China Great Fire Wall Censorship (2010)

Great Fire Wall, When Will China Open Up Internet?

Some issues on chinese censorship.

Some abbrevs used to get around:

• gcd = 共产党 gong communist dang (chinese communist party).
• gmd = 国民党 guo ming dang (chinese nationalist party, aka Kuomintang, kmg).
• gfw = great fire wall. (great wall of china + internet firewall; chinese internet censorship)

The abbrevs are interesting because they are a mixture of: english abbrev, Pinyin, pun.

For detail about gfw, see: Golden Shield Project.

Not related to censorship, but here's a simplified char i learned today: 拥护 = 擁護.

• 简体繁體字表 List of Simplified/Traditional Chinese Characters

It would be great if chinese government would open up. Perhaps it is time to open up more?

Btw, if you are a typical american reading this: i do not support the stereotypical “freedom” and “human right” the US is condeming china, all over the mainstream presses. I consider them political propaganda. See:

• is USA Free Speech?
• NED Gives Money to China Liu Xiaobo (2010)
• Liu Xiaobo, Dalai Lama, Falun Gong, Nobel Peace Prize

(Thanks to http://fangzhzh.info/ for explaining the abbrevs.)