Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Freedom of Expression and Privacy (言论自由、隐私)

特寫﹕高官斥不愛國掀熱議 (Deputy governor of Guizhou faces backlash after accusing gov't critics as "unpatriotic scumbags")
Ming Pao, July 30, 2013
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20130730/ca21644y.htm

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Uproar after Guangxi official Chen Mingming calls critics "human scumbags"
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1292946/uproar-after-guangxi-official-chen-mingming-calls-critics-human-scumbags

Example of "backlash" to Chen Mingming's Weibo comment:
歪瓜裂枣假正经:为什么你们眼睛总是盯着别人的缺失,当甘肃地震了,看到了那些倒塌的土坯房,死了那么多群众,真他妈的作孽,三十年前人民住什么什么样的房子,喊着城市化建设这么多年,尼玛现在还住着!!汶川地震关于断裂带上房屋构建,灾害评估。你们长点心好不好!还尼玛天天扯淡爱不爱国,你对得起这片土地啊?! (7月29日 16:48)

Free speech debate after China singer held for bomb threat
Agence France-Presse, July 30, 2013
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gQ_I37PiZZGGsgZymqlmIjM5hiUw?docId=CNG.241ae6670bf257d64850017e3a1a84e8.01