[Foundation-l] Re: [Wikinews-l] Chinese Wikinews: board action required

Mon Apr 18 09:45:48 UTC 2005

Andrew Lih wrote:

>If you haven't been following it, the Chinese Internet is in a bad slump 
>right now. There are occasional reports of Internet crackdowns in China, but 
>the recent one should be a real concern. College campus Internet BBS systems 
>have had severe restrictions imposed, and some have closed down. One of the 
>best known Internet entrepreneurs had his personal site shut down by 
>government order because of content posted on April Fools day. 
>
>So many of the comments in the vote were in the spirit of, "It's not a good 
>time to do something that will most definitely get roped into this mess." 
>OTOH, some said this is exactly why it should be created, in that it will be 
>a canary in the coal mine, so to speak. Just thought you'd be interested in 
>the sentiment that they've expressed in the vote.
>
The uses for a dead canary are very limited.  Having the miners dress up 
in yellow suits to do this job strikes me as a little suicidal.

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