links for 2007-04-21

• China Brief from the Jamestown Foundation: China's Media Controls: Could Bloggers Make a Difference?
  "the nail house case shows that bloggers can in fact break a story, provide the momentum required to keep it running longer than newspapers or major websites and stay with it until the end." (via Ethan via Akwe. thanks)
  (tags: china internet blogging blogs journalism freespeech media law nailhouse bloggers citizenmedia)
• IP Democracy: Yahoo! Sued For Torture Link But Don't Expect a Trial
  "Even if this suit doesn’t go very far, it puts a lot of pressure on Yahoo! nonetheless. The company has a lot of explaining to do about its policies regarding human rights and user rights around the globe."
  (tags: yahoo! freespeech humanrights surveillance law internet china)
• Yahoo's Fiasco in China - Introduction
  A Chinese-language article published last fall is translated into English on Yeeyan.
  (tags: yahoo! internet search business alibaba china chineseinternetresearch)
• AsiaMedia :: KOREA: Google webmaster promotes Korean images
  "Who is playing the most active role in boosting Korea's image around the world? The answer could be diverse but one of many plausible responses is Dennis Hwang, Google's head webmaster."
  (tags: google korea)