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WikiLeaks v.s. Cayman Islands
I’m often speaking about censorship in China mainland, but don’t forget that it also happens in the most beautiful self-proclaimed "democracy", namely, the U.S.
Frightening…
The transparency group WikiLeaks.org currently seems to be under heavy fire. The main WikiLeaks.org DNS entry is unavailable, reportedly due to a restraining order relating to a series of articles and documents released by WikiLeaks about off-shore trust structures in the Cayman Islands. The WikiLeaks whistle blower, allegedly former vice president of the Cayman Islands branch of swiss bank Julius Baer, states in the WikiLeaks documents that the bank supported tax evasion and money laundering by its clients from around the world. WikiLeaks alternate names remained available until Saturday, when there seems to have been a heavy DDoS attack and a fire at the ISP. The documents in question are still available on other WikiLeaks sites, such as wikileaks.be, and are also mirrored on Cryptome. Details of the court documents have also been made available.
China Plans to Surpass the U.S. in Nanotech Development
Sociologists at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting have reported that China is making major investments in nanotechnology. Their aim is to ‘leapfrog’ past the United States in technological development by focusing on long-ranging scientific goals. So far, the Chinese government has poured about $400 million into the young field of research. Considering the low cost of equipment and labor over there, that is a very large sum of money, and China’s investment is expected to ‘rise considerably.’
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Fully Flared
The last Girl video, in slow motion, with special effects by Spike Jonze (if you don’t know this guy, you’ve probably already seen his movie clips for Bjork, The Beastie Boys, Daft Punk, The Chemical Brothers or Fat Boy Slim…).
I’m wondering if the skateboarders are really knocked by the stones 
Sources:
Sk8uk
Shanghai SkateNights - February 13th / 晚上刷街上海 - 二月十三号
Let’s censor the censorship! / 责难检查制度!
China may relax Internet censorship during the Olympics
BEIJING (AFP) - 5 February , 2008 - China is debating whether to relax control of the Internet during the Olympics, allowing access to banned websites such as the BBC, a spokeswoman for the organising committee said Tuesday. Plans to tear down the so-called Great Firewall (GFW) of China were being debated and a decision was expected soon, said Wang Hui, head of media relations for the organising committee. “We are studying this now based on suggestions of some journalists and a study of the experiences of other countries, so during the Olympics there may be some changes,” she said. “This is one of the ways the Olympics may promote progress in China.”
China tightly polices cyberspace and Chinese web surfers see a stripped-down version of the Internet minus some news sites such as the BBC and those belonging to human rights groups or any other sites judged subversive by the country’s communist rulers. Wang said that changes were expected to be in place in time for the Olympics for the 20,000 foreign journalists planning to cover the Games. “I believe you will be able to (access banned sites such as the BBC) but I can’t give you a promise yet. The relevant government departments are still working on it,” she said.
You can imagine if all these foreign reporters widely broadcast worldwide that Chinese Government wildly censor Internet… It’s a question of face-saving!!! Moreover, maybe these reporters will discover the ugliest thing about censorship in China: the People is quite simply not aware of this censorship!
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ShéShān under snow - 佘山被大雪覆盖
Three days ago (on Saturday, February 2nd), Shanghai was under the snow, so it was the right time for Diablotim & me to escape downtown and to try the new Subway Line 9, heading to ShéShān (佘山).
三天以前（在星期六，二月二号），上海被大雪覆盖，所以Diablotim和我觉得这是最好的时候为避开闹区和试一试新的地铁九号线，往佘山。
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