China to change HK Constitution to better suit its plans

China is considering amending Hong Kong's Constitution to avoid making future rulings that could prompt accusations of interference, and has asked legal experts to look for any loopholes, a newspaper reported yesterday.

Beijing has asked the experts to focus on clauses on Hong Kong's political structure and its relationship with the central Chinese government, the South China Morning Post reported.

The move came after Beijing sparked outrage in Hong Kong with legal interpretations clarifying the document's position on democratic reform and the length of the term to be served by former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa's (???) replacement.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/04/15/2003250507

Take a close look. What's the difference between Communists and Republicans? NOTHING!

Taiwan, Hong Kong and Tibet along with various clues as to what China's future plans are, dArKeR. They are appreciated. Thank you.

http://www.phayul.com It's the Tibetan internet news service

Web Censors In China Find Success
The Chinese government is succeeding in broadly censoring what its citizens can read on the Internet, surprising many experts and denting U.S. government hopes that online access would be a quick catalyst for democratic political reform.

Internet users in the world's most populous country are routinely blocked from sites featuring information on subjects such as Taiwanese independence, the Falun Gong movement, the Dalai Lama and the Tiananmen Square uprising in 1989, according to a study to be released today by a consortium of researchers from Harvard University, the University of Toronto and Cambridge University in England.
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Filters are placed on the main "backbone" networks that carry Internet traffic, the study said. A handful of licensed Internet providers also perform their own filtering. Major Chinese search engines filter out or block keywords that would enable surfers to see certain sites. Providers of Web log, or blogging, services block certain posts. Text messaging software has built-in forbidden lists of keywords, which halt service temporarily if used.

Chinese authorities perform these tasks largely using U.S. hardware and software.
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http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=9582&article=Web+Censors+In+China+Find+Success

Yet http://www.spamhaus.org/statistics.lasso still lists China as the second source for spam. :wtf: