Blogspot inaccessible in Beijing, again

by Graham Webster

From my connection in Beijing, Blogspot has again gone offline. The transmission stops on a Chinese ISP server.

Blogspot inaccessible at 1:30 a.m. on April 14, 2008. (My IP hidden.)

(Credit: Sinobyte)

I was able to get through using proxies. Anyone else, or is this just me? Blogspot had reemerged two weeks ago after years being blocked almost continuously.

Formerly a journalist and consultant in Beijing, Graham Webster is a graduate student studying East Asia at Harvard University. At Sinobyte, he follows the effects of technology on Chinese politics, the environment, and global affairs. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network, and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.

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