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One Man’s Weekly Links – September 28, 2007

September 28, 2007

This week’s Links of the Week theme is… pictures. Bush’s Historical Approval Ratings Toys manufacture in China Awesome Military Photos of the Twin Towers Pictures of Walls US Poverty Map

Tiananmen Square and the “Tank Man” Protester

June 25, 2007

It’s hard to believe that it’s been 18 years since the Tiananmen Square Massacre and the legendary “tank man”. But this month marks the anniversary, and given that enough time as passed that a new generation has been born and without hearing about it I thought I’d give a little reminder surrounding events of the [...]

Privacy Equals Freedom – Support the Freenet Project

May 15, 2007

Freedom. It’s nice, right? It ought to be… the freedom we enjoy was paid for with the blood of our forefathers, and is maintained by the blood of our siblings. And no freedom is more precious than that of speech. From it all other freedom flows. Unfortunately there are still many oppressive regimes that do [...]

One Man’s Blog Banned in China

March 11, 2007
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Just a few days ago I read about yet another bit of unbelievable Internet censorship coming out of China. It seems they have decided to eliminate access to the popular blogging site LiveJournal – effectively shutting down access to 1.8 million blogs! This got me thinking. Given that I routinely report on Chinese abuses I [...]

China Destroys Satellite, Adds 10% More Debris to Orbit

February 11, 2007

Although China will be hosting the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee meeting in April, that didn’t keep them from making the colossal mistake on January 11, 2007 of firing an anti-satellite rocket at an old piece of space junk, shattering it into at least 1,000 new pieces of debris now in orbit around the planet. [...]

Most Popular Banking Encryption Method Cracked

January 30, 2007
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According to the Epoch Times, in five years, the U.S. government will cease to use SHA-1 (Secure Hash Algorithm) and convert to a new and more advanced “hash” algorithm, according to the article “Security Cracked!” from New Scientist. The reason for this change is that associate professor Wang Xiaoyun of Beijing’s Tsinghua University and Shandong [...]

10 Years in Jail for Chinese Blogger

January 21, 2007

Imagine a knock on the door after you have been on the Internet, blogging, and the next moment you are under arrest. Amnesty International launched a campaign in defence of Internet bloggers in many countries – including China, Tunisia and Iran who have been arrested for expressing views which have upset their governments. But how [...]

Chen Guang-cheng Jailed in China for Speaking Out

August 31, 2006

A couple of weeks ago I commented on the plight of blind activist Chen Guang-cheng who had been jailed prior to trial for basically speaking out against illegal activities of local government officials. Well, now he’s been officially convicted after a two hour long trial to over 4 years in prison for “organizing a mob [...]

There is No Freedom In China

August 15, 2006

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