China Unblocks Wikipedia
Editor & Publisher - 17 minutes ago
NEW YORK The online interactive reference site Wikipedia announced Tuesday that the site had apparently been made accessible in China, after being blocked for ...

China Unblocks Wikipedia
Editor & Publisher - 1 hour ago
NEW YORK The online interactive reference site Wikipedia announced Tuesday that the site had apparently been made accessible in China, after being blocked for ...

China Unblocks Wikipedia
Slashdot - 40 minutes ago
ZZeta writes "Even though the information on the site is still scarce, Editor & Publisher is already publishing the scoop: Apparently, Wikipedia has been ...

NEW YORK The online interactive reference site Wikipedia announced Tuesday that the site had apparently been made accessible in China, after being blocked for just over a year by the country's government.

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China Unblocks Wikipedia
Slashdot - 4 minutes ago
ZZeta writes "Even though the information on the site is still scarce, Editor & Publisher is already publishing the scoop: Apparently, Wikipedia has been ...

ZZeta writes "Even though the information on the site is still scarce, Editor & Publisher is already publishing the scoop: Apparently, Wikipedia has been unblocked in China. From the article: 'Wikipedia reported on its site that it had received word from multiple users in the country on Chinese-forums.com that the site had been restored.'"

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...6297/article.pl

After almost precisely a year of having to access the site through proxy services (or the secure.wikimedia.org version of the site), all us in China are able to access the site.



http://thehumanaught.newsvine.com/_news/20...-in-china-kinda

The online interactive reference site Wikipedia announced Tuesday that the site had apparently been made accessible in China, after being blocked for just over a year by the country's government.



http://gabbahead.newsvine.com/_news/2006/1...locks-wikipedia

China Unblocks Wikipedia
Hard OCP, TX - 1 hour ago
It looks as though Wikipedia is unblocked in China once again. Nice to see that Wikipedia sticking to its guns paid off. Most companies ...

The on-again, off-again ban on the online encyclopedia by China's Internet censors has been rescinded yet again. The China-dwelling blogger who writes the Flumesday blog discovered something old was new again on the Internet in the country. Wikipedia had returned after yet another ban initiated by censors via the "Great Firewall.": At times, like Saturday night when I had my

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...ainInChina.html

Wikipedia Ban Lifted Again In China
WebProNews, KY - 26 minutes ago
... Internet in the country. Wikipedia had returned after yet another ban initiated by censors via the "Great Firewall.": At times, like ...

<img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=l_Ays_lMkoEJ&imgurl=www.p2pnet.net/story_images/10101.jpg width=77 height=80 alt="" border=1>China frees Wikipedia, but ...
p2pnet.net, Canada - 20 minutes ago
p2pnet.net News:- "Quite a pleasure for me to found that Wikipedia is unblocked," says Robert on the Danwei blog. "You can search ...

... democracy, Yes. falungong, No

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...net/story/10101

China frees Wikipedia, but ...
Agoravox, France - 1 hour ago
"Quite a pleasure for me to found that Wikipedia is unblocked," says Robert on the Danwei blog. "You can search it with words like ...

The online interactive reference site Wikipedia announced that the site had apparently been made accessible in China, after being blocked for just over a year by the country's government.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...d-in-china.html

<img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=Q9ttVz2YbSQJ&imgurl=cgi.asia.cnet.com/reviews/blog/littleredblog/tn_wikipedia.jpg width=80 height=80 alt="" border=1>Wikipedia unblocked in China
Cnet Asia, CA - 45 minutes ago
After being blocked for a year, Wikipedia is once again accessible from mainland China. For those of us who use it regularly, this ...

Wikipedia unblocked in China except for Chinese version - report
Forbes, NY - 32 minutes ago
BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - The blocking of China access to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia has been largely lifted, with the exception of Wikipedia in Chinese ...

Wikipedia Unblocked in China for All Languages But Chinese Wikipedia is accessible again in China. This is the third time the website has been unblocked. (read more on Wikipedia) Only Chinese that can read English, French, Dutch, Japanese or whatever other language the content has been written in, will be able to use Wikipedia. If you want [...]

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You've got to hand it to the Chinese - this is brilliant! What better way of ensuring that their citizens won't ever learn "proper" English?

Funny that Wikipedia is OK for the dangerous intellectuals who can understand a decadent Western language, but not the ordinary workers.

China relaxes block on Wikipedia
What PC?, UK - 20 minutes ago
The Chinese government appears to have partially unblocked access to Wikipedia, according to a notice on the online encyclopaedia's website. ...

The Chinese government appears to have partially unblocked access to Wikipedia , according to a notice on the online encyclopaedia's website. A recent edit to Wikipedia's entry on 'Blocking of Wikipedia in mainland China' says that some users have been able to access some or all of Wikipedia in various locations in mainland China.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...ening-wikipedia

China appears to relax block on Wikipedia
VNUNet.com, UK - 1 hour ago
The Chinese government appears to have partially unblocked access to Wikipedia, according to a notice on the online encyclopaedia's website. ...

The Chinese government appears to have partially unblocked access to Wikipedia , according to a notice on the online encyclopaedia's website. A recent edit to Wikipedia's entry on 'Blocking of Wikipedia in mainland China' says that some users have been able to access some or all of Wikipedia in various locations in mainland China.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...ening-wikipedia

Now, that attitude is just sooooo Great Leap Forward-era, guy... The New China is all about making money!

I still think they're going to start up slave-labor camps populated with English-fluent Chinese kids, all working their way towards adminship, so that they can influence content from within - and then sell the accounts on eBay to the Iranians, the Taliban, and overweight nerds from the University of Maryland.

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Seriously, I know it sounds ludicrous and insane, but Gold Farming camps are ludicrous and insane too!

The Chinese could have been spending the last several months, while WP was "blocked," training and indoctrinating kids in the art of inserting subtle pro-Chinese content in otherwise anti-Chinese articles, and in the art of doing whatever it takes to become admins in the shortest possible time. So, they bring WP back, and it's "Hey! Look at all our new Chinese users! Let's welcome them with open arms, shall we? Why, of course!" They wouldn't do that if China was still blocking Wikipedia, because the appearance of Chinese IP's would automatically be considered suspect, and they wouldn't necessarily want to trust proxy addresses.

They might also have been putting systems in place to trace the activity of users within China to specific individuals, so as to better identify dissidents.

I don't want to believe this stuff, and again, I know it sounds nuts. But you can't discount the possibility, in a culture that would do things like set up Gold Farming camps to force teenage kids to play "World of Warcraft" for 12 hours a day, with barely a bathroom break the whole time. And let's face it, 12 hours of World of Warcraft a day is simply inhuman. I can barely make it through 3 games of Freecell without throwing up.

China relaxes block on Wikipedia
Computing, UK - 48 minutes ago
The Chinese government appears to have partially unblocked access to Wikipedia, according to a notice on the online encyclopaedia's website. ...

China relaxes block on Wikipedia
IT Week, UK - 2 hours ago
The Chinese government appears to have partially unblocked access to Wikipedia, according to a notice on the online encyclopaedia's website. ...

ZZeta writes "Even though the information on the site is still scarce, Editor & Publisher is already publishing the scoop: Apparently, Wikipedia has been unblocked in China. From the article: 'Wikipedia reported on its site that it had received word from multiple users in the country on Chinese-forums.com that the site had been restored.'"

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...3679/article.pl

China relaxes block on Wikipedia
PC Authority, Australia - 21 minutes ago
The Chinese government appears to have partially unblocked access to Wikipedia, according to a notice on the online encyclopaedia's website. ...

China relaxes block on Wikipedia
iT News, Australia - 1 hour ago
The Chinese government appears to have partially unblocked access to Wikipedia, according to a notice on the online encyclopaedia's website. ...

Chinese Government Relaxes Its Total Ban on Wikipedia
New York Times, United States - 41 minutes ago
The Chinese government last week appeared to lift its block on the English-language version of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, an unexpected move that comes ...

China last week lifted its block on most of the English-language version of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, but the Chinese-language site remains blocked.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...ml?ref=business

China last week lifted its block on most of the English-language version of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, but the Chinese-language site remains blocked.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...a.html?ref=asia

China last week lifted its block on most of the English-language version of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, but the Chinese-language site remains blocked.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...f=worldbusiness

China last week lifted its block on most of the English-language version of the online encyclopedia, but the Chinese-language site remains blocked.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...fea7&ei=5087%0A

Beijing lifts ban on English-language version of Wikipedia
International Herald Tribune, France - 1 hour ago
The Chinese government last week appeared to lift its block on the English- language version of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, an unexpected move that came ...

The Chinese government last week appeared to lift its block on the English-language version of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, an unexpected move that came almost a year to the day after access was first denied.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...siness/wiki.php

Government unblocks access to Wikipedia's English-language version
IFEX, Canada - 41 minutes ago
(RSF/IFEX) - The blocking of access to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, put in place by the Chinese authorities in October 2005, was partially lifted on 10 ...

China last week lifted its block on most of the English-language version of the online encyclopedia, but the Chinese-language site remains blocked.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...09c8&ei=5087%0A

Beijing Eases Ban on Wikipedia; Chinese-Language Filter Remains
Wall Street Journal (subscription), NY - 1 hour ago
BEIJING -- After a nearly yearlong ban, Chinese Internet monitors have largely restored access to the English-language site of Wikipedia, the reader-edited ...

China last week lifted its block on most of the English-language version of the online encyclopedia, but the Chinese-language site remains blocked.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...6wikipedia.html

By Noam Cohen The Chinese government last week appeared to lift its block on the English-language version of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, an unexpected move that came almost a year to the day after access was first denied.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...ce=r_technology

China last week lifted its block on most of the English-language version of the online encyclopedia, but the Chinese-language site remains blocked.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...dfc2&ei=5087%0A

Chinese Government lifts its block on Wikipedia
Legalbrief (subscription), South Africa - 23 minutes ago
The Chinese Government last week appeared to lift its block on the English-language version of the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, an unexpected move that ...

The Chinese government last week appeared to lift its block on the English-language version of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, an unexpected move that came almost a year to the day after access was first denied. The Chinese-language Wikipedia site, however, remains blocked within China.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...tory/53724.html

The Chinese government last week appeared to lift its block on the English-language version of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, an unexpected move that came almost a year to the day after access was first denied. The Chinese-language Wikipedia site, however, remains blocked within China.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...tory/53724.html

The Chinese government last week appeared to lift its block on the English-language version of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, an unexpected move that came almost a year to the day after access was first denied. The Chinese-language Wikipedia site, however, remains blocked within China.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...tory/53724.html

I was asked by a journalist to comment on China selectively granting access to Wikipedia, so I thought I would share my response here. The recent opening of the Great Firewall of China to Wikipedia, selectively by language, ISP and municipality seems ripe with contradiction. The GFC is obviously not part of the One China policy. The revolutionary risk has always been a widening gap between

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...redinChina.html