Guest realmayo Posted June 2, 2009 at 11:38 AM Report Posted June 2, 2009 at 11:38 AM Hotmail blocked ... at least, it is for me. Twitter and Flickr too. Very annoying, wonder if it will be permanent. Danwei The Times Can't get into my hotmail using basic proxy servers, I guess because hotmail jumps between several urls?? Quote
chrix Posted June 2, 2009 at 11:43 AM Report Posted June 2, 2009 at 11:43 AM does that also mean that MSN (or whatchamacallit, Live Messenger) isn't working either? Quote
zhwj Posted June 2, 2009 at 11:44 AM Report Posted June 2, 2009 at 11:44 AM It's the login.live.com domain that's blocked. In fact, it's the string "login.live.com" that's being filtered - tack that onto the end of any URL and watch your connection reset. The same thing's happening to the strings "twitter.com" and "flickr.com", probably to prevent the use of web proxies. You'll have to use a software proxy, a VPN, or a web proxy that mungs the URL so it doesn't get caught. Quote
roddy Posted June 2, 2009 at 11:47 AM Report Posted June 2, 2009 at 11:47 AM (edited) MSN's fine, using it now. Can't get to twitter, flickr and hotmail though. Going to go make some banners, see everyone on Chang'an Avenue . . . Edit: Poor MSN - they only launched their new search engine Bing.com a day or two ago, and it's already been blocked. Edited June 2, 2009 at 11:58 AM by roddy Quote
Guest realmayo Posted June 2, 2009 at 11:59 AM Report Posted June 2, 2009 at 11:59 AM Ok, following a comment from the Danwei article, I just told my rarely-used gmail account to take mail from my hotmail account -- very easy, it worked immediately! EDIT this site, also mentioned there, works for me too. http://www.netevader.com/ Quote
adrianlondon Posted June 2, 2009 at 12:21 PM Report Posted June 2, 2009 at 12:21 PM They'll probably stay blocked until 5th June. Quote
imron Posted June 2, 2009 at 01:15 PM Report Posted June 2, 2009 at 01:15 PM Poor MSN - they only launched their new search engine Bing.com a day or two ago, and it's already been blocked. 这名字本来就有病 Quote
Senzhi Posted June 2, 2009 at 02:43 PM Report Posted June 2, 2009 at 02:43 PM I'm actually surprised the BBC site is still accessible. Quote
chrix Posted June 2, 2009 at 02:45 PM Report Posted June 2, 2009 at 02:45 PM what about wikipedia? Quote
Senzhi Posted June 2, 2009 at 02:54 PM Report Posted June 2, 2009 at 02:54 PM what about wikipedia? Live and well ... for now. Quote
liuzhou Posted June 2, 2009 at 02:55 PM Report Posted June 2, 2009 at 02:55 PM Wikipedia still fine. Both in Chinese and English Twiitter still accessible via Tweetdeck (at least down here.) M a J i an 's very interesting article on the Guardian website is blocked, but the rest of the site is Ok. I can get MSN with no problems, but Hotmail has got lost- I never use it anyway. Quote
roddy Posted June 2, 2009 at 03:11 PM Report Posted June 2, 2009 at 03:11 PM News.bbc.co.uk's English pages are accessible, the Chinese ones aren't (and haven't been since I don't know when). Wikipedia is accessible in both languages, although individual pages may be blocked or trigger filters. Quote
rlinda_yuya Posted June 2, 2009 at 03:17 PM Report Posted June 2, 2009 at 03:17 PM My job requires me to check emails and also a lot of social network sites (aka twitter, facebook etc), does anybody know whether getting a VPN is legal in China? I am using a USA and CANADA based VPN here. I am planning to go to China to study that's why I ask this question Quote
adrianlondon Posted June 2, 2009 at 03:47 PM Report Posted June 2, 2009 at 03:47 PM You're not the only ones who've noticed : http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jun/02/twitter-china Quote
Senzhi Posted June 2, 2009 at 04:05 PM Report Posted June 2, 2009 at 04:05 PM Further to the story ... I seem impossible to chat in English on QQ: my recipients simply don't receive the message. When I send a text message in English on my mobile, my recipient doesn't receive it, even though I do get a succesful delivery report. Doing the same in (my very poor) Chinese: no problems at all. Seems the local monitoring here is using the "lazy though working" approach ... Quote
imron Posted June 2, 2009 at 04:24 PM Report Posted June 2, 2009 at 04:24 PM Wait another 2 days until June 5 and everything will be fine. Quote
roddy Posted June 2, 2009 at 04:39 PM Report Posted June 2, 2009 at 04:39 PM They'll probably turn up at your school tomorrow asking if you can help them check some potentially subversive messages . . . Quote
Senzhi Posted June 2, 2009 at 04:56 PM Report Posted June 2, 2009 at 04:56 PM They'll probably turn up at your school tomorrow asking if you can help them check some potentially subversive messages . . . Knowing my boss ... they'd have to pay like any other student. Quote
crazy-meiguoren Posted June 2, 2009 at 08:01 PM Report Posted June 2, 2009 at 08:01 PM I just read the news, and am checking to see if this site is blocked. All the discussions I've seen here have been very civil, level headed, and not critical of the government, so I cannot see why it would. Roddy has set some very good ground rules in that regard. Which brings me to another question. Are there any selected Chinese sites being blocked from access outside of China? Not that I would have the time to do so - it would take me all day to decipher most of the content since my 汉字 reading skills are still weak. Quote
tooironic Posted June 2, 2009 at 08:17 PM Report Posted June 2, 2009 at 08:17 PM I wonder if this has any correlation with blogspot/blogger being blocked as well. A Chinese friend said the PRC are probably toughening up their blocking because of the lead up to the 20th anniverary of the Tiananmen Square incident anniversary on June 6. Quote
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