Comments on: ‘inside’ the great firewall of China

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:39:11 +0000

China firewall is lame – use Freedur.com to bypass it. You can bypass China Great Firewall and access youtube.com and all other sites which are blocked.

By: Loki

Loki — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 14:46:14 +0000

yin, i think the internet is not a predominantly ‘western info source’ for chinese internet users. the internet for ‘people in china’ is mostly a ‘chinese info source’ – surf the internet and you get a totally different picture of reality than you do when you surf it in the west.

for example, only 60 percent of internet users in china regularly use e-mail. but more than 33 percent do online gaming. these are pretty different statistics than in the west.

we should focus more on what the internet means for the people in china, instead of focusing on what we think the internet _should_ mean for the people in china.

By: Yin

Yin — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 08:49:36 +0000

i agree that …means for *people* in China… is grossly misrepresenting. however, internet for chinese workers, teenagers and professionals is not that different as other parts of the world (i would think so). internet as a predominately western (mis)info source is used and perceived very differently in places within strict cencorship by people dealing with infomation. i haven’t seen the documentary. was it any good?

By: bingchun

bingchun — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:57:16 +0000

rencently read this book chapter by yuezhi zhao, titled ” who wants democracy and does it deliver food?”. you might want to check that out as well.

By: james

james — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 03:14:42 +0000

speaking of the chinese interwebs, did the bbc report mention the construction of the great tube of china? i hear it will do wonders for keeping back the filthy, barbaric invading hordes of packets.