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March 2004

Symbolic Protest

Sunday, 28 March 2004 12:59 A GMT+09

As part of a symbolic protest against media censorship and as gesture of unity with bloggers who have found themselves blocked in the latest crackdown on anything approaching descent in China, The Angry Chinese Blogger’s header is now in black. If

A recipe for China

Sunday, 28 March 2004 12:59 A GMT+09

Take the difference between rich and poor from South Africa, add a generous amount of the geographic diversity, from freezing mountains to burring deserts, of the Americas. Throw in a cup full of the ancient temples and 21st century skyscrapers of Ja

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^%&$ Meets Fan in Tiawan, outcome not yet known

Saturday, 20 March 2004 12:59 A GMT+09

Well, as I thought, something foul and odorous has been deposited over the issue of Taiwan’s election, only I had expected it to be hurled afterwards.First a little information in short form1949, Communists overthrow Chinese GovernmentGovernment ru

Category: News and Politics Off Topic Sino-Taiwanese

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Is the enemy really at the gate?

Saturday, 20 March 2004 12:59 A GMT+09

In the new war against film and CD pirates there is some argument as to whether the enemy is really at the gate, and even if there really is an enemy, who is it? The answer depends on who you are.If you are a record company then the enemy of old is t

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President Chen Shui-bian survives Assassination attempt (News)

Saturday, 20 March 2004 12:59 A GMT+09

Well I was expecting something to fly into the fan, but I can honestly say that I wasn't expecting this.News has literally just reached my inbox that the president and vice president of Taiwan have both survived an attempted assassination by an illus

Category: News and Politics Sino-Taiwanese

5000 years of history, 5 minutes of originality

Tuesday, 16 March 2004 12:59 A GMT+09

Well it looks like 15 years of time in the real world is around 5 minutes in the strange land inhabited by the Chinese Government. Despite a general relaxation of control over the country that has lead to increased foreign investment, the enshrinemen

Category: News and Politics Off Topic Human rights and personal freedoms

Contrasts of the market

Tuesday, 16 March 2004 12:59 A GMT+09

Having begun its recovery from several decades of dictatorial misrule, including the infamous Cultural Revolution, China is now seeking to take its place in the international community and unsurprisingly the outside world is cautiously welcoming Chin

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Osama Bin Laden, Bomb, Al-Qaeda, Washington, Beijing, Tianenmen Square, DEMOCRACY DEMOCRACY DEMOCRACY

Sunday, 14 March 2004 6:18 P GMT+09

Yes folks it is beginning to look like the Chinese security forces are taking more of an interest in my email in tray so any comments that you post to my blog may be sent via Beijing with my notification of comment email.If their is anything that you

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Historical Drama, or Government Conspiracy?

Saturday, 13 March 2004 12:59 A GMT+09

China loves historical dramas; they litter the many national channels like landmines on a tropical beach. You can’t turn on the television without seeing at least three historical dramas for every few presses of the remote control.A cynic would say

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Al-Qaeda, or Al-Hypocrisy

Saturday, 13 March 2004 12:59 A GMT+09

News tends to travel slowly in China, but when somebody blows up four large trains, even the Chinese news can’t ignore it. Europe has suffered yet another terrorist attack, and this one was HUGE. It seems amazing just how many terrorist groups seem

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Bull Baiting

Friday, 12 March 2004 12:59 A GMT+09

We’ve all heard, from every crackpot and every earnest campaigner, that China has a record on Human rights slightly above Nazi Germany and slightly below the United States, but what the recent headlines about religious and political persecution and

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Who cares about bird flu

Tuesday, 9 March 2004 12:59 A GMT+09

Right now it’s not bird flu that worries me, it's a more devious kind of virus that has my attention.In the last week I have been pelted with more email born computer viruses than I received for the entire of 2003, and all of them so obvious that I

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Anime Menu

Tuesday, 2 March 2004 11:59 P GMT+09

Anime That I have been watchingSeries JapaneseRomanjiEnglishRating (10) Sol Bianca 4/10 Dragon Ball 6/10 Mado King Granzort 6/1

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Care for a Chat, I’ll bring the handcuffs

Tuesday, 2 March 2004 11:59 P GMT+09

On the toes of my recent article about self-censorship, or people who remain silent for fear of receiving the blame, comes something more familiar to Chinaphile, real censorship.We have all known for years that China’s media is very selective about

Category: News and Politics Off Topic Human rights and personal freedoms

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