The Coalition and China, Secret Allies?

I just read a forwarded e-mail that contained news that China is cracking down on individuals and groups looking to distribute information and news in an effort to control information available on the Internet with the nation's goal to only provide "healthy and civilized" news.

As I have been blogging about communications, open and closed systems, and the impact on organizations and culture, this is a nice, slow under-hand pitch for an absolute home run item to blog about.

China must know something that the rest of the world does not if it can seriously make such statements and have the ability to enforce them.

But as we know from our own lives, China will probably make such information that it considers illegal to spread faster than it would otherwise.

If such proclamations were being done to protect and deserve national security, then China is almost to go on life-support soon.

I definitely know that the infamous Coalition have wanted and surely still wants the power to do what China claims it is going to be able to do.

But suppressing information within the Bond is probably more difficult than the task China faces.

When you have an organization of members who have a 100% college attendance rate and a lower graduation rate that is still rather high when compared to the national average, you better bring some serious rewards and consequences in order to achieve such a shameful goal.

But one thing that really caught my eye within the news is that well-known US corporations such as Microsoft and Cisco have been service providers of China within China's effort for communications control.

Time will clearly tell the story, the persecutions, and human rights violations that will be the end result of China's efforts.

I hope that The Coalition realizes the folly of China and moves within the opposite direction.

Here are a few links on articles about China's internet crackdown that I have read:

China toughens restrictions on Internet news

China - Another Internet Clampdown

Freedom of the press...only if it's 'healthy'

VCs Back China Blog Site: $10M

China steps up Web controls but investors untroubled

China is shaping the Internet, and not vice versa

Blogger handbook new tool in the fight against censorship

Handbook Educates Bloggers on Achieving Anonymity Online

Handbook offers tips for cyberdissidents

China Clamps Down on Internet News, Blogs

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