hi,

i'd just like to say hong kong (and macau and taiwan, if you must), unlike the rest of china, is not behind the great firewall of china. there could be a zillion of reasons why that bloke can't get to inquirer, but it's definitely not the great firewall of china.

unless my laptop knows how to automatically finds a loophole in the firewall, i have no problem whatsoever going to any websites anywhere in the cyberspace.

cassio @ HK

As a vacationer in Guangzhou, China and a few hours from Hong Kong, all I can say is that the Inq works for me on the 26th floor of a certain plaza off a "borrowed" unsecure wireless network.

my friend in Shanghai just viewed www.theinquirer.net without proxy................

well, i am an analyst and i have no issue at all in this part of the world accessing the INQ. i visit it almost daily. 

i believe the person who aint able to access should inform the broadband company. may be some tech glitch. and secondly i never seen any site blocked in HK since i travel so freq there. 

happy new year to all :)

I am a chinese and I am quite sure I am browsing INQ.

I am in China , and I am here viewing the the INQUIRER normally and nothing abnormal happened .

Maybe they thought you were the "Enquirer" - where Enquiring minds want to know...

Or maybe the just don't like your slant on things.

May be there is a chinese technical magazine and the government wants to cut competitors....

While I won't be surprised if it actually happens, if the info comes from Hong Kong, it's bogus. Hong Kong is not affected by the Great Firewall, and whoever couldn't get on probably just had a problem with their ISP.