---------------------------------------------------- ChinaResourceNews No.26 (February 10, 2005) http://listserv.uni-heidelberg.de/archives/chinaresource-l.html ---------------------------------------------------- +++ DACHS NEWS +++ DACHS NEWS +++ DACHS NEWS New in the Digital Archive of Chinese Studies: Chatroom Discussion on Zhao Ziyang's Death Internet reactions to the death of former CCP general secretary Zhao Ziyang have been mixed. Apparently, the government has worked hard to mute dissident voices; thus, major BBS like the "Strong Nation Forum" run by the People's Daily have remained silent. Another popular BBS posted the official Xinhua announcement under the headline: "Zhao Ziyang has died - please do not comment." Within 24 hours, the posting had been visited almost 6,000 times, but nobody replied (or replies were immediately deleted; the website in question has since gone offline for server maintenance). Smaller websites, and Weblogs in particular, however, have defied the government's anxiety, and have turned to discussing Zhao's death. The Digital Archive of Chinese Studies (DACHS) has downloaded a snapshot of one such discussion, which is available at http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/archive/documents/politics/cnblog050119/blog.cnblog.org/archives/2005/01/ece.html The original posting was deleted after two days and is no longer available at the original URL. With kind regards, Nicolai Volland DACHS content manager ____________________ With kind regards, Matthias Arnold ([log in to unmask]) ChinaResource.org http://chinaresource.org/ _______________________________________________________ An archive of this list as well as an subscribe/unsubscribe facility is available at: http://listserv.uni-heidelberg.de/archives/chinaresource-l.html