Author Topic: Top China Official vows to Police the Internet Better (Read 302 times)

SIG220 · « **on:** February 17, 2008, 07:32:16 PM »

The recent celebrity nude photo scandal in China continues to grow and rock the nation further. More people are being criminally implicated by the authorities. The sweet and innocent image of many of China's top female pop rock singers and movie stars has been tarnished badly.

Popular singer Gillian Chung of the top-selling Canto-pop group "Duo Twins" is one of the women exposed. Another is leading film star Edison Chen, who had leading roles in the movies "Infernal Affairs" and "Grudge 2". What is even worse, the two women are now being linked romantically, causing even a more sensational scandal in conservative China.

Chinese authorities were somehow able to quickly track down one of the men responsible for distributing the photos online, a 29-year-old who was immediately arrested for publishing obscene materials and thrown in jail. However, after two weeks in detention, a Chinese court recently ruled that the photos were only indecent, and not criminally obscene, and he has now been released.

Another 23 year old man involved in the scandal, though, is still under arrested for unauthorized use of a computer, for his part in placing the photos online.

Actress and singer Edison Chen has been in hiding in the USA since the scandal broke, but has now been summoned back to return to Hong Kong.

Meanwhile, China's leaders are doing their best to cope with this damage that the Internet has done. Chinese Chief Secretary Henry Tang was quoted saying the following in defense of how the police are handling the crisis:

"We should be clear that the development of our society - growing civic awareness, the quest for personal freedom, changing social values and the development of the internet technology - has created many new difficulties and challenges in enforcing the law and put incredible pressure on police."

Is the Internet corrupting China with degenerate Western values? Will China become more like the USA and Europe in the future? Or will they protect their old-fashioned values, and keep their existing draconian Internet laws?

Here is a news story about this:

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/186286,hong-kong-singer-in-sex-photos-scandal-to-return-to.html

Fishu · « **Reply #1 on:** February 17, 2008, 08:39:39 PM »

If it's up to us nordics, we'll help the chinese government to improve their Internet censorship. We've already began to experiement Internet censorship on our own citizens and without a doubt we'll come up with an ultimate censorship solution in a few years. The constitutions of nordic countries are a piece of toilet paper.

Saxman · « **Reply #2 on:** February 17, 2008, 10:22:07 PM »

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Originally posted by Fishu
The constitutions of nordic countries are a piece of toilet paper.

Following the example of good ol' Dubya and Congress, eh?

Vulcan · « **Reply #3 on:** February 17, 2008, 10:31:34 PM »

Meh, China is still a major source for attacks and spam, and the RBN recently pulled out of Russia to move their ops to China. The Chinese don't care about the crap they push out - why should we care what flows in.

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #4 on:** February 18, 2008, 02:05:49 AM »

spam eggs sausage and spam...

I don't like spam!

wonderful spam, glorious spam...

rpm · « **Reply #5 on:** February 18, 2008, 04:01:46 AM »

I'd be glad to volunteer my services for the betterment of China and the world in general.

Mr No Name · « **Reply #6 on:** February 18, 2008, 04:50:15 AM »

I'd volunteer to bomb the snot outta communist china

Maverick · « **Reply #7 on:** February 18, 2008, 10:10:21 AM »

Do you have any idea how much snot that would mean being released into the environment?!?!?!?!:O

AWMac · « **Reply #8 on:** February 18, 2008, 02:33:51 PM »

Oh c'mon... I trust China.

I buy all my pet food and childrens toys from there.

Mac

C(Sea)Bass · « **Reply #9 on:** February 18, 2008, 02:39:39 PM »

If the U.S. started throwing people in jail everytime some nude celeb gets posted on the web, half of california's reporters would be in prison.

They really should do it here, i really dont need to see that britney doesn't wear panties again.

SIG220 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 18, 2008, 02:55:26 PM »

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Originally posted by C(Sea)Bass
If the U.S. started throwing people in jail everytime some nude celeb gets posted on the web, half of california's reporters would be in prison.

They really should do it here, i really dont need to see that britney doesn't wear panties again.

You mean you missed the ones of Paris? I thought her photos were even worse.

Actually, these Chinese photos are rather easy to find on the Internet. And they are so much tamer than 99% of the stuff out there.

Does that mean that the Chinese have their Internet access restricted that much?

How many Aces High players are from China??