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A talk about my shoe-throwing participant on twitter @hanunyi
A talk about my shoe-throwing participant on twitter @hanunyi

I gave a talk back in Feburary of 2012 about one of my partiicpants (@hanunyi) who made global news for throwing shoes at the man known for architecting internet censorship in China. I didn't get a chance to post my notes about it until last week on my updates page. Here's the vide of the talk - it's essentially condensed fieldnotes with analysis in one.  For more details read my additional notes about the talk. Here is the Chinese version: ［中文版 － 带着镣铐跳舞］

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tricia wangcensorship, china, ethnography, hanunyi, internet, lift conference, shoe throwing
Gossip from the trenches of China’s telecommunications market
Gossip from the trenches of China’s telecommunications market

China telecommunications expert, Marc Laperrouza, tips us off to an unconfirmed bit a of juicy news about the Chinese telecommunication market: China Telecom is being investigated for anti-monopoly infringement! You don’t hear of state-owned enterprises the stature of China Telecom being investigated for monopoly infringement very often so this is pretty big news. 

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tricia wangMarc Laperrouza, broadband, china, china mobile, china unicom, internet, monopoly, speed, telecommunication
Life Underground: an ethernet line to the outside world with no windows
Life Underground: an ethernet line to the outside world with no windows

I've been touring underground tunnels looking for a short-term rental. This is the room that I've decided to rent. The room includes an incredibly dilapidated twin bed and a wooden desk. To give you an idea of the size of this particular room, it's as big as a large walk-in American closet and smaller than a queen sized bed. These rooms cost 350RMB/month. Some rooms have a double-bed or a TV, and those cost a bit more.

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tricia wangbed, bedroom, china, ethernet, ethnography, internet, size, tunnel, underground