuasion will make them change their minds.
I’m still optimistic about Linux in China, but I’m starting to feel… powerless.
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