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China Reinstates Wikipedia Ban

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that-was-depressingly-quick dept.

Rob T Firefly writes "The International Herald Tribute reports that the lifting of China's Wikipedia ban earlier this week was short-lived. Wikipedia is once again inaccessible from behind the Great Firewall, along with all other Wikimedia projects. Additionally, the URL of Chinese Wikipedia is once again a banned search term. No reason has yet been given for any of it." From the article: "It wasn't immediately clear if Wikipedia was inaccessible due to technical glitches or because government censors had blocked the site again. The Foreign Ministry and Ministry of Information Industry did not immediately respond when contacted for comment Friday. Beijing blocked access to the English and Chinese versions of Wikipedia in October last year, apparently out of concern about entries touching on the country's sensitive spots -- Tibet, Taiwan and other topics."

5 of 172 comments (clear)

  1. Reinstate??? by Kainaw · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How can China reinstate a ban that wasn't ever lifted (according to Slashdot's coverage)? I tried to submit reports that China lifted the ban earlier in the week, but my attempts were rejected by the Slashdot editors. Now that the ban has been reinstated, Slashdot is all over reporting it. I feel that it is very one-sided to be so eager to report when the Chinese government does something wrong and ignore the news when they do something right.

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    The previous comment is purposely vague and generalized, but all of the facts are completely true.
  2. Re:You like flied lice? by __aadzjv6747 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It was a joke... and no, Chinese does not have different 'r' and 'l' sounds. Nor does it differentiate between 't' and 'd,' 'p' and 'b' or 'g' and 'k.'

  3. Re:Reflects the Politics in Beijing by riff420 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I ORDERED ROBSTA CRAW

  4. sh1Nt by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    crisco or l0be. Thes3 early

  5. Re:Reflects the Politics in Beijing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Right. I owe you an apology. No, I don't usually talk to people like this. I guess it's the fact that this is slashdot or that the "Carry on" made you sound really condescending but I replied in a way I would to a troll or an asshole. Your other posts made it clear that that wasn't what you deserve. I'm actually very surprised to find such a reply as yours on here.
    Anyway, my apologies.