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    USA in push to break the GFW

    AFP: US in new push to break China Internet firewall

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    meh...
    while i suppose thats good and all, it helps me little. what i need is for a push to work with the china gov to stop censoring so much internet. then my websites and apps will work without all the hassle


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    I wonder if they will do it in Chinese? If not, hard for much of the population to access!


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    A website that work with only has Chinese law translated into English (their own laws) and has been blocked in China for 5 years. I don't think its censorship though, I think its protectionism....Beijing University has a similar site. Go Figure


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    I wonder if the US will give support to wikileaks after Amazon dumped them...


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    I had to laugh at the article and how Hilary who is getting too shrill lately stopped short of embracing Wikileaks.

    Not sure what the Americans have to gain by trying to gouge the eye of China who holds so much of their debt.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Football16:
    I had to laugh at the article and how Hilary who is getting too shrill lately stopped short of embracing Wikileaks.

    Not sure what the Americans have to gain by trying to gouge the eye of China who holds so much of their debt.
    Why on earth would she embrace Wikileaks, which a site for the uploading of stolen private documents?

    Actually the Americans would prefer that China not hold so much US debt; China holds the debt because of its sterilization (i.e., manipulation) of its currency; in order to hold the RMB down, they have to buy dollars. Better for everyone is China would stop monkeying around with the currency - China holding so much US debt puts them in a weaker position, not a stronger one.
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    Haha, this is really funny.

    Hilary has shown her naivety with foreign politics, especially with China.

    Anyway it's pretty easy to get around the firewall with VPN's.


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    Quote Originally Posted by virago:
    Anyway it's pretty easy to get around the firewall with VPN's.
    not true....many VPN's have now been blocked, and it seems only OpenVPN's are a "safe" bet. Although that may not last long either.