links for 2006-02-18

• Hypocrisy in the China syndrome | News.blog | CNET News.com
  "if they're concerned about America's place in the global economy, these politicians should also realize that many technology companies--like brick-and-mortar businesses--have staked their futures on growth in China and the rest of Asia."
  (tags: china GOFA censorship freespeech google yahoo microsoft cisco)
• Top News | Reuters.co.ca - China journalists and officials clash over censorship
  "The editors of a bold Chinese weekly purged by censors issued an impassioned call for free speech on Friday, but propaganda officials fought back by accusing them of insulting the country's ardent patriotism."
  (tags: china censorship media freespeech)
• Beijing's media chill Isabel Hilton - openDemocracy
  "With the first public sign of dissent in senior ranks of the Chinese Communist Party, the tensions over China's increasingly repressive approach to press freedom have burst into the open."
  (tags: china censorship freespeech media blogs humanrights)
• Cracks In the Wall - Forbes.com
  "With engineering help from half a dozen Western firms, the Chinese Communist Party has erected a huge apparatus to censor free speech. A ragtag crew of hacker dissidents may succeed in tearing it down."
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch censorship freespeech google yahoo microsoft cisco hacktivism)
• Enough Shame to Go Around on China - New York Times
  "After which he excoriated the four witnesses for, well, engaging with China. Caught between a rock and a hard place, American companies need Congress to help them push back in the name of free speech and privacy, just as they once needed Congress to help
  (tags: china GOFA censorship freespeech google microsoft yahoo cisco)
• That Which We Call a Blog... - New York Times
  "it's becoming hard to tell what is a blog and what is mainstream media."
  (tags: blogs blogs&journalism webcred media news journalism)
• GOP rift over US firms in China | csmonitor.com
  "While some conservatives seethe over their aid to police and censors, others argue that the firms still boost freedom."
  (tags: china GOFA censorship freespeech google microsoft yahoo cisco congress)