BANNED in China!

If you are reading this, you are not in China.  That's because the Chinese Communist Dictatorship has BANNED all TypePad blogs from Chinese internet servers.

The Chinese government fears me.  And well they should, for I stand for FREEDOM and DEMOCRACY and CAPITALISM and ARMED CITIZENS.

I only wish I could do more to help the people of China.  One thing is for certain: I will never forget this man:

China wants to ban all TypePad blogs.  Well, then I call upon all TypePad blog owners and readers to boycott products made in China.  Fair is fair.

And be sure to read here and here about American technology companies that are enabling Chinese suppression of information.

Comments

[Daniel]

We didn't tolerate communism in the USSR, I don't understand why we tolerate China. The human rights abuses are well documented. (maybe if they flushed a koran...)

We need another American patriot like Joe McCarthy or Ronald Reagan to declare China the Evil Empire that it is!

[anonymous e]

This is why economic cooperation with oppressive dictatorships is a double-edged sword. You go in with the hope that a little bit of capatalism will nurture a seed of democracy, but instead it gets out of hand and backfires. At this point, there is no chance that a boycott will offset American corporations' search for cheap labor, or consumers' thirst for cheap goods. Our best alternative is to pressure Congress and the Administration to use America's economic leverage to force some changes, however small. This is unlikely,of course, for many are under the influence of the corporations. Untill we do this, China will continue to grow in threat.

[hzJoey]

I'm currently in China and I can read your blog with no proxy, that because not all the typepad blogs were been blocked, just *.blogs.com.
And I do not aggree with that CENSORED ads, you are doing an ad for CISCO:yeh! We system is powerful to build a new Greatwall in China's cyberworld!
What should we do is to support the project "Adopt A Chinese Blog"(projab.jot.com/WikiHome/)

[Gullyborg]

The TypePad techies are constantly working to keep their system running depsite China's actions. I'm glad you were able to read this and I hope you can continue. But from what I can tell, many Chinese are unable to access most or all TypePad sites.

[Gordon]

The ban has been extended to include Blog-City blogs now as well.

[Jason]

I am a UO graduate and I am currently living in Northern China. It's wonderful to see this site!

[Richard Dechain]

If I post comments that are viewed in China can the local telecom or security people track my IP adress and come looking for me? I'm working in China and don't want to end up in jail!

[Kelvin Wong]

Maybe if the Americans just nuke everyone they don't like and don't following their liberal styles of "democracy", maybe than the world will be the SAME and everyone is a right-winged fundamentalist Christian. Oh... isn't that what they are already trying to do? duh!

[ed. note: notice that, unlike the Chinese, I allow statements with which is disagree -- Resistance is futile!]

[RW]

I thought you would be interested to know that I accessed your blog in China. This comment comes from the Fujian Province. The purpose is simply informational and is not intended to be argumentative.

[Gullyborg]

Welcome, RW. I am glad to see people so far away are reading. I hope you enjoy what you read here. I also hope you can continue to access this site. I honestly have no idea how China's censorship efforts work. Some people say they can read this. Others say this site and many like it are blocked, but they can "work around" by linking through foreign servers. However it works, spread the word and help bring freedom and democracy to the world's oldest culture.

[JP]

I am in China and can read this. I don't agree with Chinese policy but I think it's laughable when an American gets on their high-horse and preaches about freedom and democracy. Your government (the one you voted for) is the worst of the lot. Making it doubly worse is its hypocrisy. Better check out that plank in your own eye before pointing fingers!!!!

[if you are in China and reading this, you are probably cleared by the government and therefore suspect]

[Holly]

I'm in china and just discovered i can't use my livejournal. this has irritated the hell out of me, as the whole reason i want to USE my journal is to educate my friends and family about life in this country. oh well, screw that.

[that's ok, according to the last commenter, China is a bastion of freedom and America is evil, so there is nothing else left to say]

[EE]

Mr George Bush has created the greatest evil empire of them all, and divided the whole world. I am in China, and life is pretty good! Of course, I oppress the masses and make money selling the organs of political prisoners on eBay.

[Traveller]

Just Back from Shanghai and Beijing. Certainly made me glad that I live in the US. While my partners in China have fully embraced the superficial capitalism allowed to flourish in China these days they were incapable of discussing their govt. or social conditions. Sooner or later the capitalist economy and communist govt. will be forced to confront one another and I don't think it is going to be pretty.

Is it just me or is there also a general honesty problem in China.

[Bill Benson]

Good news or maybe it is just you lucky day. I am in China and decided to surf your site without my proxy on and you still came up. Don't get to happy though China still fears you and anyone willing to say anything that might threaten the harmonious society of china.