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June 25, 2009
Open letter to the net nanny and CCTV
Annoyed by yet another effort to block parts of the internet - this time including Google - Beijing-based internet entrepreneur Jeremy Goldkorn wrote on his website Danwei to net nanny, name for the collective Chinese efforts to censor the internet, and the country's leading TV channel CCTV.
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French, Paul
Founder of Access Asia, a leading research institute on retail; acknowledged author of books on China and North-Korea
Travels from: Shanghai
Paul French is founder of market research company Access Asia. As a China specialist he has been quoted in a wide variety of publications including the FT, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal Asia, the South China Morning Post and the LA Times. Paul studied history & economics in London and also has a M.Phil in Socialist Theories & Economics from the University of Glasgow in Scotland. He studied Chinese at the City Literary Institute in London.
Now based in Shanghai, Paul continues to write much of the strategic analysis for Access Asia reports. His areas of special interest include consumer goods, retailing and leisure services as well as writing about North Korea.
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Travels from: Shanghai
Paul French is founder of market research company Access Asia. As a China specialist he has been quoted in a wide variety of publications including the FT, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal Asia, the South China Morning Post and the LA Times. Paul studied history & economics in London and also has a M.Phil in Socialist Theories & Economics from the University of Glasgow in Scotland. He studied Chinese at the City Literary Institute in London.
Now based in Shanghai, Paul continues to write much of the strategic analysis for Access Asia reports. His areas of special interest include consumer goods, retailing and leisure services as well as writing about North Korea.
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In our speakers' corner and weblog:
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Danwei Interview with Paul French from danwei on Vimeo.
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