Posted Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 6:41 a.m. by Chris Amico in Projects
I didn't even post anything controversial, yet. Hell, I'm not even IN China. But like the title of this post says, my blog is inaccessible in China.
Actually, it's not just me. It's BlogSpot in its entirely, according to some friendly foreigners from the Dalian Xpat Community. From what I can tell, everything linked to Google (in English) is cut off by the Great Firewall of China. So the question is: Do I stay or do I go?
I've been posting here for just over a month, and I don't have any real attachment to Blogger, but it's a good interface and I really don't want to start a blog over, even if I can copy/paste everything.
There's also a slight satisfaction in knowing that just being on this site is irritating some censor somewhere on the other side of the world. I have a journalist's sense of righteousness when it comes to free speech, and I hate the idea of going through the trouble of finding a new blog host just because the Chinese Communist Party says Blogger is bad.
So, I guess I have a decision to make, and soon. If you're reading this, leave comments and tell me what you think.
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jul 18, 2006 at 9:05 p.m. // Tonija2005 said:
I say keep this and when you post on the new one have a friend out here paste it into this one. Or something like that anyhow.[HTML_REMOVED]br[HTML_REMOVED][HTML_REMOVED]/br[HTML_REMOVED][HTML_REMOVED]br[HTML_REMOVED]Don't let the man keep you down brutha.[HTML_REMOVED]/br[HTML_REMOVED]
jul 24, 2006 at 11:09 a.m. // joe said:
Where are you teaching in Dalian? I'm moving there myself to teach at Dalian Jiaotong University in September.
jul 24, 2006 at 3:12 p.m. // Chris said:
Hey Joe: I'm teaching at Dalian Fisheries University, starting Sept. 1. I actually don't know much about the school (like, where it is). I'll probably reach the city the last week of August.
nov 25, 2006 at 11:18 p.m. // Chinese said:
hey, got every problem solved?[HTML_REMOVED]br[HTML_REMOVED]at least i see you are being in Dalian now,wish you have a greast time here.[HTML_REMOVED]/br[HTML_REMOVED][HTML_REMOVED]br[HTML_REMOVED][HTML_REMOVED]/br[HTML_REMOVED][HTML_REMOVED]br[HTML_REMOVED]I had a chinese blog and it tells on title"dont get in trouble for talking about national event".I am not quite interested on that topic,ah, maybe I am , but nothing to do about that. Comminest party is the only leader, we know it.[HTML_REMOVED]/br[HTML_REMOVED]