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Sunday, January 11th, 2009
:: the Chinese government recently declared September 14th “Netizen Culture Day;” apparently a date that marks the anniversary of the first email message sent from China in 1987. Interestingly, the date 9/14 is a homonym for “to die” (就要死) in Mandarin, as one Chinese netizen noted here, suggesting a backhanded gesture from the government. Check out the “holiday’s” official Web site here and its BBS discussion forum here. Rebecca MacKinnon has written more about China’s Netizen Culture Day at CircleID. // AjS
