There are a range of news stories about (here and here and here) about how the Chinese authorities have blocked access to social media sites including Twitter, You Tube, Flickr and MSN Hotmail prior to the 20th anniversary of the Tiannemen Square crackdown on June 4, 2009. This story won't be blocked, as my understanding is that Blogger is always blocked in China.
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There's more on the Tiananmen Square anniversary, which is at the root of all that's going on at the moment,here:
http://www.howardwfrench.com/archives/2009/05/27/the_great_forgetting_20_years_after_tiananmen_square/
and here:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d3c9c04-5059-11de-9530-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
Deb
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