WHO WON, WHO LOST ? THE VIETNAM WAR A DISCUSSION !?! 0/ INTRODUCTION A couple of Micro and Macro points seem to be starting a discussion about who won, who lost, the Vietnam war. It began, for me, with news of the planned re-opening ! of a GI COFFEE-HOUSE in Killeen, near […]
No “Go China!” Banners at the Olympics
Posted by John Kennedy to Global Voices Online Those attending the Olympics this year will be subject to the standard rules: no outside food or drinks, no sporting of commercial logos of any kind…but among all those is one rule which seems to have struck a nerve among many netizens, as evidenced by it having […]
Chinese Bloggers Take Stand Against Web Activist’s Arrest
Posted by John Kennedy to Global Voices Online Following his apprehension last month as he was pitching in with the earthquake relief in his native Sichuan province, web activist Huang Qi was this weekend formally arrested for “illegal possession of state secrets”. Volunteers at his well-known website 64Tianwang.com (English) have been actively posting all news […]
Bloggers Examine Why China Vetoed Zimbabwe Sanctions
Posted by John Kennedy to Global Voices Online Earlier this year China sent a boatload of weapons to Zimbabwe just following the country’s controversial presidential election. Following accusations of political violence and then the re-election of President Mugabe, China teamed up with Russia at the United Nations Security Council last week to veto sanctions […]
Day Two of Global Voices 2008 Summit in Budapest: The Democratization of the Internet
Posted by Deborah Anne Dilley to Global Voices Online While Day One of the Global Voices Summit focused on Advocacy, today focused more upon Global Voices proper, with information presented on the other GV projects of Rising Voices and Lingua. The day began with an introduction by Georgia Poppelwell (GV Managing Director) and Solana Larsen […]
Day One of Global Voices 2008 Summit in Budapest: Free Speech and Censorship
Posted by Jillian York to Global Voices Online The first day of the Global Voices 2008 Summit in Budapest, Hungary was a wild success, as far as we can see (obviously we can’t know all of the implications this early in the game). The morning started with an introduction from Ethan Zuckerman and Rebecca MacKinnon, […]
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