Youtube

[mrdun]

So, China wants to control what is uploaded to Youtube. They are full of grand ideas arnt they who would want to live their?

[Don Corleone]

Well, for starters, the vast majority of people living in China were born there, so they had no say in the matter.

But China does offer some attractive aspects:

-A sense of community that is unrivaled in the world (well, perhaps Japan).
-Very safe streets. Violent crime is almost unheard of, and those who commit it are never again heard of, once the PLA catches up to them.
-Strong room for economic growth. With the right skills, it would be easy to become a millionare there.
-Delicious food. (And if you haven't been there, you have no idea what I'm talking about, no matter how good your local shop is).

And as the Chinese themselves would answer, what makes you think your government doesn't already take similar actions? They're just more subtle about it. I mean, what are all those video cameras for?

[mrdun]

Thats true you have just got to look at school internet, everything is blocked.

[Al Khalifah]

Thats true you have just got to look at school internet, everything is blocked.

It doesn't get any better when you leave I'm afraid.
I worked for (major international investment bank) and tonnes of sites were blocked. Including the org.
True you're supposed to be doing work at work, but some technical forums and such were blocked that would've been a very useful source of information.

[FactionHeir]

I was able to access most sites from there just fine and last I was there was past summer (including the ORG).
The only things I found blocked were wikipedia, bbc news and some (not all) foreign political sites. Everything else connected just fine and fast.

I think the media is just bloating this issue up larger than it really is. There are local video sharing sites already, and with just youtube gone, that isn't too big of a change. Most people there enjoy watching their videos in Chinese anway rather than in English.

The blocking mainly affects those who don't know how to get around it. Use any proxy and you can access whatever site you want unless your proxy's country is blocking some websites as well.

[Louis VI the Fat]

It doesn't get any better when you leave I'm afraid.
I worked for (major international investment bank) and tonnes of sites were blocked. Including the org.
True you're supposed to be doing work at work, but some technical forums and such were blocked that would've been a very useful source of information.

True dat. Where I worked last summer they also kept a close watch on what employees were doing on their network computers. Really fast connection they had too, what a waste. After they layed me off I dowloaded tons of the smuttiest, most depraved pr0n, almost grinding their network to a screeching halt while at it.

Actually, erm...that could've been the other way round. Now that I think about it, the laying off bit probably came last.

[Shahed]

What I HATE is youtube's 10 min vid limit.

[Bijo]

So, China wants to control what is uploaded to Youtube. They are full of grand ideas arnt they who would want to live their?

It took me some time to analyze your words to finally realize what you meant

I am still to visit this China country. Maybe even live there. Sounds like a nice country to me :P

And Sinan: what I dislike about Youtube is the bad video and audio quality (as it is severely compressed or the maker made rubbish in the first place) and the general rubbish it has anyway. Any (lower-than-)average person can upload a steaming pile of **** and affect feeble minds that will affect other feeble minds. The internet was already a space where chaos is easily put in and Youtube allows it to be worse.

Especially those music videos and their makers can be a nuisance. Someone took some video, maybe edited it a bit, slapped some music on it, this and that, blah blah, and they're done with it. Music videos -- even "professional" ones shown on MTV -- are mostly rubbish.

[shlin28]

My school's computers blocks the Org, but I got a way to circumvent it

Hint hint, Google Translate.

[TevashSzat]

Eh, China ain't so bad now. You should've seen what it was like during the Cultural Revolution or in the 60s/70s. Those times make modern age China look like paradise on earth.

As for the proxies, again its mainly for the commoners who know nothing about computers. Any half decent proxy I guess should be able to get pass it and the gov. won't even care too much unless you start becoming an activist and calling for democracy.

[Beefy187]

If they want to see youtube they always got some way around.

China is a very nice country. Delicious food and culture. Great and friendly people in general (except shanghai ) Just avoid the PLA at all cost unless theres a relative in the PLA preferbly high ranked officers

[CountArach]

Hint hint, Google Translate.

My old school eventually blocked that as well

[Mikeus Caesar]

If China wasn't so crazy about censoring everything, i'd probably go live there. Seems pretty nice.

Maybe if write to them and word my letter politely they'll give me an uncensored internet connection?

[R'as al Ghul]

Maybe if write to them and word my letter politely they'll give me an uncensored internet connection?

You could use an Australian proxy.