High Tech, Low Life – the movie
Just a reminder, this is available on iTunes on June 18, 2013
“Zola” in High Tech, Low Life. Photo Credit: Stephen Maing.
New York, May 20, 2013 – HIGH TECH, LOW LIFE, award-winning filmmaker Stephen Maing’s chronicle of two of China’s first citizen reporters as they travel the country documenting underreported news and social issues stories while facing censorship for leaping China’s ‘Great Firewall’ – will be released June 18 on iTunes in North America, with a roll-out on other digital platforms to follow, through the Sundance Institute Artist Services program and its exclusive aggregation partner, Cinedigm. HIGH TECH, LOW LIFE will also make its National Broadcast Premiere as part of the 26th season of the award-winning PBS series POV (Point of View) on Monday, July 22, 2013 at 10 p.m. (check local listings).
China’s First Citizen Reporters Leaping the Great Firewall Chronicled in High Tech, Low Life
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State media warn against online “rumour-mongers” amid fears of a crackdown on freedom of speech.
Beijing police have detained Yang Xiuyu, founder of the Erma Company, a marketing company, and employee Qin Zhihui for allegedly making profits from “fabricating and spreading online rumours” about official corruption and government ineptitude. Four other employees of the company are also under investigation.
The Beijing News outlines a litany of “rumours” allegedly spread by the company. They include a report that the Chinese government was offering higher compensation to three foreign victims compared to Chinese killed in a train crash in Wenzhou two years ago.
Other “rumours” include “defaming the image of Lei Feng”, a revolutionary hero, and harming the reputation of the Chinese Red Cross with the alleged wealth scandal of “Guo Meimei”, a young woman who claimed to have links with the organisation.
“The fabrication and spread of rumours and other criminal activities are currently running amok on the internet. Illegal elements may be using socially sensitive hotspot issues to concoct rumours in society to stir up trouble and confuse the people, or to directly slander and attack companies and citizens,” comments the Beijing Times.
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