MCLC: Google vs. China at AAS

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: Anne Henochowicz <annemh at alumni.upenn.edu>
Subject: Google vs. China at AAS
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List members attending AAS may be interested in the screening of a new
documentary film, "Google vs China." Please see the introduction below.

Anne

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Information is key to the new global geopolitical and geoeconomic
frontier. In a fight to regulate information flow, the Chinese government
has blocked Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and censored information that it
deems detrimental in the name of ³Chinese national interest.² Last year
Google refused to comply with Chinese censorship laws, and moved its
search engine servers to the relatively free Hong Kong, leaving room for
Chinese homegrown search engine Baidu to expand significantly. The Google
China Standoff calls attention to the restricted nature of cyberspace and
the visibility of the state in regulating, virtually, national borders. As
political interest is imbued with economic interest, the long-fought
global trade war is now on information. Meanwhile, unfiltered information
is becoming a precious good for netizens.

"Google vs China," which was first aired in Dutch National TV in April
2012, will be screened at AAS, followed by a Q&A with co-producer Ying
Zhu.