Monday, June 30, 2008

The Kafka Boys are getting smarter

No?! Surely not.

Well, they at least appear to be getting more determined, more bloody-minded.

It was always naive to suppose that censorship here in China would become less strict - rather than more - during the Olympics. The government here is in a complete panic about the prospect of anyone "spoiling the party" by making some kind of protest or demonstration - whether they be Chinese or foreigners. In fact, foreigners are such a threat to the "harmony" of the Games that the government is making it pretty much impossible for anyone to come here (more on this in a day or two, perhaps).

So, the filtering of the Internet is being ramped up here. A week or so ago, Kafka Central finally got around to blocking Anonymouse. Bastards! Even more worrying, they seem to have found a way of cutting us off from TOR. The other proxies I have added on to my Firefox browser are still good for now, but I'm getting anxious.

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