Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and more: all blocked in China
Bad news: that’s getting worse, and this time there’s no identifiable reason.
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The Great Firewall: longer, higher, meaner
Got Chinese legal questions? New site gives free answers
I just stumbled across a new Web site dishing out answers to all your China legal questions – for free!
The rather IM-ishly named 15minutes4u.com believes that most legal questions us foreigners have about China could be answered in under 15 minutes of a legal professional’s time and they are striving to deliver just such advice – and did I mention it’s free?
The questions are answered by “a group of experienced legal professionals practiced or law students studied in China, US or other jurisdictions.” [sic - because I can't really make sense of it]. Questions seem to range from the expected trade/business law queries to advice for ESL teachers done wrong.
BBC Chinese Website Unblocked; Jaws Drop
It’s only been a month since BBC’s English-language news website was unblocked by Net Nanny for the first time in the three years that I’ve been in China with regular web access. And now today, more astonishingly, the BBC’s Chinese language news site has also been unblocked, quite possibly for the first time in the [...]
Using a VPN to beat Chinese Internet Censorship
Those who are in the know in China all say that a Virtual Private Network is the way to go if you want to get around the so-called Great Firewall in China. Most VPNs cost money, but I recently found this free one that works well, and I thought I’d share it with you guys. As you can see from the video, it’s a very quick and easy install and requires no expertise at all (my speciality!) to configure.
Spread the word among your friends in China. Screw proxies. This is friggin’ wonderful.
Watch the Video of the VPN install:
Getting the basics on Baidu
Think Baidu‘s just a Google copy? Think again. The Chinese search engine that dominates domestic searches may have a lot in common with the “do no evil” American search giant, but it is in itself a whole other animal. On March 10th my good friend and business partner, Professor Lonnie Hodge, will be joining Grace [...]
Great Firewall of China: Explained
Finally. Finally a journalist has sat down and hashed out a detailed, sourced explanation of how China’s Internet censorship works. May I just say, thank you Mr. Fallows. James Fallows is The Atlantic’s “man in China”, and his article “The Connection Has Been Reset” is the first article I’ve seen that has given an extensive [...]
