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Google+ Has Been Throttled to Death – Now Blocked in China
Well, that was quick. Just six days ago, a number of western media outlets used a ping website to check the availability of the new Google+ social network in China, and wrongly jumped to the conclusion...
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96% of All Page Views in China are Local – Just 4% Away From North Korea
A researcher at Harvard University has calculated that “96 percent of all page views in China are to web sites hosted within China.” This points to both a thriving web scene in China – where you can...
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8 Ways That Sina Weibo Will Shut You Up, or Shut You Down
A Chinese blogger has identified the eight key ways that Sina Weibo – China’s most popular microblogging service – can shut you up and shut you down. In accordance with local laws – and necessitated...
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China Cripples Android With Fitful Blocks of Gmail, Market Apps
Google’s chronicle of woes in China has grown even larger, with the apparent Great Firewall block of Android’s Market and Gmail apps by authorities. The issues are intermittent now, but ongoing for...
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Google Drive Already Blocked in China, Never Stood a Chance
Google Drive has just launched. Google Drive is blocked in China. Because we’re talking about the Great Firewall here, those two statements are not a kind of non sequitur. Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG)...
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Sina’s Softer Censorship: A Case Study of Search Smothering
Search results for 'left of his own volition' on Sina Weibo This afternoon, the blind lawyer/dissident Chen Guangcheng left the US Embassy, where he had sought refuge after escaping illegal detention...
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China Blocks Social Coding Site Github
Sad Octocat is sad… Chinese developers are waking up to a little bad news this morning, as it looks like social coding platform Github has been blocked in China, according to the folks over on GigaOm....
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BREAKING: Youtube unblocked in Pakistan [UPDATED]
Update: It seems Youtube is working via some connections in Pakistan but not from others. It’s possible this is a bug, or it could be that the change is being rolled out gradually. It looks like...
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Did Twitter just get blocked in Vietnam?
It all may be a bit early to say, but some users, including myself, have been experiencing some difficulty accessing Twitter in Vietnam. A mild DNS block, which surfaced a few days ago appears to be...
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Google+ Has Been Throttled to Death – Now Blocked in China
Well, that was quick. Just six days ago, a number of western media outlets used a ping website to check the availability of the new Google+ social network in China, and wrongly jumped to the conclusion...
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96% of All Page Views in China are Local – Just 4% Away From North Korea
A researcher at Harvard University has calculated that “96 percent of all page views in China are to web sites hosted within China.” This points to both a thriving web scene in China – where you can...
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8 Ways That Sina Weibo Will Shut You Up, or Shut You Down
A Chinese blogger has identified the eight key ways that Sina Weibo – China’s most popular microblogging service – can shut you up and shut you down. In accordance with local laws – and necessitated...
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China Cripples Android With Fitful Blocks of Gmail, Market Apps
Google’s chronicle of woes in China has grown even larger, with the apparent Great Firewall block of Android’s Market and Gmail apps by authorities. The issues are intermittent now, but ongoing for...
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Google Drive Already Blocked in China, Never Stood a Chance
Google Drive has just launched. Google Drive is blocked in China. Because we’re talking about the Great Firewall here, those two statements are not a kind of non sequitur. Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG)...
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Sina’s Softer Censorship: A Case Study of Search Smothering
Search results for 'left of his own volition' on Sina Weibo This afternoon, the blind lawyer/dissident Chen Guangcheng left the US Embassy, where he had sought refuge after escaping illegal detention...
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China Blocks Social Coding Site Github
Sad Octocat is sad… Chinese developers are waking up to a little bad news this morning, as it looks like social coding platform Github has been blocked in China, according to the folks over on GigaOm....
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Youtube unblocked for some in Pakistan (UPDATED)
Update: It seems Youtube is working via some connections in Pakistan but not from others. It’s possible this is a bug, or it could be that the change is being rolled out gradually. It looks like...
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Did Twitter just get blocked in Vietnam?
It all may be a bit early to say, but some users, including myself, have been experiencing some difficulty accessing Twitter in Vietnam. A mild DNS block, which surfaced a few days ago appears to be...
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You shall not pass! Sina Weibo will ban and silence accounts that push users...
Much has been written over the past few years about the battle between Sina Weibo and Tencent’s WeChat. They may be radically different services – the former is a microblogging platform, the latter is...
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WeChat blocks the word “Uber”, claims it’s a technical glitch
On Thursday afternoon, Chinese WeChat users discovered something weird: searches for the word “Uber” on WeChat wouldn’t turn up any posts related to or mentioning the company in their circles....
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