Fang Xingdong
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| Fang Xingdong (方兴东) | |
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 Fang Xingdong (方兴东) Free speech crusader and Chinese web entrepreneur |
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| Born | 1969 Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province, China |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Known for | Founder of Blogchina (now Bokee) and Chinalabs, proponent ("Godfather") of blogging in China, coined "Boke" (Bo Ke) as word for blog |
| Website | |
| Chinalabs.com | |
Fang Xingdong (方兴东) is a Chinese web entrepreneur and free-speech activist— founder of blogchina.com (now bokee.com) and chinalabs.com (a web research consultancy).[1]
[edit] References
- ^ York, Geoffrey (2007-01-10). "Beijing's censors unleash a monster: A farmer's son is using the blog to change Chinese web culture". The Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070110.gtwatchingfang10/BNStory/Technology/?cid=al_gam_nletter_dtechal. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
[edit] Sources
Fannin, Febecca A. (2007). Silicon Dragon: How China is Winning the Tech Race. McGraw-Hill. pp. 101. ISBN 0071494472, 9780071494472. http://books.google.com/?id=7q23AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Fang+Xingdong%22&dq=%22Fang+Xingdong%22.
MacKinnon, Rebecca (2007-08-09). "Flatter world and thicker walls? Blogs, censorship and civic discourse in China". Springer Science+Business Media (BV): 35. http://www.springerlink.com/content/u65456nm4j3tx7p7/fulltext.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
Ni, Jin (2007-05-23). "BBC: China abandons blog identity plan". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6682755.stm. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
Pan, Phillip P. (2006-02-21). "Bloggers Who Pursue Change Confront Fear And Mistrust". Washington Post. pp. A01. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/20/AR2006022001304_pf.html. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
Zhao, Shijun; Peng Nie, Weifeng Xu (2006). 时尚中国—网动中国英 (Networks in China - English translation). McGraw-Hill. pp. 37–39. ISBN 7508509315, 9787508509310. http://books.google.com/?id=57StA5EZMT8C&pg=PA37&dq=%22Fang+Xingdong%22.
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