半岛电视台记者认为中国有茉莉花的革命的报道很扯淡# WaterWorld - 未名水世界
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http://blogs.aljazeera.net/asia/2011/02/20/call-me-if-theres-re
最搞的是这一句，看到有大批记者和摄像机，还有很多警察。DIOR眼镜店旁边的一个年
轻女子问是不是有明星来了。
"Call me if there's a revolution."
That's what I told my friend, also a journalist, as he headed to central
Beijing. I did not go. Not because I've become a lackadaisical journalist,
but because I was pretty certain nothing would happen and that it would be a
waste of my Sunday afternoon (instead, I started reading Richard McGregor's
book, The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers).
On Twitter and China's more popular microblog Sina Weibo, users were
reposting calls to gather across 13 major cities in China to protest and
kick off a so-called "Jasmine Revolution", clearly inspired by the events in
North Africa and the Middle East over the past few weeks. It's unclear
where this plan initiated - but what is clear is that none of the usual
suspects from China's activist and human rights community knew much about
the march - some expressing doubt, others simply reposting the plan to
gather at squares and city hot spots.
Never mind the culprit though - police officers peremptorily swept in and
rounded up at least a dozen dissidents overnight. Sina Weibo censors kicked
in, and any tweets referencing jasmines were deleted. There were unconfirmed
reports that students at some universities were told they could not leave
campus for the day. In some cities, online users told of a greater show of
police on the streets.
So at 2 pm sharp, there was no congregation of Chinese - but quite a
congregation of journalists and police waiting for this imaginary revolution.
Over the past few weeks, as country after country witnessed protests, there
has been a China subtext, with many people wondering if the same thing that
happened in Egypt could happen in China. This question was especially asked
by many with the news that China's Sina Weibo had apparently started
censoring searches for the word "Egypt".
Here's why I think China won't be having a revolution anytime soon:
最搞的是这一句，看到有大批记者和摄像机，还有很多警察。DIOR眼镜店旁边的一个年
轻女子问是不是有明星来了。
"Call me if there's a revolution."
That's what I told my friend, also a journalist, as he headed to central
Beijing. I did not go. Not because I've become a lackadaisical journalist,
but because I was pretty certain nothing would happen and that it would be a
waste of my Sunday afternoon (instead, I started reading Richard McGregor's
book, The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers).
On Twitter and China's more popular microblog Sina Weibo, users were
reposting calls to gather across 13 major cities in China to protest and
kick off a so-called "Jasmine Revolution", clearly inspired by the events in
North Africa and the Middle East over the past few weeks. It's unclear
where this plan initiated - but what is clear is that none of the usual
suspects from China's activist and human rights community knew much about
the march - some expressing doubt, others simply reposting the plan to
gather at squares and city hot spots.
Never mind the culprit though - police officers peremptorily swept in and
rounded up at least a dozen dissidents overnight. Sina Weibo censors kicked
in, and any tweets referencing jasmines were deleted. There were unconfirmed
reports that students at some universities were told they could not leave
campus for the day. In some cities, online users told of a greater show of
police on the streets.
So at 2 pm sharp, there was no congregation of Chinese - but quite a
congregation of journalists and police waiting for this imaginary revolution.
Over the past few weeks, as country after country witnessed protests, there
has been a China subtext, with many people wondering if the same thing that
happened in Egypt could happen in China. This question was especially asked
by many with the news that China's Sina Weibo had apparently started
censoring searches for the word "Egypt".
Here's why I think China won't be having a revolution anytime soon:
