Bearing in mind that readership of these blogs is international, I try to be careful with my words. I am aware that certain phrases or words may trigger alarm bells in those countries that control their citizens’ access to the web. One of those countries is China. I am now informed that the Chinese government blocks Blog-City. So, my careful avoidance of criticism to avoid unnecessary blocking was wasted – of course, given that this is a blog site with numerous blogs by people saying all sorts of things that may offend obsessive government agencies, my contribution is a mere grain of sand in the Sahara.
Well, I can now feel free to criticize. One day, hopefully, the Chinese people will finish what was started in 1989 in Tainanmen Square. The Chinese government may choose to put behind them the barbarous oppression that led to the wicked massacre on that day – the rest of us have not. What we see today is just another example of the control freakery that governments like to impose upon their citizens. Totalitarian governments who do not have to face an electorate every few years do not concern themselves unduly about a possible backlash. However, there comes a time when the people decide differently. The Chinese tried once. They will again; one day. Unfortunately, an elected government is no guarantee that they will be free of excessive government interference in their lives or control over their right to freedom of expression and information – our elected government has displayed similar symptoms.
If you value freedom and believe that it is a necessary human right, then constant vigilance is the price we pay. And saying nothing infers complicit approval.
Indeed, sometimes China Gov. overeacts a bit.
Now as we know the reason of block is coz of ‘Anti.blog-city.com’,which critique many things in China, actually what he said is not too much. So now all Chinese can’t visit blog-city recently unless using a proxy.