China: more on Hu Jintao's new net censorship regs

Xeni Jardin: Following up on a BB post about news reports of new internet regulations in China, BoingBoing reader Will says,

This is from the blog of an English-language "polisher" who works for Xinhua news agency. The piece that got picked up by Reuters (and passed on to CNN) actually crossed his desk. His view, like those of many observers here in China, is that Hu Jintao's statements are, at this stage, typical government claptrap. "Duffman says a lot of things."

Although China still labors under an uneven regime of censorship, there is a surprisingly wide array of opinion and internal debate that goes on, in print and on the 'net. danwei.org is always a good place to start if you're curious about what's going on in the Chinese media. They publish interviews, translations, and provide a very down-to-earth perspective on the Chinese press and its travails.

Previously on BoingBoing:

China: government's new campaign to "cleanse" the internet Bill Gates and Free Software heckler in China Google, China, and genocide: web censorship and Tibet Yahoo aided China in torture, says dissident in lawsuit papers China dissident's wife: "Yahoo betrayed my husband." Jailed Chinese dissident's wife to sue Yahoo for ratting out her husband Yahoo rats out Chinese reporter to Beijing, writer gets 10 years in jail China: gov to expand "Great 'Net Firewall," censor web even more Report: Yahoo helped jail another Chinese 'net dissident, Li Zhi Journalism school won't return Yahoo's controversial $1M grant Report: Yahoo implicated in 3rd China dissident case Yahoo could stay in China and stop sending its users to jail Harsh words for US tech firms from House at China 'net hearings Report: verdict confirms Yahoo helped jail China dissident #2 Xeni's LAT op-ed: war, blogs, news, and profit. Amnesty Int'l. confronts Yahoo over jailed Chinese reporter NPR "Xeni Tech": Yahoo may have aided in jailing of second China writer Tech firms blasted over China policies on Capitol Hill HK lawmaker: Yahoo unit had role in Shi Tao's jailing Chinese activist to Jerry Yang: You are helping to maintain an evil system