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Warning
10-15-2007, 08:42 AM
http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org/test/

I spent an amusing couple of minutes with this while I was avoiding work.

Of course NeoGAF doesn't fare any better than QT3.
Raife
10-15-2007, 08:45 AM
It's because we failed to condemn Imperial Japan, duh.
Slainte Mhath
10-15-2007, 08:58 AM
It's got to be the tentacle rape discussions.

Way to go Wumpus and Rimbo.
Raife
10-15-2007, 09:01 AM
Actually, that's a good call. Rimbo's webcomics were too horrible for the PRC.
Lunch of Kong
10-15-2007, 09:18 AM
I blame dirt.
Midnight Son
10-15-2007, 09:59 AM
We need to stop bashing poisoned imports again?
Njal
10-15-2007, 10:09 AM
I thought that Rimbo's webcomics would go over well in CHina it has to be a Koontz related ban. Even from beyond the ban does Koontz effect us.
MyNameIsWill
10-15-2007, 10:19 AM
China, ftw
polar boar
10-15-2007, 10:25 AM
I call bullshit. When you test for greatfirewallofchina.org, it always fails to connect. Clicking on the same URL in the cloud shows the last time it was found available in China, was in January.

So if their own site is blocked in China, how do they get the test results out of the country? In real-time, I mean.
Kool Moe Dee
10-15-2007, 10:28 AM
Yeah, a couple of minutes of experimentation failed to find any sites that worked, including .cn sites...
wisefool
10-15-2007, 12:17 PM
Just did test, Alibaba.cn is reported as working.

(Alibaba is like the chinese ebay)
jeffd
10-15-2007, 12:28 PM
fwiw qt3 worked in China when I was there back in Aug-Sept
Skipper
10-15-2007, 01:08 PM
Worked for me too in May-June. I think your test site is broken or trying to trump up censorship in China.

It worked from both Shanghai and Beijing.
Ch. Hasslbauer
10-15-2007, 01:15 PM
I'm highly dubious if this is working.
Reason 1:
This version, 1.0 may report sites as being 'blocked' while there are only technical reasons for their unavailability. Read the about page for more info.
Reason 2: www.zombo.com is blocked. Not even a communist would block zombo.com.
The Chinese Lawyer
10-15-2007, 01:28 PM
This site is not blocked from China! I think that test server is overprotective. I'm starting to get discouraged from all the China paranoias.
Midnight Son
10-15-2007, 01:49 PM
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Reason 2: www.zombo.com (http://www.zombo.com) is blocked. Not even a communist would block zombo.com.

"Anything is possible...... at Zombo.com!" Still makes me LOL to this day. :)
noun
10-15-2007, 02:01 PM
It also says www.worldofwarcraft.com is blocked. I also call bullshit.
Kareem
10-15-2007, 02:22 PM
The last 60 results for google.com show that it's blocked for crying out loud.
Warning
10-15-2007, 03:20 PM
Upon further investigating, even www.dirt.com is blocked...