tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post3257979037133604335..comments2023-10-08T05:00:23.559-04:00Comments on Clarissa's Blog: China and InternetClarissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-8104899019258947762011-05-17T02:25:20.236-04:002011-05-17T02:25:20.236-04:00Interestingly though neither wordpress.com or tumb...Interestingly though neither wordpress.com or tumblr.com are blocked. Other services from google, like google.com, youtube.com or orkut.com are blocked. So I would rather say that this is a china vs google thing. Doesn't make it any better though.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13977858312650409731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-32248369148265737962011-05-17T00:42:01.473-04:002011-05-17T00:42:01.473-04:00I used to live in China, and can verify that at th...I used to live in China, and can verify that at the time I was there, all the blogspot/blogger sites were blocked. <br /><br />-MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-82598656120360841682011-05-16T21:00:50.837-04:002011-05-16T21:00:50.837-04:00I don't think the blocking is because the the ...I don't think the blocking is because the the row with Google. The row was over censoring search results, not websites. And blogger has been blocked in China since much before, as far as I can recall. They just don't like people speaking out there minds over there.karnaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-29371194944371915592011-05-16T17:25:26.366-04:002011-05-16T17:25:26.366-04:00Wow, I had no idea. This is because of the issues ...Wow, I had no idea. This is because of the issues China has been having with Google, right?<br /><br />There is nothing even remotely redeeming about the horrible disease of communism.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-13661706673657523942011-05-16T17:22:42.393-04:002011-05-16T17:22:42.393-04:00The reason you have never had a visitor from china...The reason you have never had a visitor from china (at least one using a chinese access point) is that you are being BLOCKED by the chinese government.<br /><br />Buharharhar. These people are up to your doing Clarissa and they are not amused.<br /><br />Now, fun aside, the truth is, your page is truly blocked. All blogspot.com spaces are, because the chinese don't want their people blogging*. <br /><br />You can try it out here:<br />http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org <br /><br />* blogspot.com is blocked, but wordpress.com is not.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13977858312650409731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-64402548747459034062011-05-16T16:25:40.275-04:002011-05-16T16:25:40.275-04:00The language barrier can't be bigger than the ...The language barrier can't be bigger than the one in Bahrain and Cambodia, I think.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-53132232278034653962011-05-16T16:05:12.460-04:002011-05-16T16:05:12.460-04:00When I was still blogging, I had at least one who ...When I was still blogging, I had at least one who visited regularly.<br /><br />I think it may have more to do with the language barrier than anything else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com