Death to Jingjing and Chacha

With their big blue blinking eyes and their quirky personal websites, there is no denying the cuteness of the cartoon cops at the front line of China’s battle for control of the internet.

But the role played by Jingjing and Chacha, the animated online icons recently introduced by police in the southern Chinese boomtown of Shenzhen, is entirely serious.

The cartoon couple patrol the city’s news and discussion websites to scare off anyone who might be tempted to use online anonymity to break China’s laws, says Chen Minli, director of the Shenzhen City Public Security Bureau’s Internet Surveillance Centre. [More]

"Jingjing and Chacha." Jeez, it sounds like names at a panda exhibit.

Why, here are the lil' cuties now:



Here's a clear response message I'd like to see spread across China:

Why not join me in sending a copy of these symbols of repression getting their just deserts to the Chinese government , along with the message "Death to Jingjing and Chacha"?

Who knows? Maybe these new mascots will find their way into the hands of some liberty dissidents and give them some ideas. Perhaps if this--or similar graphics--makes its way around, it'll turn up on Google-China image searches that aren't filtered to suppress the terms "Jingjing" and "Chacha."

And perhaps, some day, the haughtiness will be gone from the wretched, imperious Chen Minli. Perhaps her arrogance will be replaced by guilty trembling as a citizen tribunal judges her for crimes against liberty...

Tags: Jingjing, Chacha, China, Internet

Jingjing Krako

Who's censorin'? We're managin'. [More]

Who's interferin'?  We're takin' over.

Y'all remember Jojo?

How about Jingjing?

Meanwhile, Across the Great Wall in CSGV "Monopoly of Violence" Paradise...

China's government tightened Internet controls Friday with approval of a law that requires users to register their names after a flood of online complaints about official abuses rattled Communist Party leaders. [More]

You know, the champions of human rights.

I guess Jingjing and Chaccha need better tools to do their job.

Speaking of that, everybody knows what a tool Jackie Chan is, right?

Great Firewall of China to be Fortified

China will tighten controls on Internet blogs and webcasts in a response to new technologies that have allowed cyber citizens to avoid government censorship efforts, state press reported Tuesday.

Evil bastards always try to find a way to snuff out the embers of freedom, don't they?

Chinese patriots--come here while you still can.*



And remember: DEATH to Jingjing and Chacha!

*Test your site at greatfirewallofchina.org

Taking Over

“ITTIZ came up with the idea for the campaign a few months ago when considering the outcome of the U.S. presidential election... [More]

I'm sure a "Take Over China" campaign featuring faces of the Dalai Lama and Chiang Kai-shek would be allowed to go viral, too, right, Sean Davis?

How about it, Jingjing? Chacha...?

By the way, despite all the self-promoting bluster and some buzz among the paid flacks,  the stunt appears to have gone more unnoticed than "viral."

Snitchware

Zoom CEO says it won't encrypt free calls because it wants to share them with law enforcement [More]

Jingjing and Chacha demand no less.

[Via Michael G]

No Need to Register for the Enemies List -- We've Got You

 A government office created by California Democrats is monitoring hashtags, classifying political speech it opposes by “threat level”, taking screenshots of posts, and then storing the information indefinitely, before reporting the offending speech to social media companies for censorship. [More]

I wonder how soon 'til we have our own versions of Jingjing and Chacha...?

[Via Michael G]

Doing Their Masters' Bidding

I wonder if they wash their hands after they pull them out of their puppets? [More]

You know what else we need?

Jingjing and Chacha.

Welcome Chi-Coms!

I have no idea why the spike in visitors from the People's Republic, because Blogger's counter sucks. I used to have Stat Counter and Site Meter, but when they ran into their own internal glitches it would sometimes shut this site down.

I just hope my new visitors don't run afoul of Jingjing and Chacha.

Death to the Green Police

I've been meaning to say something about this and just remembered. [Read]

I say they deserve the same treatment as Jingjing and Chacha.

I mean, as long as we're making our points using hypothetical humor and all...

Interesting demographic for all the "offenders," too. Especially considering who Audi is a subsidiary of...

The Hell with You, Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan has triggered controversy by claiming Chinese people are so chaotic they need to be firmly controlled by the government...

The actor told a forum on the southern Chinese island of Hainan, whose attendees included Wen Jiabao, the Chinese prime minister, he was not sure "freedom" was necessary. [More]

I guess you've got yours, right, "action hero"? And if your own people can't be trusted with freedom, how much less we "foreigners"?

And to maintain that order, you've put yourself squarely in the camp of the Tienanmen murderers, and revealed yourself to be just another grotesque cartoon character like Jingjing and Chacha.

The Great Firewall

Chinese police arrest 15,000 for Internet crimes [More]

See, I told you guys to kill Jingjing and Chacha while you had the chance.

Oh, but I forget: Having guns is a "human rights violation."

A Crack in the Wall?

Google's China-approved Web service omits politically sensitive information that might be retrieved during Internet searches...

Anybody know how this works?

Would someone in China get the same results and be able to access Jingjing and Chacha...?

Bush Apologizes to China for 1st Amendment

A heckler from the Falun Gong spiritual movement who disrupted a White House appearance by Chinese President Hu Jintao was charged in federal court on Friday with harassing, intimidating or threatening a foreign official.

A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington said the misdemeanor charge carries a penalty of up to six months in jail.

Boy, I guess I'd better cover my tracks. I didn't realize free political speech didn't apply if the ones being criticized are foreign tyrants.

So when I wrote to the Chinese ambassador or wished for the day the communist monsters ruling China "draw their last breath--may it be unpleasant and soon," or came right out and advocated "Death to Jingjing and Chacha," I was violating some federal edict?

Thanks, Republican Bush administration! I'll bet everyone is overjoyed they voted "freedom first". Just one question: At what point does the distinction between two evils become negligible?

China Implements Name Control

The Ministry of Public Security has drawn up new rules and babies’ names must in future be drawn from a database that excludes thousands of rare Chinese characters...With the introduction of electronic identity cards, the authorities will register only names that they decide to include on their database.

If I have any more kids, I want to name them Jingjing and Chacha!

Is there no limit to how much of our lives those in power wish to control? This is a great real-world illustration of how far tyranny against the individual extends, and how deeply it intrudes, when the state enjoys a monopoly of force.