Comments on: Southern Weekly Has Been Cancelled [UPDATE]

By: terroir

terroir — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 04:18:59 +0000

You clearly don’t read enough propaganda.

By: terroir

terroir — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 04:15:03 +0000

EDIT by “languishing” I mean of course “never released”.

Like any one of my “pull-offs”.

By: terroir

terroir — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 04:11:16 +0000

How do you like…dam apples(?)

Anyways, I get the feeling that Western press was way too excited about this story. This story is the build-up to “Diablo 3″ but if is kept languishing in development hell.

If you’re disappointed, you have only yourself and the massive hype to blame.

By: jack

jack — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 04:09:58 +0000

Good story but I’m afraid this will just fade away. I predict the CPC will not back down – can you imagine them giving up the power to censor? Its a bit too much to expect.

By: Anthony Tao

Anthony Tao — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:53:12 +0000

Speculation is that Hu’s people are doing all they can to protect their legacy in these final two months, including making it hard for the new guys. The Chinese government isn’t as monolithic as the image they project.

That’s the ultimate optimist’s response, of course, but it also doesn’t completely come out of the blue. See Ian Johnson’s recent NYT piece: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/07/world/asia/chinese-newspaper-challenges-the-censors.html?_r=0

By: humidifier

humidifier — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:17:59 +0000

Did you hear about this? http://shanghaiist.com/2013/01/09/beijing_news_publisher_resigns_afte.php

By: name

name — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:07:17 +0000

And you were the optimist one about Xi Jinping, eh?

By: RhZ

RhZ — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:27:28 +0000

And which dam is that?

Wait, I don’t want to know…

By: terroir

terroir — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:13:03 +0000

Please, let’s have more pics of cute girls with “pump up” signs. I feel like the dam is about to break…