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Taipei Times - archives: "Blogger Jeremy Goldkorn has something in common with Twitter, Facebook and YouTube:They’ve all been barred by China’s regulators

By Jeremy Goldkorn
THE GUARDIAN
Friday, Oct 09, 2009, Page 9

ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE

On July 3, Chinese government censors blocked access to Danwei.org, the Web site I have edited from my home in Beijing since 2003. It is hosted outside China, so it’s easy for zealous regulators to flip an electronic switch and restrict access. Most of our content is translated from the Chinese media and Internet, which gave us a certain amount of protection: Most Chinese people who write or publish in China self-censor, and this is why we had escaped the censor’s wrath. Until July."