“ Freedom means knowing how big your cage is.” –Cheng Yizhong All green NGOs in china have green in their title
1994 china connected to internet A quarter of urban China is online, up to half in 5 years 40 mil PCs sold last year Average user is 25 (45 in US) A quarter use BBS sites frequently Green dam now only public computers
Best way for international groups to engage internet communities anywhere is through multi-tier approach
Add clip of forestry guy’s post to CD website
Real estate values, the cautionary principle
Motivated by Jilin accident-loss of trust, real estate Chinese mandate 20 km from city center Number of people killed in tiananmen square…400-800
Migrant beaten to death (6 officials punnihsed/fired) , woman killed her official rapist (more than 4 million posts, freed on bail) anyone could be Deng Yujiao, public interest lawyer released…maybe not free But where are environmental releases? Few arrests, Wu Lihong?
Reasons for reduced trust of community members and information 50 cent party members, angry youth-discourage pluralistic views Participation but no consensus
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