William Farris
@wafarris.bsky.social
Translator "State Prosecutions of Speech in the PRC." https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4168412. Former Google Legal Director managing CN/HK/TW. Alum: Grinnell, Stanford Law, Latham & Watkins, Congressional-Executive Commission on China.
Useful idiots also ignore that PRC law requires foreign companies to divest 50% if they want to operate Internet services. Special Administrative Measures for Foreign Investment Access, Item 14: "... the foreign shareholding ratio of value-added telecommunications businesses shall not exceed 50%."
January 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Useful idiots also ignore that PRC law requires foreign companies to divest 50% if they want to operate Internet services. Special Administrative Measures for Foreign Investment Access, Item 14: "... the foreign shareholding ratio of value-added telecommunications businesses shall not exceed 50%."
Some of my photos showing examples of Chile's amazing geographic variety from a recent trip.
January 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Some of my photos showing examples of Chile's amazing geographic variety from a recent trip.
Here's screenshots from the PRC government run China Daily showing that until this week, when referring to "Xiaohongshu" it has always used "Little Red Book," not "Rednote." Same goes for the China Communist Party sponsored English language propaganda outlet, Global Times.
January 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Here's screenshots from the PRC government run China Daily showing that until this week, when referring to "Xiaohongshu" it has always used "Little Red Book," not "Rednote." Same goes for the China Communist Party sponsored English language propaganda outlet, Global Times.
Biked/hiked up Guanyin Mountain this morning and managed to get, like, maybe 10 minutes of direct sunlight. Never been more grateful for anything. . . . #taipeiwinternosunever
December 23, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Biked/hiked up Guanyin Mountain this morning and managed to get, like, maybe 10 minutes of direct sunlight. Never been more grateful for anything. . . . #taipeiwinternosunever
East Shore was a real gift. Here's some photos I took there a few years back.
December 23, 2024 at 3:23 AM
East Shore was a real gift. Here's some photos I took there a few years back.
Latest "Encyclopedia of Censorship in the PRC" entry is professor Lao Dongyan, and includes David Cowhig's @gaodawei.bsky.social translation of her essay "Facing the Real World," which was censored by Tencent's Weixin: docs.google.com/document/d/1.... Baidu still censors her name: archive.li/gdFWV.
archive.li
December 20, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Latest "Encyclopedia of Censorship in the PRC" entry is professor Lao Dongyan, and includes David Cowhig's @gaodawei.bsky.social translation of her essay "Facing the Real World," which was censored by Tencent's Weixin: docs.google.com/document/d/1.... Baidu still censors her name: archive.li/gdFWV.
I translated the lower court judgment in Ruan Xiaohuan's case here: blog.feichangdao.com/2023/03/tran.... Consistent with recent practice, the court said nothing about what was subversive.
I also translated several of his blog posts here: blog.feichangdao.com/2023/07/tran....
I also translated several of his blog posts here: blog.feichangdao.com/2023/07/tran....
December 18, 2024 at 8:55 AM
I translated the lower court judgment in Ruan Xiaohuan's case here: blog.feichangdao.com/2023/03/tran.... Consistent with recent practice, the court said nothing about what was subversive.
I also translated several of his blog posts here: blog.feichangdao.com/2023/07/tran....
I also translated several of his blog posts here: blog.feichangdao.com/2023/07/tran....
Just added an article on Jiao Guobiao (焦国标) to my "Encyclopedia of Censorship in the PRC." Includes examples of Baidu and Sina Weibo censoring his name, and a translation of his "Crusade Against the Central Propaganda Department."
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
December 15, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Just added an article on Jiao Guobiao (焦国标) to my "Encyclopedia of Censorship in the PRC." Includes examples of Baidu and Sina Weibo censoring his name, and a translation of his "Crusade Against the Central Propaganda Department."
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Went back to the Guandu, Taiwan wetlands and managed to get that Barbett and Kingfisher this time, as well as a juvenile Malay Night Heron and a Chinese Bulbul.
Location: maps.app.goo.gl/tF64nyw7cutm...
Thanks @petarbphoto.bsky.social and @helenbennett.bsky.social for your kind comments!
#birds
Location: maps.app.goo.gl/tF64nyw7cutm...
Thanks @petarbphoto.bsky.social and @helenbennett.bsky.social for your kind comments!
#birds
December 9, 2024 at 9:59 AM
Went back to the Guandu, Taiwan wetlands and managed to get that Barbett and Kingfisher this time, as well as a juvenile Malay Night Heron and a Chinese Bulbul.
Location: maps.app.goo.gl/tF64nyw7cutm...
Thanks @petarbphoto.bsky.social and @helenbennett.bsky.social for your kind comments!
#birds
Location: maps.app.goo.gl/tF64nyw7cutm...
Thanks @petarbphoto.bsky.social and @helenbennett.bsky.social for your kind comments!
#birds
An update to my "Encyclopedia": an article on PRC censorship of Jiang Ping, former President of the China University of Political Science and Law, and NPC Standing Committee member. Includes screenshots of Baidu and Youdao censoring "Jiang Ping Open Letter."
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
December 7, 2024 at 2:56 AM
An update to my "Encyclopedia": an article on PRC censorship of Jiang Ping, former President of the China University of Political Science and Law, and NPC Standing Committee member. Includes screenshots of Baidu and Youdao censoring "Jiang Ping Open Letter."
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Biked about 15 minutes and spent an hour photographing #birds in the Guandu, Taiwan, wetlands before heading on to Costco. Also saw a Barbette and a Kingfisher, but the darn things just wouldn't sit still...
December 6, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Biked about 15 minutes and spent an hour photographing #birds in the Guandu, Taiwan, wetlands before heading on to Costco. Also saw a Barbette and a Kingfisher, but the darn things just wouldn't sit still...
Latest "Encyclopedia of Censorship in the PRC" entry is coincidentally another scholar (after Gao Quanxi) censored for supporting Xu Zhangrun: Tsinghua prof. Guo Yuhua (郭于华). Article includes Baidu's censorship and translations of Guo's essays/interviews.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
December 1, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Latest "Encyclopedia of Censorship in the PRC" entry is coincidentally another scholar (after Gao Quanxi) censored for supporting Xu Zhangrun: Tsinghua prof. Guo Yuhua (郭于华). Article includes Baidu's censorship and translations of Guo's essays/interviews.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Updated the working draft of "An Encyclopedia of Censorship in the PRC" with a new article on Gao Quanxi, a Constitutional Law professor who expressed support for fellow scholar Xu Zhangrun, and whose name was (and continues to be) censored on Baidu. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
archive.ph/WbuiJ
archive.ph/WbuiJ
archive.ph
November 27, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Updated the working draft of "An Encyclopedia of Censorship in the PRC" with a new article on Gao Quanxi, a Constitutional Law professor who expressed support for fellow scholar Xu Zhangrun, and whose name was (and continues to be) censored on Baidu. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
archive.ph/WbuiJ
archive.ph/WbuiJ
I did a blog post about censorship of the White Paper Protests on the 1st anniversary last year: blog.feichangdao.com/2023/12/inte.... Checked again today and all PRC search engines are still censoring "白纸革命." You can see archive's of Baidu's censorship of that term here: archive.ph/https://www....
November 27, 2024 at 12:36 AM
I did a blog post about censorship of the White Paper Protests on the 1st anniversary last year: blog.feichangdao.com/2023/12/inte.... Checked again today and all PRC search engines are still censoring "白纸革命." You can see archive's of Baidu's censorship of that term here: archive.ph/https://www....
Now that there's a critical mass of China expertise on Bluesky, I won't be posting on Twitter anymore. For those who started following me here, I mainly post my personal photos and about my research on censorship in the PRC. My latest project is an open-source encyclopedia of censorship in the PRC.
An Encyclopedia of Censorship in the PRC: Volume A
About This Document This document is the working draft of what will hopefully eventually be published as part of a larger work with the working title "An Encyclopedia of Internet Censorship in the Pe...
docs.google.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Now that there's a critical mass of China expertise on Bluesky, I won't be posting on Twitter anymore. For those who started following me here, I mainly post my personal photos and about my research on censorship in the PRC. My latest project is an open-source encyclopedia of censorship in the PRC.
Rui Chenggang (芮成钢) beginning a rehabilitation tour? In 2016 PRC state media said he was taken away by prosecutors in 2014. These screenshots show just after that report, PRC Internet companies began censoring results for his name: blog.feichangdao.com/2016/04/baid....
www.scmp.com/news/china/p...
www.scmp.com/news/china/p...
October 23, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Rui Chenggang (芮成钢) beginning a rehabilitation tour? In 2016 PRC state media said he was taken away by prosecutors in 2014. These screenshots show just after that report, PRC Internet companies began censoring results for his name: blog.feichangdao.com/2016/04/baid....
www.scmp.com/news/china/p...
www.scmp.com/news/china/p...
The Guanyin Mt. Visitors Center in Bali (Taiwan) is hosting an "Eagle Observation" (观鹰...get it?😂) event on Sunday (4/14) starting at 10:30 am: maps.app.goo.gl/6sP2bKB3292z...
觀音山猛禽展示館 · No. 130號, Section 3, Lingyun Rd, Wugu District, New Taipei City, Taiwan 248
★★★★☆ · Museum
maps.app.goo.gl
April 12, 2024 at 3:02 PM
The Guanyin Mt. Visitors Center in Bali (Taiwan) is hosting an "Eagle Observation" (观鹰...get it?😂) event on Sunday (4/14) starting at 10:30 am: maps.app.goo.gl/6sP2bKB3292z...
Back from a long weekend in Alishan with the in-laws. Great hiking, but also lots of vegetable shopping. Decided to put the purchases to work to mix up a 100% local cocktail - Alishan "lemons," "fire" oranges from my neighbor's father's farm, and a shot of Kaoliang. Not half bad!
March 24, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Back from a long weekend in Alishan with the in-laws. Great hiking, but also lots of vegetable shopping. Decided to put the purchases to work to mix up a 100% local cocktail - Alishan "lemons," "fire" oranges from my neighbor's father's farm, and a shot of Kaoliang. Not half bad!
Excited to announce that after 16 years as Google’s lead China counsel I’ve submitted my resignation! No plans to go back to work full time. Want to focus on my hobbies (cycling, birding) and working on follow-up volumes to my casebook State Prosecutions of Speech in the PRC ssrn.com/abstract=416...
State Prosecutions of Speech in the People's Republic of China: Cases Illustrating the Application of National Security and Public Order Laws to Political and Religious Expression
This volume contains unofficial translations of over 100 documents produced by agencies of the government of the People's Republic of China between 1998 and 202
ssrn.com
March 16, 2024 at 3:57 AM
Excited to announce that after 16 years as Google’s lead China counsel I’ve submitted my resignation! No plans to go back to work full time. Want to focus on my hobbies (cycling, birding) and working on follow-up volumes to my casebook State Prosecutions of Speech in the PRC ssrn.com/abstract=416...
My interpretation of Yuan Mei's 題柳毅祠, 1736, a reflection on the legend of Liu Yi - www.redbeanopera.com/the-legend-o.... Criticisms welcome.
March 2, 2024 at 4:22 PM
My interpretation of Yuan Mei's 題柳毅祠, 1736, a reflection on the legend of Liu Yi - www.redbeanopera.com/the-legend-o.... Criticisms welcome.
Just posted my translation of Xu Zhiyong's defense statement following his conviction for subversion: blog.feichangdao.com/2024/02/tran.... It is a beautiful expression of his love for China and his hopes for its future, referencing the Dao De Jing, the Bible, and classical Chinese literature.
Translation: Xu Zhiyong's Statement in His Own Defense
Source: https://chinadigitaltimes.net/chinese/694913.html China Digital Times: On April 10, 2023, Xu Zhiyong, a well-known human rights de...
blog.feichangdao.com
February 15, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Just posted my translation of Xu Zhiyong's defense statement following his conviction for subversion: blog.feichangdao.com/2024/02/tran.... It is a beautiful expression of his love for China and his hopes for its future, referencing the Dao De Jing, the Bible, and classical Chinese literature.