By Tim Wu | June 08, 2006
The toughest thing about using the Internet in China is this -- no Google or Wikipedia!
I'm living in Beijing this summer, and for the most part its a great life. But Google.com comes and goes -- its been blocked all week -- and wikipedia is blocked altogether. I miss them!
It reminds me that, amidst the Network Neutrality debate in the United States, the most important rules are those that ban blocking. I happen to have opinions about the rest, thought they can be debated. But the blocking of sites by service providers is a real drag..
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The toughest thing about using the Internet in China is this -- no Google or Wikipedia!
I'm living in Beijing this summer, and for the most part its a great life. But Google.com comes and goes -- its been blocked all week -- and wikipedia is blocked altogether. I miss them!
It reminds me that, amidst the Network Neutrality debate in the United States, the most important rules are those that ban blocking. I happen to have opinions about the rest, thought they can be debated. But the blocking of sites by service providers is a real drag..
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It reminds me that, amidst the Network Neutrality debate in the United States, the most important rules are those that ban blocking. I happen to have opinions about the rest, thought they can be debated. But the blocking of sites by service providers is a real drag..
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It reminds me that, amidst the Network Neutrality debate in the United States, the most important rules are those that ban blocking. I happen to have opinions about the rest, thought they can be debated. But the blocking of sites by service providers is a real drag..
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