PL27560046
HONG KONG CONNECTION: BEHIND THE GREAT FIREWALL
Shows three Mainland website hosts' commitment to uncover government corruption and collusion with businesses or discuss controversial topics untouched by traditional media. Zhou Shuguang, a former Ningxiang, Hunan vegetable seller became a famous Citizen Reporter after uncovering on his website a land dispute in Chongqing. Lin Jiashu introduces "Podcasting" (²₯ΏΝ) to China in his website "flypig.org" through which he expresses his discontent with regular radio broadcasts. Zhang Wei attempts to protect old Beijing through his website "oldbeijing.com". Explains Chinese government's cyber censoring tool "Great Firewall of China (GFW)" which is used covertly to search and screen out "undesirable" Internet information.
DVD
30 minutes
2008
USD 500.00