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| Top 10 Search List (November 20, 2012) Posted: 20 Nov 2012 01:35 AM PST
2) 主播撕裙(zhúbō sīqún, anchor woman tore her skirt) – This story made our list last week. While appearing in an entertainment show, a South Korean anchor woman tore her skirt shorter and poured bottled water on her white shirt to win a "sexiness battle" with another guest of the show. For more crazy things anchor man and woman have done, see the story here. 3) 俏江南 张兰(qiàojiāngnán Zhānglán, Zhanglan of South Beauty) – Zhang Lan is the president of a high-end restaurant chain, South beauty. A formal employee of the company filed a lawsuit again Zhang over the ownership of an apartment. The court was unable to reach Zhang and her son said on his weibo that she has been in the hospital. Chinese story here. 4) 黄晓明 受伤(Huáng Xiáomíng injured) – Huang Xiaoming, the actor/singer, got injured during the shooting of his new movie. Huang fell from three meters above the ground and injured his left foot and arm. Chinese story here. 5) 女生 老师 吃饭 坠亡(nǘshēng láoshī chīfàn zhuìwáng, female student taken to dinner by her teachers died after falling from a building) – This tragedy made our list yesterday. A reporter who tried to find out what really happened to the girl was told off by the principle of the college and this has triggered much criticism online. Chinese story here. 6) 真实版睡美人(zhēnshíbán shuìméirén, sleeping beauty in real life) –Sleeping Beauty Syndrome is a rare condition also known as Kleine-Levin Syndrome, which makes 17-year-old Nicole Delien from the U.S. sleep 18 to 19 hours a day. The life of the sleeping beauty is not like that of a fairy tale. When Nicole wakes up from her long sleep, she is often in a sleepwalking state and forgetting to do simple things such as eating. English story here. 7) 吴亚军(Wú Yájūn, Wu Yajun) – Longfor Properties co-founder and chairwoman Wu Yajun is no longer China's richest woman after divorcing and transferring part of the jointly-owned stakes to her ex-husband Cai Kui, with whom she co-founded the company. Wu's net worth is estimated at $4.2 billion, down from $7.3 billion. Chinese story here. 8）任建宇(Rén Jiànyú, Ren Jianyu) – Ren Jianyu is a village official who was sentenced to two years in a labour camp in September last year for "incitement to subvert state power", without a court process. Ren forwarded many messages criticizing the government. He was released yesterday after serving only about half his term following a public outcry. Ren filed a lawsuit against the Chongqing Re-education through Labor Committee, which is part of the much-maligned labor camp system Beijing said was in need of reform. Chinese story here. 9) 昂山素季(ángshān sùjì, Aung San Suu Kyi) Aung San Suu Kyi is a democracy activist in Myanmar who became a lawmaker after eight years of house arrest. U.S. President Barack Obama hugged her and kissed her on the face when he paid her a visit at her house. English story here. 10) 邓超考驾照(Dèng Chāo káojiázhào, Deng Chao driver's license test) – Actor Deng Chao was seen taking a test for renewing his driver's license in his hometown in Jiangxi. In the photo posted online, he seemed quite unmoved by the fuss made by the celebrity-chasing crowd and focused on his test. Chinese story here.        |
| China Cops, Data Privacy, and the Latest Crackdown Campaign Posted: 19 Nov 2012 10:34 PM PST
Why doesn't the government put a stop to all this? Two reasons. First, I don't think we have a consensus yet on what should be private data in this country. Second, while bits and pieces of data privacy rules have found their way into legislation (e.g., financial and consumer data), we do not yet have a comprehensive data privacy legal regime, even though it's been discussed for at least eight years.
In the meantime, we have to be content with what's being done on the margins. One sensitive area concerns data held by the state, including criminal records. This sort of information, collected and held by the Public Security Bureau, is supposed to be private, but as you may know, there is an entire industry out there devoted to obtaining such information on behalf of third parties. Over the past ten years or so, I have worked on legal projects for three different foreign companies that are in the data business. Most of these kinds of service companies are in the HR sector and provide large companies with information about prospective employees, basically vetting them via background checks prior to their being hired. Sounds straightforward, but some of the companies that offer information about a Chinese citizen's criminal record are obtaining that information in a dodgy fashion. I won't smear all of them by saying that they are breaking the law and/or paying off cops, but some of them most assuredly are, almost always via a local partner. Speaking of which, the folks who engage in this activity the most, of course, are Chinese domestic security/private investigation firms. Slip a friendly cop a few bucks to run a name through the database, and the information is filtered out to the prospective employer. Easy peasy. Well, perhaps things are changing on that front:
I'm not surprised that this cop was stealing data and selling it. Happens every day. However, it is almost shocking that he was actually arrested, tried and convicted for the offense. Extraordinarily rare, as the article points out. But the big news is that this arrest was part of an overall government program to stamp out such data theft by government employees. The usual caveats apply regarding how widespread the enforcement will be, how long it will last, etc., but the campaign does show that someone in the government seems to think this is a significant problem that should be solved. I call that progress. © Stan for China Hearsay, 2012. | Permalink | 2 comments | Add to del.icio.us |
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