China’s censorship policy on internet isn’t new to this world. China has been blocking websites, so that the ideas of liberty can be restricted. Wise citizens of China had been bypassing this censorship by making use of RSS feeds which are offered on almost all blogs and websites today.
To deal with this threat, The Great Firewall of China has started blocking any URL that starts with “feeds,” “rss,” and “blog”. It makes countless websites and pretty much all feeds which have syndicated with FeedBurner inaccessible.
Some Chinese users are reporting success with Newsgator, but now that it’s under Chinese government eyeball, I don’t think it will stay unbanned for long. Proxies and other anonymizer like Tor are the only hope for the ill-fated citizens of China.
[Via: Arstechnica]

wrote, on October 9th, 2007
I really hate the fact that some countries try to suppress the idea of liberty of expression
wrote, on October 9th, 2007
I dont understand these policies of China. They have blocked literally all websites.
wrote, on October 9th, 2007
Wow…that stinks. I have a couple of list subscribers from China who can’t access any of the PDFs or links that I send them. I wish I could help them, but there’s nothing I can do when an entire government is censoring things.
wrote, on October 9th, 2007
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wrote, on October 9th, 2007
this is ridiculous…china wants to be an IT power but their government cuts their people from the world.Chinese are no better than some islamic states…
wrote, on October 10th, 2007
[...] China now blocks RSS FeedsChina’s censorship policy on internet isn’t new to this world. China has been blocking websites, so that the ideas of liberty can be restricted. Wise citizens of China had been bypassing this censorship by making use of RSS feeds which … [...]
wrote, on October 10th, 2007
[...] China now blocks RSS FeedsChina’s censorship policy on internet isn’t new to this world. China has been blocking websites, so that the ideas of liberty can be restricted. Wise citizens of China had been bypassing this censorship by making use of RSS feeds which … [...]
wrote, on October 10th, 2007
they blocked ALL my sites
they even block my school website! its an .edu domain
*cluesless*