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Having provided censorship for the Chinese government since January 2006, Google is now back-tracking on it's decision. The change of heart has occurred after Google and several other internet, finance, technology, media and chemical industry corporations were targeted in a sophisticated hacking attack.

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Although Google has taken the moral high ground in trying to distance itself from censorship, it is important to remember that this is a reaction to a targeted hacking attack. This attack demonstrated that Google's cloud computing platform and security model was compromised. This raises pertinent questions around Google apps and the Google Chrome Operating System (expected for release later in 2010) which are both based around cloud computing.

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Other big players such as Yahoo! are continueing to maintain their stance on censorship in China. In 2005 Yahoo! and opened it's email accounts to the Chinese government which lead to the imprisonment of Shi Tao for sending foreign-based websites the text of an internal Communist Party message.

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We are now in the run-up to 10 March which commemorates the 1959 Tibetan uprising against the presence of the People's Republic of China in Tibet. Now 51 years on, it is on 10 March that the international community reflects on those in Tibet who continue to suffer under the Chinese government, and inspired by the enduring Tibetan spirit of courage and determination, demand that the Chinese government engage in meaningful dialogue with the Tibetan Government in Exile.

Even though John Key might suggest there is no reason to meet the Dalai Lama, much change is needed if it will be anything but the 'hell on Earth' that the Dalai Lama described in 2009. Human rights violations continue to occur, many political prisoners continue to be held year after year, including the world's youngest political prisoner the Panchen Lama.

For these reasons we invite you to join in peace protests and demand that the human rights of the Tibetan people be upheld. With mounting pressure from the international community change can be realised.

Check back on the website and Twitter for updates leading up to 10 March. If you'd like to be involved in planning and preparing events, please contact tibetsolidarity@gmail.com.

For more information, please see the links below:

• What the Tibetan Uprising Day means now
• The 1959 Tibetan Uprising
• More about the Panchen Lama

 

We wish you all the best for 2010,
All at Tibet Solidarity Network
14/Jan/2010