Comments on: Facebook: We are not blocked in China

By: dobedobedo

dobedobedo — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:53:05 +0000

if anyone cares, various sources give a couple reasonable explanations for fb blockage within mainland china. the initial popular reasoning held that it was connected with uprisings in Xinjiang – that exiled dissidents were conspiring with locals to incite problems during the big 60 year celebration and 20 years since Tiananmen problems. The second is perhaps more intriguing and focuses on Fb's financial support network. There are some tenuous connections linking fb support with individuals and groups associated with CIA and DARPA. Thus, the Chinese government might see fb as a possible threat to its national security. in any case, it has become blatantly UNpossible to negotiate service to fb from within the mainland borders from March to Oct 09. twitter and youtube services have also suffered this year.

By: Gary Wu

Gary Wu — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:11:23 +0000

I was in shenzhen, didn't worked there, nor in Guangzhou.
I am in Henan now and I am still unable to access facebook.

By: rish

rish — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:05:54 +0000

so what might be the cause why facebook can't be accessed here? and what can we do? we don't want to resort to have a personal VPN. we want facebook back as soon as possible, i haven't accessed it since more than 2 months ago, right after xinjiang riot (which the websites suggest to be the main reason why facebook was blocked).