China blocks Wikipedia
p2p news / p2pnet: Communist China has again blocked access to the Wikipedia, which has "become a basic resource for many in China," says the Globe & Mail.
"The latest blocking of the website, the third shutdown of the site in China in the past two years, has now continued for more than 10 weeks without any explanation and without any indication whether the ban is temporary or permanent," says the story, going on:
" ‘What idiots these officials are!’ said one message on a Chinese site. ‘They are killing our culture with censorship’."
A Wiki volunteer in China suggested blocking the site, "will allow Beijing’s enemies to control the flow of information on Wikipedia," says the Globe & Mail.
"Such an act is no different from cutting away our own voice and tongue, or shutting our own eyes and ears," said the message. ‘It is isolationism in the age of the Internet."
Microsoft recently followed orders from China to shut down the site of a well-known Chinese blogger who’d upset the authorities by posting about a newspaper strike in Beijing.
Also See:
Globe & Mail – Chinese ban on Wikipedia prevents research, users say, January 10, 2006
newspaper striket – Microsoft yanks China blog, January 6, 2005
January 12th, 2006 at 12:16 am
>>” ‘What idiots these officials are!’ said one message on a Chinese site. >>’They are killing our culture with censorship’.”
I thought censorship WAS their culture.
January 12th, 2006 at 12:24 am
And brainwashing is the Imperialist American culture.
January 12th, 2006 at 1:32 am
I’d trade Tibet for Iraq.
January 12th, 2006 at 6:54 am
I thought China was trying to be more “capitalist” and more “socialist”. Well I guess it is still communist.
January 12th, 2006 at 2:03 pm
It is Facist, just the same as the P.S.A. The P.S.A. is still working on the erosion of the protections of personal liberties while China is still working on its infrastructure. In 10 years, the two countries’ systems will be nearly indestinguishable in catual practice.
January 12th, 2006 at 8:14 pm
Sorry what is P.S.A. ?
January 13th, 2006 at 4:09 pm
I just might go edit a few pages. haha
January 13th, 2006 at 8:30 pm
Piece of Shit America – PSA.
January 15th, 2006 at 6:09 am
If the government were smart it would take some of those poor dudes in the mines digging away rocks with their bare hands and put them to work rewriting Wikipedia articles. There are so many Chinese that the government could easily put them to work and have everything rewritten to support their view on things.