Chinese Blog Assignment #2

A night out in Shanghai, China...

保罗,

我五点钟会起床. 我们五点半离开旅館.
这是我们的旅程表:

我们先打的到 Yuyuan Garden 吃晚饭.
然后, 我们坐公共汽车到 Shanghai Museum.
以后, 我们直走逛上海的夜景.
然后, 我们坐地铁到 TheBund 去唱卡拉OK.
最后, 我们坐公共汽车回到旅馆.

~ 林南茜


My thoughts on Chinese censorship...

I think that China is on to something with regards to censorship. Though they sometimes take it to extreme, I think that it is something that the U.S. should do. However, given how the United States of America was founded on the principle of free speech (ie. the First Amendment), it is something that is not possible to do. The main reason for censorship by the Chinese government is to try to protect the political establishment. However, they do also censor media that contains things such as criminal activity, pornography and other obscenities. The U.S. is currently having problems with blocking sites like those because they are protected under the veil of free speech, no matter how lewd the content and how damaging and offensive it may be. Though I do not agree with complete government control of censorship of media, I do think that some control is warranted. And it’s not as if the Chinese government has absolute censorship powers. There are lots of ways around the system that sometimes goes undetected, and there is always more than one way to get information.