{"id":1546,"date":"2011-01-23T08:43:18","date_gmt":"2011-01-23T15:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=1546"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:52:29","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:52:29","slug":"harmonizing-the-web-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/01\/23\/harmonizing-the-web-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Harmonizing the Web in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>Harmonizing. What an evil thing to do to such a benevolent word.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/01\/23\/opinion\/23kristof.html?_r=1&amp;nl=todaysheadlines&amp;emc=tha212\">Banned in Beijing &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a>. (Nicholas Kristof, Jan. 22, 2011)<\/p>\n<p>I really think we should STOP trying to help the Chinese government. I keep getting these invitations from various educational and technical groups to join some delegation and go over there to help them advance. Seems like every third conference is in China these days. I don&#8217;t think we are helping the ordinary Chinese people AT ALL by doing this. All this does is help the powerful become more powerful. I refuse to go to China. Humanitarian causes are different, but this is not humanitarian.<\/p>\n<p>Forgive me, but I think we should stay the Hell out of China and avoid buying things made there (which is piratically impossible these days) until the Chinese government starts to show some signs that it is ready to stop the tyranny. Maybe even show an inkling that it cares about honesty and honour.<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-1546'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(1546);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(1546);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(1546);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Harmonizing. What an evil thing to do to such a benevolent word. Banned in Beijing &#8211; NYTimes.com. (Nicholas Kristof, Jan. 22, 2011) I really think we should STOP trying to help the Chinese government. I keep getting these invitations from &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/01\/23\/harmonizing-the-web-in-china\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,14,24],"tags":[113,395,64,114,103],"class_list":["post-1546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-technology","category-general","category-teaching-learning","tag-china","tag-information-technology","tag-internet","tag-oppression","tag-society"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-oW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":417,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2010\/01\/06\/is-it-wrong-to-buy-publications-from-grad-students-and-pass-them-off-as-your-own\/","url_meta":{"origin":1546,"position":0},"title":"Is it wrong to buy publications from grad students and pass them off as your own?","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"January 6, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Apparently it is in China - if you get caught. Chinese academia ghost-writing 'widespread' This BBC article claims that \"More than $100m (\u00a363m) changes hands in China every year for ghost-written academic papers, according to research by a Chinese university.\" As I see it, the only thing that really distinguishes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Academia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Academia","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/academia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3392,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/05\/11\/the-new-enclosure-movement-harold-jarche\/","url_meta":{"origin":1546,"position":1},"title":"The new enclosure movement | Harold Jarche","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"May 11, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The new enclosure movement | Harold Jarche. I'm really quite conflicted about this. On the one hand I believe we should share our skills and knowledge so others can benefit. I think this is especially true for academics, who benefit from public funds. This is true even in private universities,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3302,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/03\/09\/where-ive-been-online-to-march-9-2013\/","url_meta":{"origin":1546,"position":2},"title":"Where I&#8217;ve Been Online (to March 9, 2013)","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"March 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Your Game! Offer Serious Games Price Breakthrough: Your Game! Your content in an engaging, immersive, rapidly developed simulation. New from Totem Learning, our February launch promotion: Your content in a bespoke serious game at less than eLearning prices! 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While it is certainly true that there are crooks and shysters in the US too, I will grant that there are probably fewer companies that make their living\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7821,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2026\/03\/25\/on-learning-through-playful-experiences\/","url_meta":{"origin":1546,"position":4},"title":"On Learning Through Playful Experiences","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"March 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a podcast interview I did recently. https:\/\/www.universityxp.com\/podcast\/160 In this episode of Experience Points, serious games expert Katrin Becker explores why \u201cgood enough\u201d may be more powerful than perfection in gamified learning. 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