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This article explains why some sites are blocked even though their content is uncontroversial. It also lists a few interesting blocked China sites and gives links so people from the Mainland can see them.

Blocked websites can be a pain, even if some more major ones are unblocked at the moment many others remain blocked. For any of you guys who are struggling with accessing certain sites, this might be a good solution for you. It's the best one that I've found so far. Check out my video on how to install it. It's really simple.

BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- A website designed for the public to apply for China's annual civil servant's examination was overloaded on its first day of operation.

After 8 a.m. on Wednesday, the website, www.mohrss.gov.cn/mohrss/gwy2009, was visited by increasing applicants which crashed the site in the morning.

Thinking of starting a China website, or looking into options on what else is available? This intro looks at the main issues involved, from speed to legal requirements. It's collaborative, so if you've something to add you can.

A great summary from John at Global Voices of the bullshit rumor of a total RSS block in China, which some of the world's websites - BoingBoing, Techcrunch, Arstechnica, Mashable, to name a few - all bought into.

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Do yo' damn homework.

Technical glitch? Government crackdown? As always with the Web in China, it’s very hard to say. Facebook didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. China’s censors don’t discuss which sites they target – or, for that matter, the fact that they block sites at all. Indeed, users in at least some other parts of the country were able to access Facebook Tuesday, even as some in Beijing couldn’t.

Two educators dream to travel to every province on the mainland and profile ordinary Chinese people. In the process, they hope to uncover and, through website revenue, finance the dreams of those in need.

Sex via the Chinese Internet. Order girls from your cable connection, browsing by age, vital statistics, location, etc. This has a serious point: This website operates on the edge of HK law and would be illegal in China. A test case of hosting websites in HK that wouldn't make it in the mainland.

Some International Olympic Committee officials cut a deal to let China block sensitive websites despite promises of unrestricted access, a senior IOC official admitted on Wednesday.

China had committed to providing media with the same freedom to report on the Games as they enjoyed at previous Olympics, but journalists have this week complained of finding access to sites deemed sensitive to its communist leadership blocked.