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China: Your ethnic group can’t use the internet

“Your ethnic group can't use the internet” has become a popular phrase in the Internet in China. It comes from a 27-year-old Uighur photographer's real life experience in a hotel in Shenyang. Rob from Black and White Cat translated the... ...full story at Global Voices

from Global Voices on Mon, Oct 12 2009

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30 May 08 visit Tell You the Real China - 56 Ethnicities United as ONE CHINA  »  YouTube videoChina is a united multi-ethnic nation of 56 ethnic groups. As the majority (91.6 percent) of the population is of the Han ethnic group, China's other 55 ethnic groups are customarily referred to as ethnic minorities. According to the fifth national census...
11 Oct 09 visit Sorry, your ethnic group can’t use the internet  »  Black & White Cat Translated from a blog post by 27-year-old Uighur photographer Nuerbanjiang Saimaiti during the National Day holiday: The people of Xinjiang are “welcome” throughout the country Saturday, October 3, 2009 Yesterday I arrived here in Shenyang...
07 Jan 08 visit China: Very Violent, Very Indecent  »  Global Voices Recently, a new catch phrase “very violent, very indecent” emerged in China Internet. A Beijing school girl told the CCTV that she saw “very violent and very indecent” pop-up from the internet, which made her scared. William Long...
18 Aug 09 visit China: Curing Internet Addiction  »  Global Voices ESWN brings into focus CCTV's investigative news story on “Curing Internet Addiction”, in which the reporter Chai Jing questioned the label of “mental illness” from those who use the Internet eight or more hours per day.
19 Jan 07 visit China: we just want your real name  »  Global Voices Joel Martinsen from DANWEI notes the shift of terms from “real name system” to “we just want your real name” in regulating online game internet user.
16 Jan 08 visit China: Internet Mop Culture  »  Global Voices Joel Martinsen from DANWEI translated a Tianya article on the Internet Mop culture behind the “Very yellow, very violent” affair.

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