Michael Anti Quotes:

One Chinese tweet is equal to 3.5 English tweets. ... Because of this, the Chinese really regard this microblogging as a media, not only a headline to media.

Topics: Media, Chinese, Internet

Chinese national Internet policy is very simple: Block and clone.

Topics: Block, Simple, Chinese

[On Chinese Internet,] freedom is a targeted and precise window.

Topics: Chinese, Internet, Window, Internet Freedom

More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege.

Topics: Rights, Chinese, Freedom Of Speech, Limiting Freedom Of Expression

Chinese central government doesn't need to even lead public opinion: it just selectively stops censorship. In other words, just as censorship is a political tool, so is the absence of censorship.

Topics: Government, Political, Chinese, Central Government

Social media changed Chinese mindset. More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege. But also, it gave the Chinese a national public sphere for people to, it's like a training of their citizenship, preparing for future democracy.

Topics: Rights, Media, People, Limiting Freedom Of Expression

China is a BRIC country. BRIC country means Brazil, Russia, India and China. This emerging economy really is helping the revival of the world economy.

Topics: Country, Mean, Russia, Emerging, Emerging Economies

There is a long tradition in China for writers and journalists to take pen names, partly as protection from retaliation by authorities. If Facebook requires the use of real names, that could potentially put Chinese citizens in danger.

source: - "There’s No Need for the Chinese to Censor If Facebook Does It for Them" by Robert Giles, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 15, 2011.

Topics: Real, Names, Long