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So after a night without Google, it seems like the block is slowly rolling back and people are finally able to access their gmail around the country once again (though, at this moment, Shanghai users are still reporting problems). But why did it happen? According to the Guardian surmises that it was a "warning shot" over Google's "porn filters" (we quotemark that because it seems like Baidu, which has equally lax porn filters, is "safe"). Chinese netizens think it's to distract attention away from the Green Dam. If that's the truth, one can only wonder who's brain child this could've been: distract from controversy over web blocking by blocking the web? Good going.
Google slowly coming back, last night was a warning?
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Chinese censorship/diversion tactics = balls
what about a campaign... don't come to china next year unless you wanna spend a month with no access to your mail and other important personal information. You gotta hit them on the money, rights to information mean nothing...
"campaign... not come to china...to hit them on money"?
Look around see how many of our "rich expats" worrying for their visas, in order not to be hit on their money, man. You must consider yourself as Sarkozy before Beijing Olympic.
Google.com may be back for some, and all of its services (Gmail, Docs, Translate, Analytics, etc.) are still blocked.
Try OpenDNS as a workaround as anonymous proxies are a bad idea for you to send username/password info. over.
I'm not an old China hand, just a visitor here, but the government seems to be going out of its way to court ill-will. Perhaps I'm being naive, but is it wise to deliberately antagonize even the studiously apolitical?