I'm an English guy who's just moved to China this month. I'd heard the BBC's website was blocked in China and trying news.bbc.co.uk seemed to confirm this. But I just tried clicking on this link (mainly so I could post an "the irony is you can't read this in China" comment) and what do you know, it's moved to newsvotes.bbc.co.uk and I can read it. This is great as I've really been missing it, and it should help keep my sanity in smalltown China. I'm hoping this is a new policy from China, and it's not going to vanish in a few hours.
With regards to the BBC's coverage, they are very keen on highlighting things like democracy and censorship in China, far more than most other media in the UK, especially in Hong Kong. I guess the real reason they're censored in China though is that they have their own Chinese language site. This still seems to be blocked.
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I'm an English guy who's just moved to China this month. I'd heard the BBC's website was blocked in China and trying news.bbc.co.uk seemed to confirm this. But I just tried clicking on this link (mainly so I could post an "the irony is you can't read this in China" comment) and what do you know, it's moved to newsvotes.bbc.co.uk and I can read it. This is great as I've really been missing it, and it should help keep my sanity in smalltown China. I'm hoping this is a new policy from China, and it's not going to vanish in a few hours. With regards to the BBC's coverage, they are very keen on highlighting things like democracy and censorship in China, far more than most other media in the UK, especially in Hong Kong. I guess the real reason they're censored in China though is that they have their own Chinese language site. This still seems to be blocked.