Today's Links: Obama is coming on over, SARFT is tightening its control, and sex workers are figuring out ways to get your money without the sex

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  • Obama accepts invitations to visit China, Russia [AP] "President Barack Obama has accepted an invitation to visit China later this year. The White House said Wednesday that Obama has accepted an invitation from President Hu Jintao. Obama and Hu met in London ahead of the G20 economic summit."
  • Chinese Inmates at Guantánamo Pose a Dilemma [NYTimes] "Mr. Hassan, an intense former college professor, is among some 300 exiles from western China’s Uighur Muslim minority who live peacefully in the Washington area, where the American government has supported their pro-democracy efforts. But while the United States is hosting Mr. Hassan and the others, it has been imprisoning 17 of their countrymen in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba."
  • SARFT Tightens Grip on Online Videos [JLM Pacific Epoch] "The State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT) issued new regulations for audio-visual content broadcast online and via mobile Internet on March 30. Under the new rules, all films, TV series, cartoons and documentaries transmitted through Internet media must first obtain offline broadcasting licenses."
  • Gang uses sex lure to prey on victims [Shanghai Daily] "In one case last October, a man surnamed Dong lost 16,000 yuan (US$2,341) after he was approached by a woman offering a 'massage' at a nearby house. When he took off his clothes, the woman left, saying her cell phone had rung. She never came back and Dong found his money was missing."
  • Shanghai sees big jump in requests for information [SCMP] "The Shanghai government looked into nearly 9,400 requests for information made under rules for open government last year, an increase of nearly 45 per cent over 2007, data released yesterday showed. However, the figures also showed the city did not process more than a third of the nearly 15,000 information requests it received, and it rejected four in every 10 of those that it did handle. In the end, 5,320 inquiries resulted with a positive conclusion. "
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By Elaine Chow in on April 2, 2009 10:00 PM Comments 2 Likes Likes

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