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100 Million Online in China

Posted by Zonk on from the if-you-can-see-this,-welcome dept.

Colin Smith writes "Rising levels of personal wealth in the nation of China means that the country now has over 100 million internet users, and the authorities are discovering just how difficult it is to place a dam against information in the digital age." From the article: "Only last week, the authorities threatened to shut down websites and blogs that failed to register with regulators in a new campaign to tighten controls on what the public can see online. The so-called Great Firewall of China is constantly being breached as citizens and the authorities play a cat and mouse game with the flow of information."

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  1. Slashdot in China? by gr8_phk · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I would guess slashdot is one of the sites blocked in China. Is this correct? Anyone here from China?

  2. Breaking past the "Great Firewall" by MirrororriM · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Just curious, if they can't host their blogs within China, why can't they do it elsewhere? Like perhaps in the US, Australia, or Canada?

    Also, if they can't *view* certain websites, what's keeping them from using a proxy (possibly an open proxy list) within their web browser to circumvent China's methods of blocking?

    One would think that they can only block items for so long until their methods are circumvented. After all, where there's a will, there's always a way. Sounds like a huge cat and mouse game indeed.

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  3. Re:Fr**d*m *nd d*m*cr*cy? by ch-chuck · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why not? IBM sold punch card machines to the Nazi's, which were used to track down Jews. It's the duty of capatilists to sell China the rope they are going to hang us with.

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