Security and Privacy

According to Yang Xiaokun, a Chinese diplomat to the UN in Geneva:

In China, we don't have software blocking Internet sites. Sometimes we have trouble accessing them. But that's a different problem. I know that some colleagues listen to the BBC in their offices from the Webcast. And I've heard people say that the BBC is not available in China or that it's blocked. I'm sure I don't know why people say this kind of thing. We do not have restrictions at all.

Apparently, Mr Yang spends too much time in Geneva and need a trip back to China to get a reality check.

News source: Cnet Ars

BTW,

Labels: Censorship, Great Firewall

Blogspot, the popular free blog hosting service of Google, recently got blocked again by the Great Firewall of China. During the past two months, internet users in China enjoyed (a sudden yet brief) free access to blogs hosted at Blogspot.com. But the wind changed again with news that China moves towards "real" name registration system for blogs.

On a side note, part of the English contents of Wikipedia remains accessible in China.

update:
A friend informs me of a special service to access blogspot from China: pkblogs:

Labels: Censorship, Great Firewall