The China Blogosphere

(and the Berkeley Journalism School)

Bloggers focussing on the world's greatest information-censoring regime, while maintaining the correct posture (censorship is appalling, a terrible affront, an outrage, etc.), have a remarkable propensity to practice censorship themselves.

(See Our new blogosphere for an explanation of what "blogosphere" means.)

  1. Joe Bosco, Blogger (August 12, 2004):

    A preacher, a poet, a Professor ... and a fighter for freedom of expression who appreciates that free speech can be taken too far.

  2. The Peril and Agony of Free Speech --or Hysteria Redux: Flashbacks to China Diplomacy School (September 9, 2004):

    The Chinese Communist Party authorities are displeased with a Western teacher's embarrassing inside story about their diplomacy school. They are getting help from conflicted Americans in China, who are waging a dirty and aggressive campaign to discredit the revelations. But the Americans' efforts to intimidate the teacher have failed abysmally, and they are exhibiting rising hysteria as their vulnerability to embarrassment blowback reaches alarming levels. (Unlike their Communist friends, they profess devotion to free speech.)

  3. Hypocrisy at Berkeley Journalism School's "China Digital News" (October 1, 2004):

    China Digital News, a project of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, falsely declares itself to be a "public forum" while disdaining elementary principles of free and open discussion. The journalism school's dean, Orville Schell, is not interested in the issue. My letter to him is, as of now, an open letter. He is invited to respond (see note at bottom of article).

  4. China Bloggers: Truth Above All ... but Community First (October 5, 2004):

    Bloggers focussing on the world's greatest information-censoring regime, while maintaining the correct posture, have a remarkable propensity to practice censorship themselves. A reflection on how low the ideal of truth has sunk.

  5. Sociopaths With Keyboards (June 28, 2005; with July 11, 2005 update):

    A China blogger tells his readers to send people email messages that appear to be from me and that say: "Hi, I'm Uriel. I want to molest your child." Richard Burger, owner of Peking Duck, heartily approves.

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Inside China's Diplomacy School: Death threats, contract breaches, petty larceny, at the unique university operating under the auspices of China's Foreign Ministry -- the China Foreign Affairs University, an institution established to train China's diplomats.

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