Chinese Website Maintenance Day – for the 20th Anniversary of 8964
As China Web2.0 Review, Danwei, and CNreviews posted, today is defined by netizens as “The Chinese Website Maintenance Day (中国网站维护日)”. Due to the 2oth anniversary of 1989 Tiananmen Massacr, the administrators of total 358 Chinese domestic websites have put the inaccessibility on their sites for a perid of 2-3 days via using the excuse “technical maintenance” since June 3rd, according to a collaborated-made “Chinese Site Maintenance Google Spreadsheet”……
512 Wenchuan Earthquake Anniversary | Recap: Internet Shapes The Earthquake Aftermath
Today is the 1st anniversary of the “512 Wenchuan Earthquake”. The 8.0-magnitude quake on May 12th last year left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.
At this moment, let’s mourn for the victims and recap how the engaged netizens can play such a significant role in sharing and even shaping the aftermath. Sichuan earthquake is the prime example of such power, more than 911, more than Katrina……
Wen Follows Obama’s Social Media Success?
If you ask me about what is the hottest event in China in this week, I think I probably have to say that is the “two sessions”. The “two sessions” refer to the once-a-year full conferences of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s parliament, and the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country’s top advisory body. What most impressive thing in my mind is that few days before the two sessions, on February 28th, Premier Wen Jiabao engaged in his first ever online chat facing nearly 300,000 netizens and answering 29 questions over two hours……
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