Todd, I'm afraid you've mistaken. Hong Kong is fiscally independent from the rest of China, and not a single cent of the Hong Kong government's income is passed on to the PRC government in Beijing. Deryck
On 10 May 2012 22:27, Todd Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Deryck Chan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > It has come to the attention of the Wikimania 2013 Hong Kong organizing > > team that there may be confusion over the situation of internet > censorship > > in China and whether it affects Hong Kong. [1] > > > > We would like to clarify that, although Hong Kong has been nominally part > > of the People's Republic of China since 1997, the city-state of Hong Kong > > retains complete independence over civilian affairs. This, of course, > means > > that internet regulation in Hong Kong is completely separate from that of > > Mainland China, and therefore internet censorship in Mainland China (the > > "Great Firewall of China", [2]) does not apply to Hong Kong. > > > > We would like to reassure all Wikimedians, especially those considering > to > > attend Wikimania 2013, that *Wikipedia has never been censored in Hong > Kong*. > > Visitors to Hong Kong will enjoy, among other things such as exuberant > > local cuisine and efficient public transport, uncensored internet > > connection and unhindered access to Wikimedia projects. > > > > We hope to see you all at Wikimania 2012 in Washington DC and Wikimania > > 2013 in Hong Kong. > > > > With best wishes, > > Deryck Chan > > Global engagement coordinator > > Wikimania 2013 organizing team / Wikimedia Hong Kong > > > > [1] > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-05-07/News_and_notes > > [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Firewall > > > > (cross-posted to wikimania-l, internal-l and wikimedia-l) > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > It is still disgraceful that WMF, an organization supposedly devoted > to free information, is implicitly supporting a regime that routinely > and as a matter of policy refuses free information flow to its > citizens. Hong Kong in particular may not do that, but Hong Kong is > part of China, and China does. China will receive money from this > event. > > Perhaps Google and the like are concerned only with profit and will do > business in China regardless of ethical considerations, but WMF is a > nonprofit dedicated to the exact opposite of China's policies, and > should refuse to provide any monetary support for China until and > unless China removes all censorship from its population. The fact that > it has failed to do so, and is indeed implicitly supporting China, has > me strongly reconsidering both my editorial and monetary support. > > -- > Freedom is the right to say that 2+2=4. From this all else follows. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
