Shanghaiist: We still like Google (you should, too)

Fergus

Tue, 07 Feb 2006 12:56:41 +0800

I for one am tired of not being able to access en.wikipedia.org

Nick Withycombe

Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:19:09 +0800

And just another example: http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2006-01-29-n63.html

Derek Scruggs

Sat, 28 Jan 2006 10:16:12 +0800

You can access it now, but do you ever have problems? ISTR not being able to reach Google a couple times when I was there in Aug-Sep '05. You also read and write English. What happens if you search for 天安门 Here's google.com Here's google.cn Very similar results, but a couple of results in the English version appear to be bu dui.;)

Dan

Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:00:45 +0800

Yep, quite different, Derek. But I could access both just fine here in Shanghai.

Derek Scruggs

Fri, 27 Jan 2006 23:45:37 +0800

I'm not sure what to think about this. I definitely don't think Google should just pull out or otherwise break the law. We live in a complex world where the perfect is often the enemy of the good. That said, these contrasting search results for "tianenmen" are definitely thought-provoking: Google China: http://images.google.cn/images?q=tiananmen Google USA: http://images.google.com/images?q=tiananmen

Pirx

Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:49:28 +0800

Hmm, sounds somewhat rational, except, don't you wonder how long google.com will still be reachable from Chinese soil? I see a censorship blueprint here.