Great Firewall of China to come down
At least for the Olympics
CHINESE authorities are considering dismantling the legendary Great Firewall of China, at least while the Olympics are running.
Wang Hui, head of media relations for the organising committee said that plans to tear down the Great Firewall of China were being debated and a decision was expected soon.
He hinted that this was one of the ways that the Olympics may promote progress in China and would be in place when 20,000 foreign journalists planning to cover the Games show up.
It could be a bit embarrassing for China if BBC hacks cannot access their website to file stories because that news site is banned.
We have not heard if anyone can read the INQ outside Hong Kong after a dark satanic rumour said that we were on the Chinese list of banned sites.
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Access in China
The Inquirer site has been accessible here in Beijing for at least the past few yearsAvailable in Bejing...
It's probably just because they don't comment on Chinese politics enough to be an annoyance.The INQ accessible in China
My faith is restored!It's comforting to know that even if I can't be at the Olympics in Beijing, that someone there, can come here.
So there it is; Bob's your uncle.
have VPN will travel
I really wish they would un-ban Wikipedia, as it is a really good resource, especially for engineers.We can also get BBC and CNN.com, however I don't know if they selectively sensor these sites or not.
I have to log onto my work VPN (US based) to get access to Wiki, which is a real pain. It's funny too that sometimes I get better access through the VPN, encrypted VPN traffic probably doesn't go through the same filter and therefore you can actually download files faster from over seas through the VPN then through a direct connection.
INQ in Hong Kong
The INQ can still be accessed in Hong Kong.HK isn't covered by the Great Firewall.
If you want to get banned on the mainland, then you need to post stories calling for Taiwan independence, maybe some tips on how to join Falun Gong, or pictures of Tiananmen Square in early June 1989,
GFW is a giant swiss cheese
Most school children in China knows how to by-pass GFW, using Proxy Hunter and tor.Just Baidu (China's Google) these two apps and there are plenty of tutorials on how to defeat GFW.