links for 2008-01-10

• New Fears for China's YouTube Wannabes
  "Starting Jan. 31, any company showing online videos in China will need a license, and only state-owned or state-controlled outfits qualify" But Bruce Einhorn reports that CEO's of the big video-sharing websites don't seem overly worried...
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch video internet regulation freespeech censorship)
• Chinese man killed after filming protest | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
  "A man who used his mobile phone to film a violent clash between villagers and officials in rural China was beaten to death by public order "enforcers", Chinese state media reported yesterday, bringing more unwanted attention to the country's unruly hinte
  (tags: china freespeech humanrights citizenmedia mobile wireless law)

Comments

[Charles Liu]

The Tianmem Hubei story can be found widely reported in China:

http://www.sogou.com/sohu?query=%CC%EC%C3%C5+%BA%FE%B1%B1

If you read the reports you'll know 1) The villagers were disobeying lawful orders. Anarchy is not what democracy is about; 2) the deputized citizens (Chenguan) who beat Wei have been arrested. Police brutality from deputized citizens are not uncommon in US. So much so Congres had enacted law to subject deputized citizens leagal complaints.

So no, neither the CCP, Beijing, nor Hu Jintao is responsible for this.

[Charles Liu]

So what is a "Chenguan"? They are citizens deputized by the munical police:

http://www.bjcg.gov.cn/
http://www.szum.gov.cn/

BTW, in addition to arresting the deputies for police brutality, the official responsible for Chenguan has also been dismissed.

[mahathir_fan]

Charles,

You got it wrong. Whenever something goes wrong in China, the leader is to be blamed.

But when it happens in other countries, then it is an isolated incident and the people involved will be charged.

In China, anything wrong and it is Hu Jin Tao's fault. That's the way They want us to think.

[Michael Xue]

I don't know wether the video websites in China will be changed after 31, jan. But now we can watch the movie like lust&caution and the warlords on the youku.com(youtube in China). Young people just watch the movie in this video website, not download them from BT anymore.

[Michael Xue]

China's video websites are different from youtube. We can watch the latest movies such as lust & caution or the warlords in the video websites. Young people in China no longer use BT, but watch the movie online directly.

[zhwj]

Qi Zhengjun has only been dismissed from his post as head of chengguan, Charles Liu. He remains vice general-secretary of the municipal government (link)