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China Unblocks Wikipedia

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the alright-go-ahead-and-read-it dept.

ZZeta writes "Even though the information on the site is still scarce, Editor & Publisher is already publishing the scoop: Apparently, Wikipedia has been unblocked in China. From the article: 'Wikipedia reported on its site that it had received word from multiple users in the country on Chinese-forums.com that the site had been restored.'"

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  1. Woohoo! by east+coast · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm off to edit the "gang of four" article with some "facts". Let's see how fast they can censor it again.

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    1. Re:Woohoo! by rlp · · Score: 5, Funny

      What do they have against design patterns? Oh ... never mind.

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    2. Re:Woohoo! by lawpoop · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, you versus 1.2 billion party loyalists. Good luck.

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    3. Re:Woohoo! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      And I'm about to edit the African Elephant article. What is Mandarin for "the number of elephants in the world has doubled in the last six months?"

    4. Re:Woohoo! by Eye-of-Modok · · Score: 2, Funny
      So people are joining the Communist Party in order to further their capitalist ambitions? And they say irony is dead...

      I like to refer to them as "Venture Communists".

    5. Re:Woohoo! by lawpoop · · Score: 1, Funny

      Nice! Hey Mods, tag this one up, too, will you?

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  2. Technical explanation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    China's internet tube to Wikipedia was clogged up under North Korea. Their recent nuclear test loosened up the clog, and now people in China can use the tube again.

  3. Probably last until... by ackthpt · · Score: 2, Funny

    Probably last until people in China start reading how their central government was made a fool by North Korea. Can't have that.

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  4. Time to get Democracy to FA status! by Sir+Homer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Quick, before they block it again!

  5. Re:Did they really? by slashbob22 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ahh.. Truthiness. You rear your ugly head again.

    Did you know that the population of African Elephants has tripled in the past four months?

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  6. Re:now if only other nations will follow by illuminatedwax · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can't wait to read Wikipedia... I hope the US stops blocking it soon!

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  7. Wait a minute... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wasn't the Great Wall of China always been open to tourists? Or has the Chinese government been brain washing people to stand in front of fake pictures of the Great Wall for all these years? Inquiring minds want to know...

  8. Fact checking by edwardpickman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not sure about a few entries. Did Chairman Mao really start off as a showgirl in the Peking Opera and is Japan really twice the size of China?

  9. IT'S A TRAP! by Datamonstar · · Score: 3, Funny

    Obligatory... especially in Soviet China where Wikipedia unblocks you.

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