Rolling Stone: China's All-Seeing Eye

Human-rights activists are quick to point out that while the tools are the same, the political contexts are radically different. China has a government that uses its high-tech web to imprison and torture peaceful protesters, Tibetan monks and independent-minded journalists. Yet even here, the lines are getting awfully blurry. The U.S. currently has more people behind bars than China, despite a population less than a quarter of its size. And Sharon Hom, executive director of the advocacy group Human Rights in China, says that when she talks about China's horrific human-rights record at international gatherings, "There are two words that I hear in response again and again: Guantánamo Bay."

• HRIC Press Statement:
  "Tiananmen Mothers" Website Blocked in China
  
  
• China Rights Forum No. 1, 2008:
  Selling Security Systems to China: Risky Business - Scott Greathead discusses risk management and the sale of sophisticated "crime control" equipment and technology.
  
  
• China Rights Forum No. 1, 2008:
  A History of the "Yahoo! Incident" - Hu Kunming provides a case overview and raises questions about the risks facing foreign companies in complying with demands of the Chinese government.
  
  
• HRIC Press Advisory:
  HRIC Launches 2008 Take Action Website and Calls on China to Release Shi Tao
  
  
• China Rights Forum No. 4, 2007:
  The Real Situation in Pre-Olympics China - Teng Biao and Hu Jia give their views about the situation on the ground in the countdown to the Olympics.
  
  
• China Rights Forum No. 2, 2006:
  A Conversation with Citizen Lab - Sharon Hom interviews Ron Deibert and Nart Villeneuve on their work battling Internet censorship.
  
  
• China Rights Forum No. 2, 2006:
  The Hijacked Potential of China’s Internet - He Qinglian details the ways in which government controls have forced China to miss out on the full benefits of the Internet revolution.