ok it was 5 years ago not 3
blogs.skype.com/en/2006/04/comments_about_skype_chat_text.html
Skype filtering and monitoring private conversation is a daily practice.
ok it was 5 years ago not 3
blogs.skype.com/en/2006/04/comments_about_skype_chat_text.html
Skype filtering and monitoring private conversation is a daily practice.
Seriously, this tomtom signed me out a private conversation when using the word "fuck" or other swear and "sensitive" words. It wasn't even a political or sexual conversation, just some file transfer. They admitted to run a real-time filtering software 3 years ago.
So they signed a cooperation with tomtom, but their file sending is incredible slow in China and not reliable. Skype is not the only one around and after skype being swallowed by Microsoft it's time to look for alternatives.
this might explain it
"Google accuses China of interfering with Gmail email system"
www.guardian.co.uk/[...]
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As far as I remember this used to be a good place for pizza, but shidai bian le. Service is slow, pizza is ok-average, but nothing great, nor is the music, deco. Their tortellini are ridiculously expensive, and the portion so small, that they agreed not to charge for it. The fresh orange juice is the only deal I can recommend. 10 Yuan.
First it took the taxi driver quite a while to drive around as it's hidden in a side street off Beimen Jie. But the location isn't bad: 10 min walk off the lazy hang-outs on Wenlinjie (with a short cut through the east gate of Yunnan Uni). As often in China it took the staff half hour to check us in, with requesting our passports again at night and again after the check-in. Yes they have hot water, but you have to wait very long (up to 30 min at night!!!) and waste a lot of water in the meanwhile, which I specifically mention out cause they jump on the bandwagon of being green at least according to the Chinglish stickers in the bathroom. Staff wasn't very helpful when I asked them about the hot water prob, they were too lazy to get up or even reply, let alone that all the Q&A would be in Chinese, as they don't speak a word of any other language and don't bother. At first glance the rooms are clean, but next day there was a huge cockroach surfing on the wet bathroom floor. Rooms are tiny and remind you of bad days in Chungking Mansion in Hongkong. Really tiny (you can hardly move around in the half meter space between the wall and the bed), and the doubles are even smaller than the twins. All rooms have half transparent bathroom windows, which in terms of twins is a quite perverse idea. The rooms have no AC, but big flat-screen TVs, telephone and internet access. When you lift the curtains your view is limited by a fat white wall, and no it isn't the "Great" wall. The mattresses are really hard, too hard for me. I managed to break two new little shower parts just by turning it on and off, and one glass busted when filled with hot water. Also the ventilation in the bathroom doesn't really work, so in a couple of months it will be really moldy.
Other than that the hotel has no other whatsoever facilities, and no maps or other free info to help you getting around KMG. As even the lobby can only have 2 people seated at the same time it makes it really just a place for sleep, the shit/shower&shave and leave asap. I give it one star, because you feel like staying in a prison, there are better options for less money and for a bit more you get a room in real hotel like the Home Inn. Don't stay here unless every single room in Kunming is booked out and you happen to hold the Guinness world record for being the smallest person on the planet.
Mekong drug kingpin stands trial in Kunming
发布者"Although the incident happened overseas and all the suspects are foreigners, the fact that the victims are all Chinese and that the crime occurred on Chinese ships indicates that China has jurisdiction over the case."
a really unique case, and indeed maybe bending the one or other law?
thediplomat.com/[...]
article has some thoughts, but as always with TD take it with a huge rock of salt
Chiang Mai's Chinese invasion
发布者Any idea when the railway to Thailand opens to tourists?
usa.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2012-08/15/content_15676632.htm
Video: Kunming driver crosses pedestrian bridge
发布者I'm surprised he doesn't drive Audi.
Getting Away: Chongqing
发布者One more tip for nightlife
Cici Park (西西公园)
Hippie-style bar and lounge with occasional events. The friendly owner's menagerie, including a dog, cat, and goose, all hang out at the bar. One side of the plaza overlooks the Jiefang Bei city center area; the other side offers a view of the Jialing River and Hongya Dong.
2 Linjiang Lu, Jiefang Bei, Yuzhong District西西公园解放碑渝中区临江路2号(原酒吧一条街)
Getting Away: Chongqing
发布者Here is another older comprehensive article on Chongqing
gochengdoo.com/en/blog/item/1702/chongqing
Recent one on Ciqikou - Old town in Chongqing
gochengdoo.com/en/blog/item/2141/ciqikou_little_old_chongqing