News
Great Firewall upgrade killing some VPN services
A recent upgrade to China’s Internet censorship apparatus has VPN users in China scrambling to find new ways around the country’s Great Firewall.Read More
Expat Stuff
The China-Wide-Web
As I write this, I am listening to Radio Free Asia, a podcast which I subscribed to on iTunes with no hassle. After I finish writing this, I plan, just for shits and grins, to run a Google search on Liu Xiaobo and proclaim my love for a free Tibet on Twitter. When I first …Read More
China Tech
YouTube Blocked Ahead of Tibetan Anniversary
It seems some time since I’ve blogged about a major site being blocked in China, but with the National People’s Congress in full-swing and the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising less than a week away – it appears the Net Nanny has quashed access to the world’s largest video sharing site, YouTube. Rick Martin, …Read More
China Tech
See the net through red-coloured glasses
Are you a laowai who’s left China for cozier shores, but miss the fun and frustration that Chinese Web surfing brings? Do you spend nights longing for the roulette-like spin of trying to access Web sites in one of the world’s most censored nations? Have you found yourself typing in nonsensical URLs in hopes of …Read More
