As you’re no doubt aware, all major social media and networks, with the exception of Facebook (fingers crossed), are being blocked here on the Chinese mainland. I fully understand that I am a guest in the country and, as such, accept that there may be policies with which I disagree, particularly political ones. This post [...]
Washington Note publisher Steve Clemons recently sat down with China’s State Council Information Office Vice Minister Qian Xiaoquian for an interview discussing the proliferation of internet use among the nation’s citizens. Clemons got around to quizzing the vice minister about the periodic loss of access to sites such as YouTube (and we might add Blogger and [...]
I am happy to report that Wordpress is now unblocked here in China; however the whole experience of being cut off for two weeks has left me a bit gun shy. In the last three months, at various times Blogger, Wordpress, and YouTube have all been blocked (YouTube still is), and I’ve had just about [...]
Well, I’m not sure that YouTube will ever be accessible again by the looks of things. I first reported on this We’re currently at Day 24 of the block, and I’m not a happy camper.
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