HW 19: Blogging Restrictions

After reading the article, “Web of Influence” by Daniel W. Drezner and Henry Farrell, the most important paragraph I found is on page 93-94. Here, they talk about a Chinese blogger named Lui Di, a 23-year-old psychology student who “offended authorities with her satirical comments about the Communist Party.” She was released but two individuals who started an online petition on Di’s behalf were arrested. It amazes me that in China there are 300,000 bloggers that uneasily coexist with the government, and they all have to be secretive. It says here in the paragraph that, “Text messaging is much safer medium for the online Chinese community.” In other words, Chinese bloggers basically aren’t allowed to blog what they feel or like on the internet. This is why I chose this paragraph because I like the fact that it informs you on what’s happening on the other side of the world, and their restrictions on blogging.