Category Archives: politics

Cuba Versus China (the politics of being useful)

March 19, 2008 – 9:18 pm

Steve Marshall is an English travel agent. He lives in Spain, and he sells trips to Europeans who want to go to sunny places, including Cuba. In October, about 80 of his Web sites stopped working, thanks to the
The sites, in English, French and Spanish, had been online since 1998. Some, like www.cuba-hemingway.com, were [...]

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Obama Fever Hits Obama, Japan

March 5, 2008 – 8:56 pm

People in Japan overwhelmingly seem to like Obama. That goes double for the city of Obama. They are really excited, though part of that excitement seems to be the hope that they can use the name recognition to increase their city’s notoriety. But when you think about it, Obama’s campaign is about spread [...]

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Will Yahoo! and the Others Change Their China Policies Now?

November 14, 2007 – 9:57 am

Shi landed in trouble three years ago when the Chinese government prohibited journalists to report on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1989.
When Shi forwarded the notice to human rights groups, the Chinese government pressured Yahoo to give them the name of the account holder, and they did so. Shi [...]

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2012 Olympic Games

October 12, 2007 – 1:05 pm

This message was not brought to you by the real Olympic Games, but is instead a demonstration of the free speech which the folks who run Olympic Games are trying to kill. Why should you care? David Edgar puts it pretty well:
By declaring images, titles and now words to be ownable brands, these various [...]

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