On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
2008/6/12 Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net:
I'm inclined to favour this option. For the users of Baidu outside of the PRC there will of course be no problems. PRC residents will still get their usual results to indicate a blocked site. Each time it will be a reminder to them that something is wrong, and they will be more inclined to attempt access through alternate channels. We shouldn't underestimate the ability of the average PRC computer geek to circumvent blocks.
If Baidu is indeed actively vetting its material to ensure compliance with the firewall, I doubt they'd be happy about leaving in a link to a blocked site!
That actually might be the easiest solution, though, because it doesn't cause any loss of face on their part.
It's not a Great Firewall policy problem to link to something outside it, which is blocked, as far as I know (as far as westerners have found out about what the policies really are and written about it).