If You Say "Protest" On A Phone In China, It Cuts Off Automatically
China is tightening up its online censorship even more, the Times reports.
The story recounts an eye-opening anecdote: a Chinese entrepreneur was on the phone with his girlfriend, and quipped, quoting Shakespeare: "The lady doth protest too much." Upon the word "protest," the phonecall cut off. He was speaking in English, but this has also happened to people speaking in Mandarin, so it's not just a one-off.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/china-censorship-2011-3#ixzz1HLLIeCct
The story recounts an eye-opening anecdote: a Chinese entrepreneur was on the phone with his girlfriend, and quipped, quoting Shakespeare: "The lady doth protest too much." Upon the word "protest," the phonecall cut off. He was speaking in English, but this has also happened to people speaking in Mandarin, so it's not just a one-off.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/china-censorship-2011-3#ixzz1HLLIeCct
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Comment by Anti Oligarch on March 23, 2011 at 12:29am
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Guess who designed the software ... IBM
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Comment by giselle alice wilding on March 22, 2011 at 11:52pm
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Insane. The world is going totally mad.Gosh I used to try and trigger Echalon for fun with words.
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Comment by TheLasersShadow on March 22, 2011 at 1:40pm
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I hope the Chinese wake up revolt and hang those bastard communist party members!!
They shouldn't be protesting they should be attacking slashing and killing those party members and their lackys. Sad no one in china will read this though... If anyone is in china reading this your on a proxy likely so say hello to us!!
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