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China blocks Google, Gmail. and other web sites

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Tuesday, July 21. 2009
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Several Chinese Internet sites and parts of popular Web portals went offline Tuesday amid tightening controls that have already left mainland Web users without access to Facebook, Twitter and other well-known social networking sites.

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#1 Susan on 07/21/09 at 11:09 AM
At the direction this country is going it will happen here or be taxed everytime we want to use the internet. Obamma probably rushing to his advisors wondering who leaked his idea for America to the Chinnese.
#2 Sheila Tolley on 07/21/09 at 11:39 AM
obama worshipers will not know it until freedoms are gone. The sad part is, they will not even care then, as long as they get a FREE ride.
#3 frases on 07/21/09 at 01:32 PM
Aha -- An opening in the Chinese world economic development domination armor!

Without free access to the Internet, ideas die, coordination ceases and research gets tough. If it really were "porn" that was being filtered, we know that it would hit enough valid sites that it would be damaging. But the stated target has nothing to do with it -- it is ideas that may damage the government control.

Frankly, I hope the Chinese government develops a "search" engine that has traps to quench any ideas counter to the leaders rule -- and sells it to every repressive regime in the world. In five years all of those clowns will be so far behind technically and thought-wise they will be irrelevant.

The combination of arrogance and fear will do them all in.
#4 Gary on 07/21/09 at 02:06 PM
I don't know you but I like you!
#5 Anonymous on 07/21/09 at 02:30 PM
And to think that a company from China is looking at moving here to do business. Their Government will not allow them to use Google but they can move their business to Barnesville. Aint that interesting.
#6 Anonymous on 07/21/09 at 04:49 PM
Yeah, now the B'ville blame company can even start blaming Obama for Chineese problems.
#7 Sheila Tolley on 07/21/09 at 06:12 PM
Me too!
#8 Enoc Sioul on 07/22/09 at 04:44 AM
This will turn out to be a feeble attempt to control the socially progressive nature of its youth. It will not work because the creative and inquisitive minds of the latest generations will prevail as usual. The old die out and with it their fear that leads to this type of control. The change that we have witnessed in China over the last 20 years is astounding and is also unstoppable. The question is how much bloodshed is it going to take for the desires of the newer generation to cover come the fears of the conformist?
#9 The Observer on 07/22/09 at 05:07 PM
Based on the "moderation" practiced on THIS site, it would fit in quite nicely with the Chinese and their methods.

Physician, heal thyself...
#10 tbu on 07/23/09 at 10:47 PM
Without going into futher details, I think I agree.
#11 Alex Rivers on 08/06/09 at 12:16 AM
WEll that would just be crazy im telling we need to just wipe them out.
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