In less time than it took Chinese netizens to strip their supermarkets of common table salt, China ended its live-and-let-live policy with regards to the most commonly-used tools for evading the country's Internet restrictions. Recent weeks have seen an unprecedented crackdown on virtual private networks along with direct denial-of-service attacks by the government on Google itself, and infiltration efforts targeting foreign journalists.

This week on Sinica, Kaiser Kuo is joined by Gady Epstein of Forbes and Kathleen McLaughlin from Global Post for a discussion that might help you make sense of what is happening to your Internet. We are also joined by Jonathan Watts, Guardian journalist and author of When a Billion Chinese Jump. Fresh back from a trip to cover the ongoing disaster efforts in Japan, Jonathan helps bring perspective to our discussion of how China is reacting to Japan's nuclear crisis.

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 said on
March 26, 2011
Really liked this show guys.
 said on
March 27, 2011
Random but I hope someone responds.

From podcast 12/15/2008 Modern Romance, they keep commenting that the girl's speaking is "dia" (?) what does that mean?
 said on
March 27, 2011
@robert.t.zhang,

You can translate "dia3" as flirtatious. It means someone (usually a girl) speaks like she's a spoiled child.

--Echo

echo@popupchinese.com
 said on
March 27, 2011
@Echo,

wow that was fast thanks.
 said on
March 27, 2011
@robert.t.zhang,

不客气~~

--Echo

echo@popupchinese.com
 said on
March 27, 2011
@robert.t.zhang,

Apologies in advance.... but proving that it's possible to find just about anything on Youku, THIS is about as 嗲 as it gets:

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjI4NzgxMDg=.html

--dave
 said on
March 29, 2011
Hi people,

Great show! I just have a question that is not related to the discussion. I am in China now and looking for work. I am looking for a start working in marketing management. Last year completed a degree in Chinese and business management. 4 years IT experiance may also be of help. I have a tourist visa and can only stay for another 6 weeks :( Can any of you assist me find a job?

Many thanks,

Callum
 said on
March 29, 2011
Callum,

The growth we're seeing is with small and mid-sized businesses rather than really big ones, and usually you have to be on the ground to meet people and network. It is always, always, always possible to find teaching work in the short-term if you just need cash and a visa. In the meantime, you might want to take a look at the companies advertising on Danwei:

http://www.danweijobs.com/en/

Be proactive in finding small companies and contacting them since good jobs are rarely advertised. If you're getting in touch with a foreign company or a consulting company or something you'll often end up speaking with someone who has been here a while, which means that even if they aren't hiring they might be able to point you in the right direction.

Best,

--david

 said on
March 29, 2011
@david

Your comment is highly appreciated and very helpful David, thanks!

Callum
 said on
April 14, 2011
When I was in China I could not get into Google, etc., but I could get into The New York Times. If the Times is not censored, that means basically we can get uncensored news in China. Or are NY Times articles on China sometimes censored in China?

Dean
 said on
April 14, 2011
@deanbarr,

The firewall can filter on an article by article basis so they can still cut off access to specific articles. Right now I can access the New York Times and Google (through Hong Kong) but not Facebook, Twitter, etc. So it's the social networks that seem to be getting cut off, along with a fairly arbitrary selection of random websites.

I've actually noticed less random sites getting cut in the last few years, which might just be a function of websites moving off shared hosting and onto dedicated servers.

Mark Lesson Studied