AMP Treatise

This is one of the more worrying aspects of living in China. As mentioned previously, the censorship itself is apparently not easy to detect. I wonder if this is in response to a general political awakening of the people of China or just the same old government effort to restrict dissenting opinions. If it is a general political movement of the people that is causing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to respond, it begs the question, can there be *peaceful* political reform in China or will it have to be by necessity a violent revolutionary upheaval that causes all sorts of social uncertainty, violence, and strife? Obviously, Tiananmen Square (the 16th anniversary of which was June 4th) points to a ruthless and violent government response to any mass political dissent from the people. Ironic that they call the country the People's Republic of China. The CCP's Republic of China is probably a more appropriate term. Regardless, and despite China's clear proficiency at Internet censorship, technology tends to have a far faster pace of innovation that even the best inhibitors. While this is good for people with unpopular or illegal ideas, its also good for spammers and Nigerian Treasury Secretaries who need you to help them get $25 million out of the country.

Anyway, what this all means for me at the moment is that I will be keeping this space as my permanent blog site, even when in China. I don't want to risk having it deleted or blocked etc by transferring it to China soil. Not sure what that says about my decision to go to China but be unwilling to my ability to not say anything dissenting or not having any faith in a place I haven't even been to yet.

CNN.com - Report: China's new bid to gag Web - Jun 7, 2005