Chinese Ban on Wikipedia Prevents Research

An anonymous reader writes "China has banned access to Wikipedia for the third time, outraging students and intellectuals." From the article: "The latest blocking of the website, the third shutdown of the site in China in the past two years, has now continued for more than 10 weeks without any explanation and without any indication whether the ban is temporary or permanent ... Others said the blocking of Wikipedia has been a major blow to their research projects and even to their prospects of passing civil-service exams. 'How can I do my thesis now?' a university student asked on another Chinese website."

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but does...

[Anonymous Coward]

china have the ability to ban FP?

(first post nigger!)

What is this, fourth grade?

[Otter]

I'm outraged with the rest (Gee, it's certainly a shame we declined to hand the Internet over to these people!) but what the hell kind of "thesis" grinds to a halt without Wikipedia? These "intellectuals" sound like my elementary school classmates when a necessary volume of the encyclopedia was missing from the shelf.

Re:Back to (Tiananmen) Square One?

[voice_of_all_reason]

When does marching ever solve anything? They need to get with the program and see how effective civil war has been in the past.

Besides, the Chinese seem to be okay without civil rights, because their economy and power are growing. When they're the world superpower in 50 years or so, then they can worry about freedom.

American Left

[the computer guy nex]

Saddam has killed hundreds of thousands of innocent citizens. He has tried to invade other countries and attempted to extend his missle program to ICBM's. America frees the country, backed by a 99-0 vote in the senate, then the Left complains.

When another country simply rejects access to a website filled with unsubstantiated information, the Left is up in arms demanding action.

The hypocracy of the radical left in this country is truely amazing.

Re:Back to (Tiananmen) Square One?

[Tedium Unleased]

All they need to do is wait until the US backs terrorists to overthrow the government. Then wait a little more until those terrorists stop listening to the US. And then finally endure a US invasion to steal their natural resources, rape their women, and kill off a large number of civilians. Cheers

Re:Remember the tanks

[eldavojohn]

I don't think many of us would consider burning ourselves as a form of protest even if the situation was useless.

I would consider burning one's self alive the ultimate form of protest.

Hum was he inspired by the Rage cover :P

A man burns and a band capitalizes off of it. Further more, you joke about it. I guess death isn't as serious as it used to be.

Re:Must be pretty bad off in China..

[Saeed al-Sahaf]

Just making wild assumptions. This is Slashdot, you know.