Couple of things to clarify here.
First off, I'm admin at Chinese-forums.com and I added the note to the wikipedia page which is quoted in the article. Editor and Publisher doesn't seem to understand how Wikipedia works, as Wikipedia didn't 'receive word' - I didn't contact them at all, I just edited their page, and the company did not say 'We'll see how long this lasts', I did, although that has now been edited out.
Secondly, the (un)blocking. Wikipedia is now accessible in English. The Chinese version remains blocked. The unblocking was reported first about 6pm Tuesday Beijing time by a blogger in the south of China, http://liuzhou.blog-city.com/ here http://www.chinese-forums.com/showthread.php?t=132 93
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Couple of things to clarify here. First off, I'm admin at Chinese-forums.com and I added the note to the wikipedia page which is quoted in the article. Editor and Publisher doesn't seem to understand how Wikipedia works, as Wikipedia didn't 'receive word' - I didn't contact them at all, I just edited their page, and the company did not say 'We'll see how long this lasts', I did, although that has now been edited out. Secondly, the (un)blocking. Wikipedia is now accessible in English. The Chinese version remains blocked. The unblocking was reported first about 6pm Tuesday Beijing time by a blogger in the south of China, http://liuzhou.blog-city.com/ here http://www.chinese-forums.com/showthread.php?t=132 93