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Chinese Version of Wikinews Blocked In China

Posted by timothy on

DragonFire1024 writes with this story from Wikinews that says "access to the Chinese Wikinews website has been blocked in China. Wikinews can also confirm that the English version of the website is still available in China. ... Users using the social networking site called Twitter have reported that the site was "blockade[ed] today by the mainland" of China. Others, writing on the Wikimedia Foundation's mailing list also state that the Chinese version of Wikinews is blocked in major Chinese cities such as Beijing."

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  1. So what's next? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I keep seeing "China blocked this" and "China blocked that" stories on Slashdot but I honestly want to know what the purpose is of reporting these blocks.

    How do we as a community move forward on this? What do we hope to gain by publicizing these blocks? How long will it take to make these gains? Is it true that most Chinese don't really care about the blocks?

  2. Re:Poor productivity by MartinSchou · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Do you honestly believe that 25% of the Chinese population works for the government?

  3. Sounds familiar... by retech · · Score: 5, Funny

    Before you know it, they'll be just like the UK.