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Students views of school teachers’ views of the Internet
The following BBS post makes fun of what school teachers say about the Internet. From juetuzhi.cn, translated by CDT:
Politics teacher: It objectively reflects the Chinese people’s improved standards of living.
Chinese teacher: Mao’s (literally meaning cat, a homonym of modem) real name is modulator-demodulator. It is an indispensable hardware for web surfing.
History teacher: The Web was [...]
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China targets big websites in Internet crackdown
A massive new crackdown on the Internet in China has started and it is targeting some of the major websites including Baidu, which has much of the search engine market, and runner-up Google.
State television reported that China’s Ministry of Public Security and six other government agencies announced the campaign at a meeting on Monday. That [...]
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China expands rural subsidies to boost consumption
China will expand subsidies for farmers’ purchase of home appliances nationwide. This according to the General Office of the State Council which said it will start February 1.
At present, subsidies only apply to rural residents in 12 provinces, or less than half of the total.
The General Office of the State Council said the range has [...]
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China will be getting 3G phones now it is approved
China’s state council said it has approved licenses for higher-speed 3G mobile networks, a move expected to help bring higher-end services to phone users in the country. Important that no exact official date has been declared.
This is a major step forward but it is not, as has been generally reported, the automatic start of the [...]
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More than 20 million Chinese rely on the Internet for news
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) has reported that more than 20 million Chinese, or 68.6% of the country’s Internet users, are using the web to get their main source of news.
CASS, a top academic institution, released the figure in the Blue Book of China’s Economy (2009.
Zhu Huaxin, author of the report, said that [...]
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