The Wall Street Journal is reporting that last year’s infiltration into Google’s Gmail accounts by alleged Chinese hackers was actually much broader than was previously reported. Attackers who breached Google Inc.’s systems last year gained access to computer code for the software that authenticates users of Google’s email, calendar and other online programs, according to a person [...]
Interest among Chinese in attending universities in the United States continues to grow at an astounding rate. The Washington Post reveals that students are drawn to the U.S. due to the high esteem in which its universities are held in China and because of America’s position in the world economy. According to the article: In [...]
As I get within earshot of the end of the school year, I’m in full planning mode for my trip home from China to the U.S.: summer clothes, check; suntan lotion, check; wife and son, check; mindless time wasting activities for when I’m put in quarantine, check. Yes, I’m eagerly anticipating being quarantined in a [...]
University graduates here in China are having difficulty finding jobs in the economic downturn. China Daily reports that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urges graduates to “Go West.” (That’s western China, not the Western Hemisphere.) Visiting Xi’an, capital of central Shaanxi Province, from Friday to Sunday, Wen said employment was one of the government’s priorities for [...]
As you’re no doubt aware, all major social media and networks, with the exception of Facebook (fingers crossed), are being blocked here on the Chinese mainland. I fully understand that I am a guest in the country and, as such, accept that there may be policies with which I disagree, particularly political ones. This post [...]
Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency, is reporting that applications to sit for the 3-day national university entrance exam are down appreciably. Minister of Education Zhou Ji had predicted that the overall number of applicants would exceed 10 million – last year’s total was 10.5 million – but figures from local governments suggest the number [...]
Washington Note publisher Steve Clemons recently sat down with China’s State Council Information Office Vice Minister Qian Xiaoquian for an interview discussing the proliferation of internet use among the nation’s citizens. Clemons got around to quizzing the vice minister about the periodic loss of access to sites such as YouTube (and we might add Blogger and [...]
Here is an interesting look a female, English-speaking bloggers in China. While the universe of women English China blogs may be smaller, these blogs add voices that may hint at the differences in experience between foreign men and women in China. As a start, we compiled a directory of 56 women who blog about China primarily [...]
The Mexican government is lodging protests in reaction to China’s isolation of a number of Mexican nationals. Story: Saying China’s quarantine of 70 Mexican travelers was discrimination, Mexico announced it was chartering a plane Monday to bring its citizens home from the country. … China quarantined more than 70 Mexican travelers in hospitals and hotels [...]
I am happy to report that WordPress is now unblocked here in China; however the whole experience of being cut off for two weeks has left me a bit gun shy. In the last three months, at various times Blogger, WordPress, and YouTube have all been blocked (YouTube still is), and I’ve had just about [...]
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