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Jan Jal I oppose the limited censorship that you suggest.
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Jan Jal I oppose the limited censorship that you suggest.
I suggest nobody's in danger here and that the problem is less serious than all the talk about it.
Answer to your question: yes - but are you sure you, as a Swiss citizen, need one?
No, number 6 - everyone born on a Saturday has a code number beginning with 6, followed by, in order, the date (10202018), time to the second, precise latitude and longitude in degrees, minutes and seconds (followed by N or S and then by E or W, as appropriate) of place of birth. Those without all of this data shall go through life without hukou and so must stay at home, where they shall have free 24-hour lifelong Internet access.
@Vicar: For most economic, communication, financial and political processes we're all merely numbers these days anyway, all over the world.
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I'm not a health foody but the few meals I've had here have been really good and, yeah, I'll be happy to go back alone to sample all the rest of them. It's also not a bad place from which to people-watch the street below.
Baidu CEO's comments ignite internet privacy discussion in China
Posted by@tiger: good post. I spend a lot of time offline. No, it's no real solution. The internet seems to belong to somebody else: Surveill, predict, control, program.
Baidu CEO's comments ignite internet privacy discussion in China
Posted byas well as BAT's dystopian ranking project.
Baidu CEO's comments ignite internet privacy discussion in China
Posted byAdd me to the list of people who despise the attitude of the CEO of Baidu.
From China to Myanmar: Lisu Christians chase the sunset
Posted byAnybody interested in the Lisu in Myanmar might like to take a look at Gertrude Morse's book, "The Dogs Bark but the Caravan Moves On"; and Eugene Morse's "Exodus to a Hidden Valley" - explains how the Lisu got there. Written by 2 members of an amazing Protestant missionary family.
Bureaucratic declaration limits Yunnan countryside fun
Posted byAgree with michael: goal is fine, but measures proposed probably unenforceable. Not sure I could propose a better method, but methods that don't work simply makes the problem worse - cultural attitudes don't change according to somebody's policy, and if coercion is necessary, it's got to be effective and not just breed contempt for the enforcer.. .