January 15

China And Internet Censorship. From Intute.Ac.Uk

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Google and China: Guardian newspaper

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/google+world/china

This site was created by the Guardian newspaper to provide coverage of the controversy surrounding search engine Google and China in 2010. It includes coverage of issues relating to Internet censorship, regulation and surveillance by the Chinese government. The site includes newspaper articles, comment and timelines of key events. Copyright information is displayed on the website.

Technical analysis of China's internet censorship

http://hub.hku.hk/handle/123456789/54404

This site provides free access to the full text of a thesis by Feng, Guangchao which was submitted at the University of Hong Kong in 2008. It covers issues relating to the extent and technical nature of Internet filtering, censorship and surveillance by the Chinese government. The thesis is made available via the HKU Scholars Hub. Copyright information is displayed on the website, some parts of which are offered in Chinese language only.

Control of Internet search engines in China : a study on Google and Baidu

http://www.coda.ac.nz/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=unitec_scit_di

This site provides free access to a Master's thesis by Nan Wang submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Computing at Unitec New Zealand, August 2008. It is made available in full text on the Internet coda. An Institutional Repository for the New Zealand ITP Sector .The 88 page paper covers the factors that influence control of Internet search engines in China. It includes coverage of Chinese government surveillance, censorship of the Internet and Internet laws and regulations.

China and the internet: a question of politics or management?

http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/17525/2/China_and_the_internet(LSERO).pdf

This site provides free access to a journal article by Christopher R. Hughes which was published in China quarterly, 175. pp. 818-824. DOI: 10.1017/S0305741003000468, 2003. This version is made available on the internet via LSE Research Online. The 7 page paper considers the management of Internet use in China, its regulation and surveillance and if it has the potential for increasing democratic expression.
April 11

UNHCR And Google Earth: "Google Earth Outreach"

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The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has annnounced a new UNHCR and Google Earth initiative "Google Earth Outreach" that was launched in Geneva on 8 April 2008. The programme gives the humanitarian agencies an opportunity to virtually zoom in on specific refugee situations and provides a tool for a close-up view of some of the major displacement crises and humanitarian efforts. Currently the programme is focused on Chad/Darfur, Colombia and Iraq with plans to expand further.

According to UNHCR technical experts, the Google Earth programme, as it grows "will allow UNHCR and its humanitarian partners to build and share with each other a visual, geographic record of their joint efforts on the ground to help refugees".
Read the UNHCR press-release or see the Google Earth Outreach from the UNHCR website (the Google Earth has to be installed first). UN Pulse  Permanent Link: UNHCR and Google Earth