China Shuts Down Hacker Training Site
China has closed down the country’s biggest hacker training website called Black Hawk Safety Net. Three people suspected of running the site were arrested. The training site has more than 12,000 paying subscribers and collected more than 7 million yuan in membership fees.
Source: China shuts down hacker training operation
What China Censor Online?
The chart is created by Information Is Beautiful website. Strange it is in English as Chinese searches in Chinese. Looks pretty but we have to question the accuracy of this chart.
China Arrested 5349 For Internet Porn
China has arrested 5349 of its citizen over the course of 2009 for internet pornography. The country with 360 million Internet users will continue to do so over the new year.
In December 2009, the chinese government has implemented a system to provide rewards of up to 10,000 yuan (US$1,464) to anyone who reported illegal pornographic websites to the authorities.
Apple iPhone Launches In China Minus Wi-Fi
Apple’s iPhone has finally landed in China with prices ranging from 4,999 yuan ($732) for the 8GB 3G model to 6,999 yuan ($1,025) for the 32GB 3GS phone. The iPhones are sold by China Unicom. And due to government policy, the smartphones are sold without Wi-Fi.
China Getting iPhone In October
It is now confirmed by China Unicom they have signed a three-year service deal with Apple and will start selling the iPhone in October. The iPhone 3G will sell for $733 through Apple retail outlets in China, China Unicom’s stores and other retailers.
UFO Footage Captured In China
Scientists at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing filmed 40 minutes worth of UFO footage while observing the total eclipse on July 22.
Ji Hai-sheng, director of the observatory, said, Purple Mountain Observatory and Chinese Academy of Sciences said that during the July 22 total solar eclipse observation, China had discovered near the sun, by observing staff, an unidentified object, it’s physical nature remains to be further studied. Currently manpower is being organized to deal with this data, complete the data analysis and reveal the scientific results and this will take at least one year’s time to finalise.
Source: Chinese scientists ‘filmed UFO for 40 minutes’
Apple iPhone Launching In China
China Unicom will sell Apple’s iPhone in China this Friday. Apple will be tapping into the world’s largest mobile market with some 687 million Chinese users. No information yet regarding pricing and plans.
China Go Ahead With Internet Filter Plan
From July 1, all computers sold in China would be required to have pornography filtering software “Green Dam Youth Escort” pre-installed. The filter will also block political content such as those from cult group Falun Gong.
Source: China sticks to Internet filter plan
China Bans YouTube
China has banned YouTube internet video sharing website. Could this block due to a recent video that was spotted on YouTube showing handcuffed Tibetan prisoners being beaten by a Chinese police officer?
Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said, “Many people have a false impression that the Chinese government fears the Internet. In fact it is just the opposite.” Google has confirmed China has blocked YouTube.
Source: “Unafraid” China apparently fears YouTube
China’s Mobile Execution Buses
Gone are the days of firing squad. That is so old school. Now China has introduced the mobile execution bus where lethal injection are administered, organs are harvested and execution videos streamed back to local law authorities.
There are now at least 40 such buses going the rounds in China.
Source: China makes ultimate punishment mobile
