What One Cannot See on Flickr in China

I have been fretting over the fact that my family and relatives in China don't bother to see my portfolio on Flickr for a long while. It turned out that the majority of my Flickr images are blocked by the Chinese information "great wall"!

During my visit to China in the past two weeks, I realized the brutal reality. Below are the comparisons what one sees in China and in the USA:

Set:




Portrait:




Figure:




Animal:




Landscape:




Cityscape:




Interior:




Abstract:




Still Life:




Apocalypse Series:




Drawing:




Live Drawing:
Page 1a:




Page 1b:




Page 2:




The capriceness of the censoring is astounding.

Drill down further, one can see the "reason" behind censoring "Dissonance", but why "Red Flowers"? Expecting reason apparently was too much.





It was during my staying in China, that Google moved its Chinese business from mainland to Hong Kong.

There were many comments regarding Google's move. The gist of a very interesting comments was like this: on the information high speed train, a passenger (Google) disobeyed the rules and was kicked off the train. The rest passengers need to follow the regulations and close the curtains, refrain from viewing the landscape. Next stop: Pyongyang.

Many pro and con comments can be viewed at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8583006.stm, which is a fascinating read.

Wall and Wall

It is 9 November, 2009 in Berlin now. Twenty years ago, the Berlin Wall fell:















Today, the Great Wall still stands firm:















What a painful reminder it is to those who struggled and are struggling behind the bamboo curtain!