Since starting this blog on October 1, 2006, I have always been able to view my own blog from Beijing. But on Tuesday the Danwei website reported that Blogspot was blocked in China. I could hardly believe it because it hadn't been blocked since I started writing the blog. But, sure enough, on Tuesday Blogspot was blocked. It remains to be seen when it is going to be available again.
The funny thing is, www.blogger.com is still available, so it is still possible to post from Beijing, although you cannot see the result. Considering that several circumventor sites are still working, it is rather useless for the Chinese cdensors to play this blocking game. Wikipedia is also still blocked. I am currently in Shanghai on a reporting trip, and also from Shanghai Blogspot and Wikipedia are blocked.
Maybe someone said something offensive on Blogspot, but why would the whole site be blocked? The reasons why the censors block or unblock a site are still a mystery.
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