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Who not to Blog with ... If you want to be read in China
According to the esteemed Miss MacKinnon of Rconversation, bloggers who desire to reach a Chinese audience should avoid the following blog service providers, all of which have now apparently been blocked by the Chinese government.
http://egoweblog.com
http://www.blogspirit.com/
http://www.blogeasy.com/
http://www.blogzor.com/
http://www.mazeme.com/
http://www.yesblogger.com/
http://www.tblog.com/
These 7 new additions join an ever increasing list of Chinese and foreign language blogging services that are now prohibited in China as part of Beijing's drive to control the flow of information, and to cut the Chinese people off from each other, and from the outside world.
The latest blockings come on top of a sustained campaign by Beijing against the free use of the internet that has included:
- The closing of thousands of internet cafes that allowed customers open access to the internet.
- Legislation forcing mainland Chinese to register their real world identities with the local security forces before being allowed to use internet cafes.
- Legislation making service providers responsible for political comment made though their services.
- Legislating forcing mainland Chinese bloggers and Webmasters to register their site addresses and real world identities with the government.
Yes, using the internet in China can be really annoying. However, whilst
Chinese internet cafe users have to register by providing their official id
card, foreigners find the situation a bit more confused.
At those netbars managed by the younger generation, a foreigner hands over
their passport, and the name therein is copied out (in a rather
hit-and-miss fashion). At netbars managed by the older generation, such as
the one I'm in right now, the proffered passport provides such confusion
that nothing whatsoever gets registered.
Oh, your not dead? I'd heard that you'd been kidnapped by North Koreans or
something of the like.
It always comes down to money, doesn't it? In China, emperors come,
dynasties go, they're pretty much all repressive and controlling, but the
people deal with it by only worrying about money.
Last week I managed to comment on reconversion. I got my Chinese friends to
answer the questions. Today however, I cannot get through at all, not even
using you-know-what. This is the most annoying thing, there are days when
it's impossible to read so many websites...
This comment has been removed by the site admin for breaching site ethical
guidlines.
Hmm, if you want to complain about this guy, I would advice that you didn't
do it on my site, but rather that you did it somewhere where he could argue
back.
I suppose it's harder to search for the truth when you're denied access to
the tools. However I find it hard to believe that those possessing wisdom
can be duped for the long term, and then there are those who only search
for an easier life and don't necessarily search for the truth.
The problem in china is that not only are people brainwashed into not
asking questions, but they are also completly unaware that there is so much
for them to be unaware of because of the lack of information in China.
I guess it's like Coyote blog said (via big cat chronicles)"...all over the
world, governments shackle the human mind and limit the potential of
humanity."... The more you know, the more you know you don't know. There's
a lot of info out there that's not worth knowing, but having the
opportunity to decide for yourself what's worth knowing is the important
part.
ACB: remember that when you were talking to the Chinese, you were mainly
talking to the younger ones, the ones who are more succeptible to
propoganda. I really noticed the difference between teaching my college
students (in their early twenties) and teaching adult evening classes
(thirties and forties). The adults had a much more cynical opinion on many
things. Now the internet is mainly used by the younger generation, who
can't be expected to be very cynical yet. Maybe later....
This coment has been edited to protect the privacy of those involved
ACB, if you are determined to exercise your right to host this personal
vendetta from our acutely narcissistic and mentally-disturbed friend, then
could you at least have the decency to edit the personal details of the
owner of that this freak is putting into all of his comments? You're the
only blogger to leave in this personal information intact.
Just once more (and then no more engagement):
Note to readers MAJ is now under official warning on this site because he
posted personal details about another blogger along side unfair and
derogatory comments as part of a vendetta and because he posted under three
phudonymes on this site.
Does anyone know why they are blocking these sites specifically? Is it due
to the shared servers?
Most of the blog blocks seem to be to do with being free and attracking
Chinese bloggers, rather than because of something that westeners were
saying.
MAJ
ACB,
MAJ
ACB, you're better off just to ignore him.
He's not a mentally stable individual.
Hey, I just visited the China Daily and I noticed they have deleted the
following information that was previously included with MAJs' article:
Name
Madge posted as Bryce on my site last month
(http://pekingduck.org/archives/002507.php) with the IP address
61.240.18.1.
I am going to say this once, and once only. I have never posted anything on
this site other than under my name of Mark Anthony Jones, and only ever
from this office, from this IP address. These two other writers are NOT me.
Luckily, your reputation proceeeds you Dr. Meyers...err, Steve L., err...,
Bryce, errr MAJ, err.... :-)
Richard
MAJ
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Just to confirm, I can still see your site in China so glad it's not banned
from posting this list!