links for 2007-10-23

• Saving Burma the right way - Los Angeles Times
  "Avoiding disaster in Burma will mean taking a long-term and pragmatic approach and understanding that democracy won't be created overnight."
  (tags: burma myanmar democracy politics geopolitics)
• The Great Firewall: China's Misguided — and Futile — Attempt to Control What Happens Online
  “the country's stranglehold on the communications of its citizens is slipping: Bloggers and other Web sources are rapidly supplanting Communist-controlled news outlets."
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch internet gfw censorship freespeech)
• The Standard - YouTube lands in Hong Kong
  "At last, YouTube is storming into Hong Kong with a special Traditional Chinese-character site - which means non-English speakers will finally find no language constraints when sharing their favorite videos on the worldwide portal."
  (tags: youtube honkong chineseinternetresearch video tv copyright creativecommons)

Comments

[Charles Liu]

Maybe we can save Burma by telling George Soros's OSI, CIA's Col. Robert Helvey and "Mr. Nonviolent Warfare" Gene Sharp to stay out.