Great Firewall of China

[neonerd]

 

[Zim Hosein]

China has found some low-tech ways of doing the job, too. After a fire this summer at a Beijing Internet café left 25 people dead, the government shut thousands of Internet cafés nationwide on grounds that they were firetraps.

:Q

 

[neonerd]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

China has found some low-tech ways of doing the job, too. After a fire this summer at a Beijing Internet café left 25 people dead, the government shut thousands of Internet cafés nationwide on grounds that they were firetraps.

:Q

:shocked:

 

[n0cmonkey]

SEPTEMBER 23, 2002

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

The Great Firewall of China

Beijing is clamping down tighter on Internet search engines

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Originally posted by: neonerd

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

China has found some low-tech ways of doing the job, too. After a fire this summer at a Beijing Internet café left 25 people dead, the government shut thousands of Internet cafés nationwide on grounds that they were firetraps.

:Q

:shocked:

More than likely just a CCP excuse to keep their people from hearing anything other than their propaganda.

EDIT: What the... this is a 2002 article. Jiang Zemin isn't even their top leader anymore, Hu Jintao is.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: ArmchairAthlete

Originally posted by: neonerd

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

China has found some low-tech ways of doing the job, too. After a fire this summer at a Beijing Internet café left 25 people dead, the government shut thousands of Internet cafés nationwide on grounds that they were firetraps.

:Q

:shocked:

More than likely just a CCP excuse to keep their people from hearing anything other than their propaganda.

What?

Wait...

What?

China wouldn't do anything like that.

 

[neonerd]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

SEPTEMBER 23, 2002

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

The Great Firewall of China

Beijing is clamping down tighter on Internet search engines

:Q

7 months and a day before I joined AT.....good eye n0cmonkey

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: neonerd

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

SEPTEMBER 23, 2002

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

The Great Firewall of China

Beijing is clamping down tighter on Internet search engines

:Q

7 months and a day before I joined AT.....good eye n0cmonkey

I knew that the rest of us knew that stuff years ago. You'll catch up eventually, you're just a bit slow...

:beer:

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

SEPTEMBER 23, 2002

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

The Great Firewall of China

Beijing is clamping down tighter on Internet search engines

I already knew China svcked, it is now confirmed.

 

[neonerd]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: neonerd

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

SEPTEMBER 23, 2002

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

The Great Firewall of China

Beijing is clamping down tighter on Internet search engines

:Q

7 months and a day before I joined AT.....good eye n0cmonkey

I knew that the rest of us knew that stuff years ago. You'll catch up eventually, you're just a bit slow...

:beer:

Cheers n0cmonkey :beer:

 

[aplefka]

That article is teh oldz0r

 

[dighn]

i was in china during summer last year and when i tried to access google groups it would never work. after looking around a bit it seemed that the government blocked it :thumbsdown:

seeing things like this makes me sad

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: aplefka
That article is teh oldz0r

Your post is the latez0r.

 

[PoPPeR]

Jintao? The guy from Rush Hour?

 

[shikhan]

Google executives have held discussions with Chinese officials but haven't yet reestablished service

Uh, right... so how could I use google when I was in beijing just 1.5 weeks ago? :disgust:

edit.
Nevermind, just noticed the article was posted September 23, 2002