Egypt not trending in China

[nalnn]

Source: Al Jazeera

China has blocked the word "Egypt'' from the country's wildly popular Twitter-like service, while coverage of the political turmoil has been tightly restricted in state media.

China's ruling Communist Party is sensitive to any potential source of social unrest.

A search for "Egypt'' on the Sina microblogging service brings up a message saying, "According to relevant laws, regulations and policies, the search results are not shown".

The service has more than 50 million users.

Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2011/01/201112991712140318.html

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Hmm. I guess they don't want anyone getting any ideas.

[Overseas]

1. K&R ! //nt

[bdamomma]

2. oppression sucks doesn't it?

I hope Egyptians get the results they are longing for.

[mikelgb]

3. BREAKING: Bangles Hit 'Walk Like an Egyptian' banned in China

(kidding)

[isgaard]

4. Already posted.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4714831

[nalnn]

5. Thanks.

K, thanks. I have requested it be merged or deleted.

[isgaard]

8. .

Have you read the thread that I posted?

[nalnn]

11. No, sad to say

No, I haven't read your post. Could you please post the link for me?

[tavalon]

6. Clearly, a little creativity is needed here

Use a different word, like gyp, instead, and get around the censor. I mean, really, if it's that basic.

[nalnn]

7. lol good one

That's not a bad idea. Most likely though, the sites themselves are blocked like some firewalls do. Of course, there's no way to block them all... Still requires some creativity and ALOT of curiosity.

[mogster]

9. Not blocked here

To the contrary ;-)
http://www.iterapi.com/index.php?xpresso=newsfeed&feedcontrol=garth>h=8&dl=us

[Catherina]

10. Lol! Rec'd n/t