[Wikimedia-l] No internet censorship in Hong Kong

[Deryck Chan]

Todd,
I'm afraid you've mistaken. Hong Kong is fiscally independent from the rest
of China, and not a single cent of the Hong Kong government's income is
passed on to the PRC government in Beijing.
Deryck

On 10 May 2012 22:27, Todd Allen <toddmallen at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Deryck Chan <deryckchan at wikimedia.hk>
> wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > It has come to the attention of the Wikimania 2013 Hong Kong organizing
> > team that there may be confusion over the situation of internet
> censorship
> > in China and whether it affects Hong Kong. [1]
> >
> > We would like to clarify that, although Hong Kong has been nominally part
> > of the People's Republic of China since 1997, the city-state of Hong Kong
> > retains complete independence over civilian affairs. This, of course,
> means
> > that internet regulation in Hong Kong is completely separate from that of
> > Mainland China, and therefore internet censorship in Mainland China (the
> > "Great Firewall of China", [2]) does not apply to Hong Kong.
> >
> > We would like to reassure all Wikimedians, especially those considering
> to
> > attend Wikimania 2013, that *Wikipedia has never been censored in Hong
> Kong*.
> > Visitors to Hong Kong will enjoy, among other things such as exuberant
> > local cuisine and efficient public transport, uncensored internet
> > connection and unhindered access to Wikimedia projects.
> >
> > We hope to see you all at Wikimania 2012 in Washington DC and Wikimania
> > 2013 in Hong Kong.
> >
> > With best wishes,
> > Deryck Chan
> > Global engagement coordinator
> > Wikimania 2013 organizing team / Wikimedia Hong Kong
> >
> > [1]
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-05-07/News_and_notes
> > [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Firewall
> >
> > (cross-posted to wikimania-l, internal-l and wikimedia-l)
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> It is still disgraceful that WMF, an organization supposedly devoted
> to free information, is implicitly supporting a regime that routinely
> and as a matter of policy refuses free information flow to its
> citizens. Hong Kong in particular may not do that, but Hong Kong is
> part of China, and China does. China will receive money from this
> event.
>
> Perhaps Google and the like are concerned only with profit and will do
> business in China regardless of ethical considerations, but WMF is a
> nonprofit dedicated to the exact opposite of China's policies, and
> should refuse to provide any monetary support for China until and
> unless China removes all censorship from its population. The fact that
> it has failed to do so, and is indeed implicitly supporting China, has
> me strongly reconsidering both my editorial and monetary support.
>
> --
> Freedom is the right to say that 2+2=4. From this all else follows.
>
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