John Kennedy

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19 June 2011

China: Attack on a #netfreedom Blogger

Written by John Kennedy · China

For all the talk of Internet freedom, little of it takes into account the bleaker reality of inhabiting Chinese cyberspace. Influential tech blogger William Long addresses this with a post criticizing the destructive bent to China's hacker communities, which then brought on a multi-front attack against Long.

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24 November 2008

Blog for a Cause guide is now available in Chinese!

Written by John Kennedy · Advocacy

Nine months too late, but thanks to the same gracious individual who translated GVA's Anonymous Blogging guide, we are now able to present you with the Chinese version of Blog...

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25 September 2008

China: An hour later, he was taken away

Written by John Kennedy · China

Another blogger arrest, this time we find out about merely by chance. Just days after WordCamp China 2008 wrapped up, citizen reporter and web editor Wen Yunchao is in Beijing...

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25 August 2008

China: Zeng Jinyan resurfaces with news of visit to Hu Jia

Written by John Kennedy · China

Since stating [zh] on August 3rd that she was going to be made to leave Beijing and soon after falling silent on Twitter, home-arrested blogger Zeng Jinyan has returned! She...

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14 August 2008

China: Citizen reporter Zuola under ‘town arrest'

Written by John Kennedy · China

Chinese citizen reporter Zhou "Zuola" Shuguang has yet another encounter with various law enforcement bodies near his hometown today, tweeted it live, and learned that he is under several forms of heavy surveillance.

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9 August 2008

China: More foreigners protest, aided by 2.0 tools

Written by John Kennedy · China

One (possibly) last protest post before we get back on topic around here; first is the pseudo-guerrilla Exodus 8:1 mission of Christian activist Eddie ‘iamgadfly' Romero for human rights in...

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24 July 2008

China: Another popular blog site shut down for the Olympics

Written by John Kennedy · China

Sohoxiaobao, not the prettiest but definitely one of the earlier blog service providers in China, has been out of operation for a week now. We've reported here on Sohoxiaobao before;...

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