After hearing years of rumors that China has blocked access to Livejournal, I came to a dark, smoky (is there any other kind?) Internet cafe in Beijing to test it. This post is being written in that cafe.What was I going to say? A friend last night read... ...full story at Laowiseass
from Laowiseass on Mon, Oct 12 2009
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Video Beijing Internet Cafe »
YouTube video China has hundreds of thousands of lnternet cafes, this is one I visited in Beijing. The majority of Internet cafe visitors are teenagers and 20 somethings who play computer games. |
| 05 Mar 07 |
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Livejournal blocked in China? » Danwei Blog and online diary platform Livejournal seems to be blocked in Beijing, and also in Shenzhen, according to Mary Ann O'Donnel, author of Shenzhen Field Notes. Can readers elsewhere in the country confirm? Please leave a comment or send email to jeremy... |
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China: livejournal dead » Global Voices Several reports about China has blocked livejournal and Onemanbandwidth has a up -to-date summary of blocked blog hosting sites. |
| 06 Mar 07 |
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Who killed LiveJournal? » Shanghaiist Starting sometime before last weekend, users of LiveJournal (affectionately called "LJ" by its users) were unable to access the website in China. LiveJournal is an American based website owned by the blogging software company Six Apart that allows users... |
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Laowiseass constipated? » Laowiseass Livejournal is blocked again in China, along with Youtube and porn sites, an informed expatriate friend in Beijing said today. Why, he asked me. Either for technical or political reasons, as usual, I assured him, and we'll never know which for sure. |
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Blocked again?? » Peking Duck Two readers now tell me TPD is blocked, one in SE China, the other in mid-east China. On top of that Danwei reports Livejournal blogs are now banned. F*cking Chinese fire drill. (Fine here in Beijing, by the way.)... |
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