Shanghaiist: BlogSpot blocked again, among others

lol

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 01:10:06 +0800

blogspot was blocked! we have to use other ways to visit blogspot in CHINA.someone teached people to change their host file for visting blogspot freely. what about "pkblogs.com",I tried the domain and not worked.It says "No input file specified." It's a shame of our Gov.There is always a tall WALL divides CHINA from the world. poor blogger~~~~~~~ }:(

Josef K

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:35:08 +0800

Blogspot now seems to be open again in China.

MGG

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:23:53 +0800

The new craze among the Chinese students is to write an adventure interactively with the readers. There is no aim to step on any toes, just to establish a channel to tell about their lives, thoughts and hopes to global audience. On the surface the blog seems quite innocent but everyone tries of course to read hidden messages between the lines... So far the authorities have not reacted. The "Krem Trekker Diaries" is published in English at: www.kremtrekker.com

wlw

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:19:11 +0800

Yes, we did write about that denial a while ago here: China blows minds at Athens IGF There are also some good alternatives offered in this post, as well as in the comments: Tunneling through the Great Firewall of China

http://inactionhero.blogspot.com/

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:45:27 +0800

I'd save the city...if I could only get out of bed.

Enders

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:33:34 +0800

"Nothing is blocked in China", as mentioned by the Chinese representative at the recent Internet Forum in... France? Can't quite remember. (I think Shanghaiist wrote about this or linked to a transscript of the proceedings) So remember folks, nothing is blocked, you're just having technical problems accessing it... ...I love the way they expect the world to believe that. Hilarious.

Catshanghai

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:07:33 +0800

I'm glad Chinabounder has mirrored his blog on another provider and that proxies can be used as a workaround, but Blogspot and Livejournal must have lost many local readers. It's really important that local blogs are setup on independent domains that can be easily rerouted in the event that they start facing unacceptable timeout errors! I know Sinosplice has written about choosing hosting platforms and I chose Dreamhost, because they were cheap and had been recommended by him. I wonder how many local bloggers register with the government.

nanheyangrouchuan

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:57:35 +0800

I like using VPNs myself.

Gwen from Tempe

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:54:50 +0800

I just hope they don't block YouTube...

Punctum

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:29:17 +0800

No need to worry gang, there are ways around the central government's firewall. The Chinese Government will lose in the end. hahahaha! Blogs shall rule the world! moohoohoohahahahaha!

Rob

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:41:56 +0800

What a pain... and just when I was starting to think of making my Blog (Original Quality: robertnear.blogspot.com) into something popular. Oh well, at least I can publish and my friends in Canada,etc. can see it.

no problem

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:42:56 +0800

you can visit pkblogs.com !

China-Matt

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:33:51 +0800

Well, maybe it'll help stop my ex-boss from spying on me through my blog. But this does damage my attempt at teaching English to Chinese through blogger.

EricE

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:17:12 +0800

This is so sad. Since the fairly recent "unblocking" of blogspot, I've become addicted to a very mundane non-political blog (strobist.blogspot.com) and had been checking it every day. Now it's gone again. Hating.

mouse

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:11:28 +0800

anonymouse.org and dozens of other proxies work just fine though...

JosefK

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:53:15 +0800

But Chinabounder, seemingly prepared for blogspot to be blocked again, mirrored his blog at chinabounder.spaces.live.com So you can still enjoy his banalities and gimcrack observations