[Wikipedia-l] China WP access (was: What would Richard Stallman say?)

[Sheng Jiong]

Gareth Owen ??:

>"Andrew Lih" <alih at hku.hk> writes:
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>>I don't want to let this stand without comment.  What is your source for
>>the fact that China "blocks much of wikipedia"?
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>I was under the impression that certain subject matters were blocked as a
>matter of course.
>Can http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong or 
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989
>be accessed?
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>Incidentally the following is a perfect example of an image used under Fair
>Use provision : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tianasquare.jpg
>I think wikipedia would be much worse without it.
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Yes, even the Chinese version of these articles is accessible. In fact, 
most of the contents in these articles are contributed by Chinese 
mainlanders. It is a strange misperception that the Chinese government 
is blocking Wikipedia. Most contributers in Chinese Wikipedia are living 
in mainland China presently.

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