wikimedia blocked again in China. see Andrew report: http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2006/11/16/wikipedia-inaccessible-for-many-in-...
my guess(Chinese): http://talk.blogbus.com/logs/2006/11/3847006.html
from Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Jiang Yu's Regular Press Conference on November 16 2006 : http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/xwfw/s2510/2511/t280600.htm
"Q: Second question, the Chinese version of Wikipedia, which has been censored since last October, has been unblocked last week. What's your comment?
A: I'm not aware of the information on the website you mentioned. The Chinese Government supports and promotes the development of the internet. By 2005, China's internet subscribers reached over 123 million, and the number of Chinese websites 788 thousand. China has become the second largest internet user of the world. China administrates internet in accordance with law. This is also the usual practice by all the countries in the world. "
shi zhao wrote: <snip>
"Q: Second question, the Chinese version of Wikipedia, which has been censored since last October, has been unblocked last week. What's your comment?
A: I'm not aware of the information on the website you mentioned.
What, they don't know that we exist?
On 11/17/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) alphasigmax@gmail.com wrote:
shi zhao wrote:
<snip> > "Q: Second question, the Chinese version of Wikipedia, which has been > censored since last October, has been unblocked last week. What's your > comment? > > A: I'm not aware of the information on the website you mentioned.
What, they don't know that we exist?
I think he ment "I'm not aware that we unblocked it". That would prove my theory, that the unblocking was an accident :(.
2006/11/17, Dariusz Siedlecki datrio@gmail.com:
On 11/17/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) alphasigmax@gmail.com wrote:
shi zhao wrote:
<snip> > "Q: Second question, the Chinese version of Wikipedia, which has been > censored since last October, has been unblocked last week. What's your > comment? > > A: I'm not aware of the information on the website you mentioned.
What, they don't know that we exist?
I think he ment "I'm not aware that we unblocked it". That would prove my theory, that the unblocking was an accident :(.
It's funny that just two days ago, the largest Polish newspaper "Gazeta Wyborcza" has announced that Wikipedia is unblocked in China:
http://gospodarka.gazeta.pl/gospodarka/1,33181,3739338.html
and they have written that it is good example that "hard-talks" w China goverment may give good results....
On 11/17/06, Tomasz Ganicz polimerek@gmail.com wrote:
2006/11/17, Dariusz Siedlecki datrio@gmail.com:
On 11/17/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) alphasigmax@gmail.com wrote:
shi zhao wrote:
<snip> > "Q: Second question, the Chinese version of Wikipedia, which has been > censored since last October, has been unblocked last week. What's your > comment? > > A: I'm not aware of the information on the website you mentioned.
What, they don't know that we exist?
I think he ment "I'm not aware that we unblocked it". That would prove my theory, that the unblocking was an accident :(.
It's funny that just two days ago, the largest Polish newspaper "Gazeta Wyborcza" has announced that Wikipedia is unblocked in China:
http://gospodarka.gazeta.pl/gospodarka/1,33181,3739338.html
and they have written that it is good example that "hard-talks" w China goverment may give good results....
Sigh.
Yes it's stories like that and from Reporters Sans Frontiers that can be frustrating - gloating that you can press China to change if you push hard enough is not exactly a friendly tactic. In fact, it may be counterproductive.
-Andrew
Andrew Lih wrote:
On 11/17/06, Tomasz Ganicz polimerek@gmail.com wrote:
2006/11/17, Dariusz Siedlecki datrio@gmail.com:
It's funny that just two days ago, the largest Polish newspaper "Gazeta Wyborcza" has announced that Wikipedia is unblocked in China:
http://gospodarka.gazeta.pl/gospodarka/1,33181,3739338.html
and they have written that it is good example that "hard-talks" w China goverment may give good results....
Sigh.
Yes it's stories like that and from Reporters Sans Frontiers that can be frustrating - gloating that you can press China to change if you push hard enough is not exactly a friendly tactic. In fact, it may be counterproductive.
The "nouveau libre" like the "nouveau riche" tend to neglect the study of history. In a Chinese context they could keep up to date by reading the "Shujing".
Ec
shi zhao wrote:
from Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Jiang Yu's Regular Press Conference on November 16 2006 : http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/xwfw/s2510/2511/t280600.htm
"Q: Second question, the Chinese version of Wikipedia, which has been censored since last October, has been unblocked last week. What's your comment?
A: I'm not aware of the information on the website you mentioned. The Chinese Government supports and promotes the development of the internet. By 2005, China's internet subscribers reached over 123 million, and the number of Chinese websites 788 thousand. China has become the second largest internet user of the world. China administrates internet in accordance with law. This is also the usual practice by all the countries in the world. "
I'm comforted to see that the Chinese Foreign Ministry has adopted world-class responsiveness which "is also the usual practice by all the countries in the world. " ;-)
Ec
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