Friday, September 09, 2005


internet - Watching the events in Hangzhou (not)

Like it should, the 5th China Internet Summit this Sunday in Hangzhou will be broadcast, so the rest of the world can follow Bill Clinton's keynote speech and other events. The event on 10 September, organized by Yahoo's new partner Alibaba seems exciting enough, only one thing the internet cannot change yet is the difference in time zones. People in the US can hang a bit on Friday evening when they return from their evening out, but for Europe timing is really very bad.
Especially the recent row on Yahoo's involvement in getting Chinese journalist Shi Tao convicted is developing into a major issue. But it seems anyway it is going to be a one-way event, where I can watch in stead of participate. Might just sleep in and watch the recordings later.

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