Today's Wall Street Journal has a provocative story headlined China Squeezes PC Makers: Beijing Is Set to Require Web Filter That Would Block Government-Censored Sites. The picture above comes from the official website for "Green Dam Youth Escort," the... ...full story at RConversation
from RConversation on Mon, Jun 08 2009
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Green Olympics, Green Long March »
YouTube video What's next for a greener China after the games? Ask China's youth. |
| 10 Jun 09 |
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Chinese gov't: Green Dam and Youth Escort are your friends » Shanghaiist The Chinese government has been drawing a lot fire these last few days after it was revealed that they would be requiring that computers manufactured or imported in China have "Green Dam and Youth Escort"—an internet filtering... |
| 08 Jun 09 |
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Nanny software to be made mandatory » Danwei Loretta Chao reports for the Wall Street Journal that Chinese authorities have mandated that all PCs sold after July 1 come with site-blocking software: The software's Chinese name is "Green Dam-Youth Escort." The word "green" in Chinese is used to... |
| 30 Jun 09 |
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Delays for Green Dam filter installation » Danwei The Financial Times is reporting that computer retailers in Beijing aren't expecting PCs equipped with the Green Dam-Youth Escort software until several weeks after the official deadline of July 1: Staff selling Lenovo, Dell, Sony, Toshiba, Acer,... |
| 19 Jun 09 |
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Green Dam filter software continues causing controversy » People's Daily The US software developer that claimed Green Dam-Youth Escort software infringed the copyright of their product is attempting to stop more computer manufacturers from using the software. California-based Solid Oak sent "cease and desist" letters to... |
| 30 Jun 09 |
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China Journal Wrap: Green Dam Plan Delayed, Hong Kong Gets Ready for Yuan » China Journal Goodbye Green Dam (for now): China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said it will pospone its requirement that all computers sold in China come equipped with the controversial "Green Dam-Youth Escort" Internet filtering software. |
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