Good point xz Martin Johnson Founder of GreatFire.org | FreeWeibo.com | Unblock.cn.com PGP key <https://en.greatfire.org/contact>
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 1:12 PM, x z <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with most of Martin's statements. China's internet is practically > separated from the world's internet already. On this front, the Chinese > authority has won the battle. > > 2013/2/20 Martin Johnson <[email protected]> > >> The majority of Internet users in Mainland China spend 100% of their >> online time on Chinese websites. Google+, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, >> Blogspot and many more (see https://en.greatfire.org) are completely >> blocked in Mainland China. Most other foreign websites are both >> considerably slower than domestic ones, and subject to keyword-based >> blocking of certain URLs. >> >> The majority of Internet users outside Mainland China spend 0% of their >> online time on Chinese websites. >> > > I'd add that a significant percentage of overseas Chinese people do spend > meaningful time on Chinese websites actually. Many of them use Weibo for > social networking, Baidu for search, and Sina/Sohu for news. > > This is not just a language issue - there are a lot of Chinese-speaking >> people outside of Mainland China, and several Chinese websites have >> English-language interfaces. It's also because they are slow. The Great >> Firewall slows down traffic in both directions. Concern with censorship may >> also discourage some users, as seen recently regarding WeChat. >> >> In this sense, there is a Chinese Internet or a Chinanet, as opposed to >> the rest of the Internet. They are not completely cut off from each other, >> but in practice there is little communication between the two. >> Unfortunately. >> >> Martin Johnson >> Founder of GreatFire.org | FreeWeibo.com | Unblock.cn.com >> PGP key <https://en.greatfire.org/contact> >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Nadim Kobeissi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Most likely it's bad writing. What they likely meant by "China's >>> Internet" is China's social network sphere, such as Sina Weibo communities >>> and so on... >>> >>> >>> NK >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Brian Conley <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Photos of the dead sailors, their bodies gagged and blindfolded and >>>> some with head wounds suggesting execution-style killings, circulated on >>>> China’s Internet. >>>> >>>> From: >>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/world/asia/chinese-plan-to-use-drone-highlights-military-advances.html?_r=0 >>>> >>>> I know about the GFW of course, but anyone know the exact meaning of >>>> nytimes referencing "China's Internet" as opposed to "was circulated in the >>>> Internet by Chinese citizens?" >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: >>>> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: >>> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >>> >> >> >> -- >> Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >> > > > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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