Comments on: YouTube blocked in China

By: Chip

Chip — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:45:57 +0000

Glad to hear it!

By: Chip

Chip — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:45:36 +0000

Thanks, Sampi!

By: Sampi

Sampi — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:52:57 +0000

Good news! Youtube seems to be (partially) unblocked, at least in Beijing :D

By: Sampi

Sampi — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:49:51 +0000

You can’t really use TOR or a anonymous surfing site (like http://www.anonymizer.com). You can’t contact the youtube server so you can’t download the FLV files either. ipredator seems like a good choice, but you do have to pay.

I can’t believe the Chinese government would block such a high-traffic website. I am screwed without my youtube videos, specially the one’s GAS has articles about :(

By: Chip

Chip — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:18:50 +0000

I, too, have my suspicions about just how much violence would be acceptable to the Dalai Lama, if it meant a return to real power for him. And I wonder what a “free” Tibetan society would be like. But as a rule, I favor self-determination over globalization. I’d like to put the matter to a vote of the people living in Tibet, both Tibetan and Han.

Regarding YouTube — it may be the death of modern society, but again on principle I favor freedom of expression over cultural purism.

By: Chip

Chip — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:13:33 +0000

Yeah, he could easily play the part of Emperor Palpatine, don’t you think?

By: Chip

Chip — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:11:43 +0000

Ipredator will help you surf more anonymously, but I hadn’t thought about the idea that it might also help you to access content that’s being filtered in your area. Probably so, since it uses a VPN.

By: Cyril

Cyril — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:11:00 +0000

Oh, that why ipredator was created… :)

By: Preston L. Bannister

Preston L. Bannister — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:49:41 +0000

I believe the Chinese government is at least partly right about the “Dalai Lama”. On the other hand, I also suspect that anything less than unqualified economic success causes the current Chinese government a lot of domestic discomfort, and that any excuse to deflect blame is extremely welcome. As much possible they will blame their internal problems on external causes (and the USA wins as the biggest external cause). They have to stop short of endangering any economic relationship (at least for a few more years), so the rhetoric must be carefully scoped.

On the other hand, blocking YouTube … am a bit conflicted over whether this is a good or bad thing. :)

By: Jonny

Jonny — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:22:39 +0000

That pesky Dalai Lama must be to blame. He’s got evil written all over him. :/