{"id":66,"date":"2007-10-05T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2007-10-05T22:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcguyverofbeer.com\/?p=66"},"modified":"2007-10-05T16:00:35","modified_gmt":"2007-10-05T22:00:35","slug":"the-great-chinese-firewall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottharvanek.com\/?p=66","title":{"rendered":"The great chinese firewall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ars Technica is running a story on how RSS feeds are now blocked by the “great chinese firewall”<\/a> It astounds me how communism is still flourishing in China… God forbid your citizens are able to absorb news from around the world.<\/p>\n

From Ars Technica<\/a>:<\/p>\n

As many readers who follow the antics of the Chinese government know, when it comes to enforcing the “Great Firewall of China,” consistency isn’t exactly its strong point. While certain phrases, concepts, and entire web sites are regularly blocked from reaching the eyeballs of many Chinese Internet surfers, things like high traffic are enough<\/a> to let a number of forbidden concepts slip through. And then there’s the indecision of China’s Public Security Bureau (PSB), which has blocked certain sites (such as Blogspot and WordPress blogs) on and off for some time now, and enforces the blocks inconsistently between provinces. For a One True China, there are certainly many interpretations of what is and isn’t allowed through the country’s cyber connection.<\/p>\n

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