According to the local media in China, things flared up 2 days ago again. So while internet restrictions were about to be lifted the current official line is October 1st – China National Day – is when the blocks will be lifted.
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Jul21st2009
Xinjiang, China Internet Block to last until October 1st 2009, Face Book and Twitter?
Published by July 21st, 2009 in China. 44 CommentsJul7th2009
There goes the flickr image servers as well. The fall out from Xinjiang continues.
Flickr works still for chat and forums – but no images.
Jul7th2009
facebook.com blocked in China.
This time it is not even the “Connection Reset” usual suspect. Nothing is happening so I am guessing DNS poisoning.
Jul7th2009
Another Take Down for “Illegal Content”
Published by July 7th, 2009 in Business Development and China. 0 CommentsWe do have one client though, who has a social media site based around book reviews, summaries and content quality. Well it is a recipe for problems. Today we had a govt take down notice because a book title “The Dirty Nature of the Chinese Government” was summarised by some Chinese speaking person somewhere in the world.
Jul6th2009
OK – GPRS works for Twitter… IDC doesn’t on CNC – does on China Telecom – office doesn’t
Published by July 6th, 2009 in China. 0 CommentsThis makes me laugh when overseas China tech “experts” say the “Great Firewall”. There is NO FIREWALL. There is a VERY DECOUPLED and de cntralised filtering system that often gives different results on different networks and at different times.
Jul6th2009
Twitter blocked in China? I can tweet via blog-but my twitter.com page just got the infamous “connection reset” msg..lets see if it passes?
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