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China Blocks Bloggers' Sites

Posted by timothy on from the surprise-surprise dept.

JollyGoodChase writes "Not only are some some sites blocked in China, but according to NewScientist.com so are blogs. One anonymous Chinese blogger on a US site on Sunday: 'I know that a lot of Chinese people have blogs and that they will not be pleased to see their personal journals taken away for unknown political reasons.'"

7 of 32 comments (clear)

  1. It's a relative thing by MacAndrew · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Considering the people who have been picked up, beaten, and killed in custody after officials objected to their internet activities, a few blogs getting blocked seems almost quaint. Deaths in custody are serious problem for Chinese detainees. The real problem of course is not usage of the internet but the expression of "subversive" thoughts and ideas.

    A Harvard project has been studying the pattern of official site blocking, up until the Chinese gov't figured out a way to block them.

    The U.S. does not seem to have a focused policy in surprise, and for many years our presidents have been reluctant to comment on human rights abroad in our political or economic allies. I think President Carter, whatever his merits of demerits, who was the last one willing to make a stink about it.

  2. Heh...heh...heh... by C0LDFusion · · Score: 2, Funny

    In Soviet China, government writes about blogs.

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    Only in slashdot are posts of solidarity modded at -1 Redundant, while posts of antagonism are modded as -1 Flamebait.
  3. I see a pattern... by Dr.+Photo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe they should just block Slashdot, to improve worker productivity... ;)

  4. Re:National Security (*giggle*) by TheOnlyCoolTim · · Score: 2

    You fell for that one good.

    Tim

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  5. Re:Shit and Perdition by Kris_J · · Score: 3, Informative
    Stay with me here.
    • It's a journal or log
    • It's on the web
    • It's a web log
    • Therefore, what do we do when we maintain a web log? We blog
    web log, we blog -- not that hard.
  6. Chinese Blogs by alphaseven · · Score: 5, Informative
    Here's a list of Chinese Blogs that are written in English. Some of the blogs (especially those hosted on blogspot) are quite vocal about how pissed off they are. Fun reading for getting an idea of what's going on over there.

    http://www.sinosplice.com/chinablogs.html

  7. Re:Shit and Perdition by TheOnlyCoolTim · · Score: 2

    It sounds even dumber now that I now it comes from splitting "weblog" in half not to just get "blog" but to get "we blog."

    Tim

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    Omnia vestra castrorum habetur nobis.