Extra! Extra! No more ganbei, much more censorship, and other news

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  • At least one prefecture is now putting the lid on ganbei culture. Kunming's city government has issued a regulation to curb cases of drinking while on duty, drunk driving, making people drink toasts against their will at banquets and getting drunk at any time or under any circumstances. [People's Daily]
  • Evan Osnos of The New Yorker answers questions about China's clean energy program and climate change. [New Yorker]
  • Experts from all over the world are being called in to bid on helping to remake China's electric system - it's a highly competitive, and possibly incredibly lucrative, time for energy specialists. [Businessweek]
  • Isaac Mao, the founder of the first Chinese bloggers' conference in Shanghai, talks about the state of blogging in China. [Deutsche Welle]
  • Global warming good for China? Though the theory isn't much publicized, it seems like some people are contending that Chinese do well when the country warms up. [LA Times]
  • China Digital Times has released translations for the notes of a recent Internet News Work Training Session in Beijing, which - among other things - criticizes Sina and Netease for not toeing political lines and chasing sensational news. [CDT]
  • Jeremiah Jenne read through those notes and was incensed by the ridiculousness of them all, commenting that "nothing makes the CCP look more like a bunch of insecure moonbats than their fixation on “guiding public opinion”..." [The Granite Studio]
  • By the way, the porn crackdown is still in full swing and, as always, concerns about what the CCP really is trying to protect us from have been raised. [WSJ]
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By Elaine Chow in on December 18, 2009 5:00 PM Comments 4 Likes Likes

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