Another case of human flesh search engine, also the power of networked users

Below are lots of news story about the official sex harassment scandal in Shenzhen:
Official who misbehaved with 11-yr-old girl, sacked
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Times of India, India
BEIJING: For three days, a large section of internet users saw video clips of a senior official fondling a scared 11-year old girl at a restaurant in the *…*
Shenzhen official cleared of [...]

Earthquake Relief Efforts on China’s Web

From Tangos:
Regarding tsunami of late 2004, Richard MacManus of Read/Write Web has summarized three ways that people used the Web in response to the disaster:
1) as a constantly updated source of news about the disaster;
2) as a way for ordinary people to respond emotionally;
3) and probably most importantly, to organize aid efforts.
In this post, we [...]

CNNIC’s China Youth Internet Behavior report 2007

From Kaiser Kuo:
CNNIC (China Internet Network Information Center ) issued the report last month. That’s not surprising given that all the data were drawn from the research for that report. But it does drill down a bit into the under-25 set’s behavior. Reading through it I highlighted a few items that are worth pondering, for [...]

SOFTBANK Leads Investment totaling $430 million in Oak Pacific Interactive

From Yahoo,
BEIJING, China–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oak Pacific Interactive (OPI), the leading provider of Web 2.0 communities in China, announced today that SOFTBANK Corp. has agreed to lead an investment totaling $430 million for approximately 35% of the company. The investment will be used to augment the market leadership of Oak Pacific’s Xiaonei.com, China’s largest social-networking site. SBI [...]

China cracks down on illegal online map services to protect state security

According Xinhua,
BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) — The Chinese government is to crack down on illegal online map and geographical information websites, claiming they threaten state security, said an official of the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM) on Tuesday.
Eight departments, including the SBSM, the Ministry of [...]