Chinese Ban on Wikipedia Prevents Research 439
An anonymous reader writes "China has banned access to Wikipedia for the third time, outraging students and intellectuals." From the article: "The latest blocking of the website, the third shutdown of the site in China in the past two years, has now continued for more than 10 weeks without any explanation and without any indication whether the ban is temporary or permanent ... Others said the blocking of Wikipedia has been a major blow to their research projects and even to their prospects of passing civil-service exams. 'How can I do my thesis now?' a university student asked on another Chinese website."
Re:Wikipedia may not always be the best choice (Score:5, Informative)
Chinese need a Satmodem (Score:4, Informative)
Read more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_modem [wikipedia.org]
Or, maybe not.
For anyone who can read this in China...try http://www.zensur.freerk.com/ [freerk.com]
Do any of you understand the research process? (Score:3, Informative)
I almost always head to Wikipedia before Google when doing research, for this reason. (I work in SEO, by the way)
Re:Back to (Tiananmen) Square One? (Score:3, Informative)
Marches might have worked for somebody way back when, but not today.
Re:Must be pretty bad off in China.. (Score:1, Informative)
Maybe he didn't punctuate or capitalize very well but at least he communicated his thoughts clearly, which is more than can be said for a majority of the posters here.
It is a pretty sad statement of the sate of things here when you would rather talk about grammatical mechanics than actually debate the merits of the argument.
Re:So, if it were up to you... (Score:3, Informative)
And how about the nuclear weapons pointed at us? And the economic threat as they undercut us in production costs? But that's ok because the top echelon of wealthiest Americans are becoming richer because of it. Therefore China isn't a threat to the rest of us Americans, right?
Stop watching Fox News and start reading.
Re:Back to (Tiananmen) Square One? (Score:3, Informative)
That's so they can set up a fenced-in area and call it a "First Amendment Zone". [wikipedia.org] All protest is required to take place inside this fenced-in area. You still have your First Amendment rights, but only inside the fence. They are usually set up a considerable distance away from whatever event is being protested, and reporters are forbidden to speak to or take pictures of anyone inside.
It's what the Framers intended. [salon.com]
Re:Back to (Tiananmen) Square One? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Doomed. Doomed, I tell you! (Score:5, Informative)
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=510754 [thecrimson.com]
In addition to forgetting, you also evidently didn't do any due diligence on the linked material.
Re:Doomed. Doomed, I tell you! (Score:3, Informative)
The reason it was modded Overrated was because Overrated and Underrated mods don't show up in Metamoderation.