<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lavalamp @ May 24 2008, 09:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I have a question, I've heard before that China restricts what webpages that the people can go to. Is this true? If it is, can you name any webpages off the top of your head that they restrict?</div> Here in Hong Kong, because we are a special administrative region all websites are accessible. Nothing here in Hong Kong is banned, we even got the worlds largest maleUnderwear Ad in the world by Calvin Klein in the middle of one of the most crowded streets But ive heard, in Mainland China websites such as BBC are banned, due to the government being afraid of foreign influence.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (kdub @ May 24 2008, 06:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Very cool, RpRev. So do the majority of online Chinese users understand english, or do you guys first convert the webpages into Chinese?</div> Well, it's a matter of degree. It is part of our education system to acquire English, but just as one may do good or poor in any other subject, the command of this language varies from person to person. Yes we do have many people -- guys and girls, for the number of active and vocal female fans are large @ HoopChina -- doing translation on news articles and interviews. Sometimes threads too, so beware 'cause you're being constantly watched <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lavalamp @ May 24 2008, 08:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I have a question, I've heard before that China restricts what webpages that the people can go to. Is this true? If it is, can you name any webpages off the top of your head that they restrict?</div> Oh it's not a big deal. I can think of a couple, but you get to see what you want through proxy. After all we occasionally get banned by you as well don't we? Our students studying abroad, in Europe and in America, have been complaining about not being able to look up certain pages from Chinese sites too. So. Ah we do have difficulties accessing to sendspace, which I still can't figure out why. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (NetIncome @ May 24 2008, 08:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>How did I find it? NetsDaily gets a daily report of where the traffic comes from. The overwhelming majority is direct...people type in netsdaily or have it in their bookmarks. But a small percentage comes from other sites that link to NetsDaily. TureHoop, for example, often links to NetsDaily. So do the local papers. But you might be surprised--I know I was--to learn that on an average day, the largest percentage of linked traffic, about one percent of total traffic, comes from China, from hoopchina and vc15.cn. RJ FOR YI! MORE TRAFFIC! MORE SNEAKER DEALS FOR PLAYERS AT THE END OF THE BENCH! DO IT ROD! Did you know that every player on Rockets other than Yao has a Chinese sneaker deal and that Shane Battier does commercials in Chinese on Chinese TV. Let a thousand endorsements bloom!!</div> It sounds cool. Lol I can even name you some of the IDs that compose the 1%. Non-Rockets fans here often mock at this Battier endorsement thing. Pity most jokes are too intricate to be translated. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (dino33 @ May 24 2008, 12:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>But ive heard, in Mainland China websites such as BBC are banned, due to the government being afraid of foreign influence.</div> Me and my friends never had problems visiting BBC. Don't know why people say that. Hey dino33 do you have an account on vc15 or HoopChina? If so we may have known each other already.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrooklynBound @ May 24 2008, 03:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The Chinese government is so ridiculous.</div> Although in many regards ours isn't so great, either.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GMJigga @ May 24 2008, 02:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrooklynBound @ May 24 2008, 03:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The Chinese government is so ridiculous.</div> Although in many regards ours isn't so great, either. </div> Of course not, but there's no comparison.
completly don't want to go off topic, but I agree with Jigga. how is it that the Vietnam war was our "fight against communism" yet 40 years later we rely on China for nearly all of our products/economy? It's mostly a Communist-run country. Yet, we won't deal with Cuba still. anyway...good to see foreign basketball sites, that always brings a smile to my face.
Well I do think China does try to limit foreign influence, because I remember reading that Rush Hour 3 wasn't played in theatres in China despite how popular Jackie Chan is. However China limits only 10 foreign films to play there per year.
The chinese goverment is rapidly changing in recent years, i guess they want to grow more internationally. With their upcoming 2008 Beijing olympics, they are going to try to open up to different Trans-National corporations to invest. What is annoying tho is that the regular season NETS games..... I have to watch via the internet. I have NBA TV, but its international version. 1 Game per day. Sometimes none during playoffs. But ESPN has some games. This is a foreign chinese website i use to check the TV schedule games during the Playoffs/regular season: www.nbahk.com
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lavalamp @ May 24 2008, 08:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Well I do think China does try to limit foreign influence, because I remember reading that Rush Hour 3 wasn't played in theatres in China despite how popular Jackie Chan is. However China limits only 10 foreign films to play there per year.</div> No more than 20 foreign blockbusters per year, to be precise. Again this has nothing to do with xenophobia but, well, with diffidence about the attraction of domestic production. The bureau consider it a way to show support to our producers and directors. That said, RH3's promotion is still all over the place and you know there's a way to see it regardless if it's imported or not. Talking about games, I don't mind watching via the Internet. I love Marv and Mark Jackson combo (it's a shame MJ quitted). Jim and the new guy are o.k. The commentators for both our national and local sports channels are Yao and Yi homers without question. It is shameful to admit but they do say unprofessional things about other teams and players. The Taiwan guys are better in comparison, however I'm not very into their accents.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (RpRev @ May 25 2008, 03:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I love Marv and Mark Jackson combo (it's a shame MJ quitted). Jim and the new guy are o.k. The commentators for both our national and local sports channels are Yao and Yi homers without question. It is shameful to admit but they do say unprofessional things about other teams and players. The Taiwan guys are better in comparison, however I'm not very into their accents.</div> haha my man you are alright in my book. What do you think of the (now old) Mark Jackson + Ian Eagle combo? That one was my favorite <div><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AUdhZ1Rd9vE&"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AUdhZ1Rd9vE&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350" /></embed></object></div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (RpRev @ May 25 2008, 02:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lavalamp @ May 24 2008, 08:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Well I do think China does try to limit foreign influence, because I remember reading that Rush Hour 3 wasn't played in theatres in China despite how popular Jackie Chan is. However China limits only 10 foreign films to play there per year.</div> No more than 20 foreign blockbusters per year, to be precise. Again this has nothing to do with xenophobia but, well, with diffidence about the attraction of domestic production. The bureau consider it a way to show support to our producers and directors. That said, RH3's promotion is still all over the place and you know there's a way to see it regardless if it's imported or not. Talking about games, I don't mind watching via the Internet. I love Marv and Mark Jackson combo (it's a shame MJ quitted). Jim and the new guy are o.k. The commentators for both our national and local sports channels are Yao and Yi homers without question. It is shameful to admit but they do say unprofessional things about other teams and players. The Taiwan guys are better in comparison, however I'm not very into their accents. </div>If it's not xenophobia, it's about control over the people and it's completely wrong. Show support to the domestic industry... riiiiight. That's what they want you to think.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GMJigga @ May 25 2008, 08:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>haha my man you are alright in my book. What do you think of the (now old) Mark Jackson + Ian Eagle combo? That one was my favorite <div><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AUdhZ1Rd9vE&"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AUdhZ1Rd9vE&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350" /></embed></object></div></div> Haha I remember that game. I literally rolled in front of the screen. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrooklynBound @ May 25 2008, 08:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>If it's not xenophobia, it's about control over the people and it's completely wrong. Show support to the domestic industry... riiiiight. That's what they want you to think.</div> Hmm I'll have to disagree there. The situation in our country is much more complicated than mind-control or absolutism. Over the past thousands of years until recently the idea of "government" had been drastically different from that of modern Westerners' point of view. It was engrained in Chinese philosophy that an ideal administrator should "look after" his or her people and "take care of" their welfare not only as an officer but as their elders. Ancient Chinese people called their governors "parent officials" or sometimes even "parents" itself. Also as the proverb goes, "an official who can't decide for the good of his people had better pack up and plant sweet potatos in hometown." I know this sounds crazy to you because it seems not "democratic" at all. But back then it was really expedient. The majority of people then were illiterate and our promotion system ensured the most learned got picked as officials (at least supposedly so, through imperial examinations). Therefore the administrator did have a bigger chance of choosing the right "right" from the right "wrong" for those they governed, simply because they had more knowledge and learned more lessons by reading archives and history books. Now the thing is, although we know and those in power know that, administrators today are not necessarily better educated or trained any more, the ideology passed down generations after generations is very unlikely to change overnight. However hard those up there try to tone down and however many times this "parent official" thing is criticized as outdated, it still takes time to alter right? Without a doubt, Chinese government often tends to over-manage and there is a long way to go. But contrary to the common Western belief that it results from an evil-minded, 1984-esque Core, we who have lived in this country long enough understand its attitude should be called "patronizing" instead of "manipulative". Does that indicate the Chinese gonvernment wants to solidify their status? Sure but which government LOVEs to be overthrown? Do we complain about its patronizing manner? Hell we do a lot Who'd like to be considered as immature adolescents in need of parental guidance all the time? But the point is, the government is making adjustment and we are helping it to do so, which is definitely better than throwing away our entire history and starting all over again. Government wants people to believe this and that because they needs to have a standpoint and a direction of guiding, otherwise people will panic. Yet they can choose to believe it or not. I don't think it an easy job to brainwash anyone who has a sound reasoning, and average Chinese are far from pathetically dumb. Now please let's talk about BBall, doubtful highlights from last year, draft and trade, anything but politics.
