[Foundation-l] wikimedia blocked again in China

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Sat Nov 18 20:39:58 UTC 2006


Andrew Lih wrote:

>On 11/17/06, Tomasz Ganicz <polimerek at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>2006/11/17, Dariusz Siedlecki <datrio at gmail.com>:
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>>It's funny that just two days ago, the largest Polish newspaper
>>"Gazeta Wyborcza" has announced that Wikipedia is unblocked in China:
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>>http://gospodarka.gazeta.pl/gospodarka/1,33181,3739338.html
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>>and they have written that it is good example that "hard-talks" w
>>China goverment may give good results....
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>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".

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