Well, since I cannot access my Xanga I will start posting on blogspot. This will be my temporary home and may even turn into a more permanent home later on. Of course in China the blog can only be accessed through a proxy (anonymouse.org)
Feel free to access my old blog (here). It's the end of an era from LHS to Hamilton graduation. Much love to Xanga. I first met some of my best friends from there. It's been good ranting on it.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Run-in with the Internet police
I recently started a blog on a Chinese site where I planned to put up some news on China that I found interesting, mostly from English sites. One article I found is titled "Echos of Tiananmen Square," an excerpt and link are below, but it basically talked about China's position with Myanmar. Before the posts are posted they are checked over by the internet monitors. Well, needless to say the next time i logged into my account. I get this message:
我是博客客服管理员，非常抱歉的通知您，您的文章《Echoes of Tiananmen Square》因为一些原因，我们暂时把它放在您的回收站。您可以在回收站里找到您的文章，麻烦你把内容好！
"I am the blog monitor, I am very sorry to inform you that your "Echoes of Tiananmen Square" entry has been temporarily put in your recycle bin for particular reasons. You can find the entry in the recycle bin and back it up" [basic gist]
There were more to the message that basically apologized for the inconvenience and saying we know how it is the bloggers who keep up and improve the blogs. Overall I thought very apologetic. But in the back of their minds they're probably like keep an eye on this blogger. So when I tired to post another news article on another peice of news I kept getting an error that it went over the 20,000 word limit which was ridiculous, so dunno if my time on Chinese blogosphere has been put on a hold for now.
News article:
In the early hours of June 4, 1989, I was on Chang'an Street, just west of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, when I saw Chinese soldiers open fire and kill many of my fellow protesters. I barely escaped the same fate. The horror of that day is seared in my mind like it was yesterday.
In recent days, my memories of Tiananmen have come rushing back as I have watched the mass demonstrations in Burma and the junta's bloody crackdown. After decades of military dictatorship, hundreds of thousands of the people of Burma -- a diverse outpouring of Buddhist monks, democracy activists and ordinary civilians -- are standing up to confront the country's brutal regime.
Full Article
Full Internet Monitor's Notice:
抱歉：
亲爱的博友，您好！
我是博客客服管理员，非常抱歉的通知您，您的文章《Echoes of Tiananmen Square》因为一些原因，我们暂时把它放在您的回收站。您可以在回收站里找到您的文章，麻烦你把内容好！
没有经过您的同意，先撤下了您的文章，真的非常抱歉，向您说声对不起！我们很理解您完成一篇博文的所付出的辛苦，更理解自己的文章被删时的心情。
作为博客的管理员，我们真诚的希望能够为您带来更多、更细致的服务，希望您能理解、体谅！
我们知道，新浪博客的成功正是因为有您这样的人默默支持，我们以后的发展更需要您的支持和建议！
期待我们之间有更好的合作！谢谢您对新浪博客所作出的贡献！
给您带来的不便，我们深表歉意。如有疑问请给我们发邮件,我们收到邮件24内给您回复
我是博客客服管理员，非常抱歉的通知您，您的文章《Echoes of Tiananmen Square》因为一些原因，我们暂时把它放在您的回收站。您可以在回收站里找到您的文章，麻烦你把内容好！
"I am the blog monitor, I am very sorry to inform you that your "Echoes of Tiananmen Square" entry has been temporarily put in your recycle bin for particular reasons. You can find the entry in the recycle bin and back it up" [basic gist]
There were more to the message that basically apologized for the inconvenience and saying we know how it is the bloggers who keep up and improve the blogs. Overall I thought very apologetic. But in the back of their minds they're probably like keep an eye on this blogger. So when I tired to post another news article on another peice of news I kept getting an error that it went over the 20,000 word limit which was ridiculous, so dunno if my time on Chinese blogosphere has been put on a hold for now.
News article:
In the early hours of June 4, 1989, I was on Chang'an Street, just west of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, when I saw Chinese soldiers open fire and kill many of my fellow protesters. I barely escaped the same fate. The horror of that day is seared in my mind like it was yesterday.
In recent days, my memories of Tiananmen have come rushing back as I have watched the mass demonstrations in Burma and the junta's bloody crackdown. After decades of military dictatorship, hundreds of thousands of the people of Burma -- a diverse outpouring of Buddhist monks, democracy activists and ordinary civilians -- are standing up to confront the country's brutal regime.
Full Article
Full Internet Monitor's Notice:
抱歉：
亲爱的博友，您好！
我是博客客服管理员，非常抱歉的通知您，您的文章《Echoes of Tiananmen Square》因为一些原因，我们暂时把它放在您的回收站。您可以在回收站里找到您的文章，麻烦你把内容好！
没有经过您的同意，先撤下了您的文章，真的非常抱歉，向您说声对不起！我们很理解您完成一篇博文的所付出的辛苦，更理解自己的文章被删时的心情。
作为博客的管理员，我们真诚的希望能够为您带来更多、更细致的服务，希望您能理解、体谅！
我们知道，新浪博客的成功正是因为有您这样的人默默支持，我们以后的发展更需要您的支持和建议！
期待我们之间有更好的合作！谢谢您对新浪博客所作出的贡献！
给您带来的不便，我们深表歉意。如有疑问请给我们发邮件,我们收到邮件24内给您回复
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