I have translated the strings in Tencent Weiyun 腾讯微云 from Chinese to English so those who do not read Chinese can now also use the software. Download the files here (mirror) and follow the instructions below.
6 March 2014
6 March 2014
Tencent 腾讯, the world’s fourth largest internet company, has launched an English version of its cloud storage platform Weiyun 微云. New users are welcomed with a whopping 10 terabyte (10242 gigabyte) of free storage, matching Alibaba’s Cloud Storage offer (Chinese only) and effectively beating every possible Western competitor out there, including Microsoft, Google and Dropbox.
4 March 2014
I never intended to write a background article on the Xinjiang situation, simply because I feel I’m not nearly an expert on the field. But inevitably, when you’re researching a subject and trying to form an idea, article after article pops up, and important people all over the world voice opinion after opinion. And that’s how it’s suddenly noon and you’re still sitting in your underwear on the couch with your head stuck deep into the internet.
Even though I have become a lot wiser about the Xinjiang issue, I am not in a place to make socio-political analysis. However, this terror attack, this fight for freedom, and this cultural and economic oppression are not confined to Kunming, Xinjiang or China. They are not isolated events. And neither are reactions from the opposite side, which slowly but surely tighten the noose of public opinion around the neck of a culture, a religion and a people until it has been stripped of its humanity and hunting season is declared open to shoot down – verbally or literally – anyone connected with it. It’s easy to draw a few parallels to the intolerant climate in Europe in the 1930’s and the world doesn’t need another such occurrence. With this opinion piece I want to contribute, however little, to halt this mass demonisation.
3 March 2014
In the aftermath of the attack on the Kunming train station, in which official sources say at least 29 people lost their lives and 143 were injured, I went to sniff around the city for stories and reactions. People are stoic, supportive of their fellow citizens and seem to steer clear of any racial violence.
2 March 2014
On Saturday night, a group of men stormed Kunming’s train station. Slashing unsuspecting passengers with long knives, they left 29 dead and 130 severely wounded. Several people hold Uighur Muslims responsible for the attack, causing xenophobia to rise.
