I'm not completely sure, but the Gongchandang seems to think ultimately Wikipedia and NPOV are a good thing, in small doses. I think generally the Gongchandang is for gradual liberalisation of policy, and Wikipedia gives information that's accurate and unbiased (or at least we try), which they seem to be OK with to a certain degree. I think the main issue would be if we said extremely fangeming stuff ie actively promoting democracy rather than trying to prevent things in an npov manner.
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On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 11:49:29 +1000, Craig Franklin craig@halo-17.net wrote:
Scríobh Ray Saintonge,
This is speculative polemic.
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Yup, and we've got all those shining examples of free, independent media in the PRC so that we may witness their enlightened, liberal approach to criticism. Oh wait, no we don't.
If the Chinese government isn't going to let the Chinese media give a balanced, NPOV opinion on such things as Falun Gong or Tibet, what makes you think that they're going to tolerate Wikipedia, especially Chinese-language Wikipedia, doing the same. Not unless we agree to toe their party line - which, I would sincerely hope, we're not actually willing to do.
Quite frankly, I'm surprised that Wikimedia has remained unblocked in China for as long as it has been.
Regards,
- Craig Franklin
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