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Google Disappears In China
An anonymous reader submits: "The censorship in China was finally getting better since people were 'allowed' to read the CNN news now (except for certain articles). But since this weekend it seems that a new web page has been censored in China. Since this weekend it looks like everyone in China is not 'allowed' to use google.com anymore. google.com was also gaining populairity in China as the better search engine (which also works fine in Chinese). But now I guess it got too popular and thus not allowed. Or does it have anything to do with Yahoo signing the agreement to censor?" Comments to yesterday's post "Real-Time Testing of China's Internet Filters" also noted that Google has gone missing within China.
If Google is blocked (sounds rumorish to me), then why are we so upset about it?
I don't know much of anything about China, or any other Asian country for that matter. I just know that they're different in many ways. My values are not the same as theirs. I really don't want to go impressing mine upon them either. If the Chinese people aren't fighting the censorship of Google, then I'm not fighting it either.
They probably think American kids are nutso about believing in an overweight man who climbs down chimneys and drops off toys every year, but I never had a Chinese person approach me and tell me about the great hoax!
To put it another way: it's only our problem if they ask for our help. It becomes their problem when we force help on them. Leave them be.