links for 2007-03-23

• Chinese blogger jailed 6 years for web articles
  "Internet crackdown: Officials employ an army of censors to stifle dissent"
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch internet censorship freespeech humanrights)
• BBC NEWS | Technology | How governments censor the web
  "How far will governments go to censor web content, and how do they do it?"
  (tags: censorship internet)
• China in Transition: Defend vs. Denounce: People Show Conflicting Attitude toward the Chinese Government on the Internet
  Josie Liu describes political debates in Chinese online forums. One quote: "So long as it [the Party] holds fast to the interest of the country and the nation, I still don't want it to collapse, until the rebirth of a party that represents the interest of
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch internet politics)
• World Politics Watch | Universal Suffrage Headlines Hong Kong Elections
  "Hong Kong 's elections are shaping up with all the pomp and ceremony of a Canto-pop star singing numbers from a Looney Tunes cartoon. And the result is about as forgone as Bugs Bunny surviving a bullet from Elmer Fudd."
  (tags: hongkong politics)