Dave’s Wagon

I’ve always wondered, with so much censorship in China, how do all the information gatekeepers know what exactly to censor? Yes, many things are obviously controversial (like railing against the Party), but what about the specific people and events that never get taught in schools or mentioned in the media? Is there some kind of […]

Someone vandalized a picture in Beijing!
Vandal damages China’s iconic Mao portrait
And the last person to do this was just released from prison in a mentally ill condition after a sixteen year sentence for the crime.

I like it when I see U.S. companies taking initiative in China and seizing market share — but not in this way.
MySpace now available in China - minus politics and religion

MySpace, the world’s largest social networking website, has finally come to China, the world’s most populous nation. After months of delays, China’s 1.3 billion citizens […]

From Reuters, a bizarre article about the “possible” pirating of Spider-Man 3 in China.
Chinese pirates beat Spider-Man to the punch

China’s infamous movie pirates have done it again — “Spider-Man 3″ is already being sold on Beijing’s streets almost two weeks ahead of its U.S. premier.
Costing just over $1 apiece, the pirated DVDs appear to be […]

I recently learned about the Chicago International Documentary Festival that’s going on right now in nearby Chicago. I found out too late to catch the film that interested me most, The Blood of Yingzhou District, but I still might go to see They Chose China.