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— Mon, Aug 14, 2006 —
Government-Funded Gay Site Not Popular In China

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We can't imagine why only 37 postings have been made on the government-funded "official" gay bulletin boards. Doesn't the fact that the Chinese government has put up bulletin boards for the gays mean that they are showing their support for gay issues?

Apparently not. Popular opinion is that Chinese gays are worried the government would track them down and monitor what they are saying. The fact that these official sites popped up around the time the government was closing popular, non-government-run gay sites is another point of concern.

The Chinese government takes such a simplistic and heavy-handed approach to this and other issues (like cartoons) that sometimes we wonder if they haven't been sharing tips with our own President.

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Derreck says:

The Chinese have some strange ways, this is one of them. If Chinese gays are looking for information there are thousands of English websites with tons of information. I recon the website is in Chinese but if you can't speak English, you're probably a rice farmer without internet too.
If the government is actually tracking them I don't know; but people don't suspect governments for no reason. China is quite a totalitarian nation anyway.

August 15, 2006 4:27 AM

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