When I arrived in China a few weeks ago, I discovered that Blogspot and Wikipedia were not available in China. I could post my blog entries on my Blogger sites, but could not see them nor see the comments that were left. (to see the comments I had to have them sent to me for moderation)
As well, I use Wikipedia quite a bit for research for my students and found I could not access it, which meant I had to search for other resources for students of British Culture.
As of April 1st, I am reliably informed, these two sites are now open to people in this country and I have been able to access information here.
China is opening up - and I guess with the Olympic Games hype in full swing it was essential.
Thousands of Chinese people have blogs - maybe millions - but they have had to use other platforms for their thoughts and news.
It is a good sign!
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