Comments on: More China Proxy Server Tips for Isolated Chinese Netizens http://cnreviews.com/china_blogosphere/more_china_proxy_server_tips_for_isolated_chinese_netizens_20080405.html About China blogosphere, travel, and entrepreneurship Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:45:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: elliottng http://cnreviews.com/china_blogosphere/more_china_proxy_server_tips_for_isolated_chinese_netizens_20080405.html#comment-911 elliottng Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:40:14 +0000 http://cnreviews.com/china_blogosphere/more_china_proxy_server_tips_for_isolated_chinese_netizens_20080405.html#comment-911 @LarsW, I did a search on the proxy you mentioned. It does look helpful if you have a friend in a non-censored country that can help you out. Thanks for the link to the web proxies too. It seems that everyone has lots of different methods and techniques. Great for us to include your options in this guide. Th4nks f0r v1s1t1ng 0ur bl0g! @LarsW, I did a search on the proxy you mentioned. It does look helpful if you have a friend in a non-censored country that can help you out. Thanks for the link to the web proxies too. It seems that everyone has lots of different methods and techniques. Great for us to include your options in this guide.

Th4nks f0r v1s1t1ng 0ur bl0g!

]]> By: LarsW http://cnreviews.com/china_blogosphere/more_china_proxy_server_tips_for_isolated_chinese_netizens_20080405.html#comment-906 LarsW Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:57:27 +0000 http://cnreviews.com/china_blogosphere/more_china_proxy_server_tips_for_isolated_chinese_netizens_20080405.html#comment-906 You guys should check out p51ph0n. It's very simple, works with Macintosh. Not as good as Tor, but much faster. It's quite simple; You run the server at a computer in the US (Simple install, XP, doesn't require much tinkering or bandwidth. Just ask a friend), enter it's IP in your browser, log in and ping... the nanny is unemployed. I haven't used it in a while and am unsure how well it works with keywords like U above, but it should definitely be the most convenient solution for the casual Wikipedia visit etc. Also check out this handy list of web proxies; http://www.prospector.cz/Free-Internet-services/Web-proxy/ You 1337 h4x0r5 you...! You guys should check out p51ph0n. It’s very simple, works with Macintosh. Not as good as Tor, but much faster.

It’s quite simple; You run the server at a computer in the US (Simple install, XP, doesn’t require much tinkering or bandwidth. Just ask a friend), enter it’s IP in your browser, log in and ping… the nanny is unemployed.

I haven’t used it in a while and am unsure how well it works with keywords like U above, but it should definitely be the most convenient solution for the casual Wikipedia visit etc.

Also check out this handy list of web proxies; http://www.prospector.cz/Free-Internet-services/Web-proxy/

You 1337 h4×0r5 you…!

]]> By: elliottng http://cnreviews.com/china_blogosphere/more_china_proxy_server_tips_for_isolated_chinese_netizens_20080405.html#comment-903 elliottng Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:30:14 +0000 http://cnreviews.com/china_blogosphere/more_china_proxy_server_tips_for_isolated_chinese_netizens_20080405.html#comment-903 Good question Maker. That is the Politically Correct term for censorship, that is often used with irony by bloggers. RConversation has a good description of "harmonization" <a href="http://rconversation.blogs.com/rconversation/2007/09/eating-river-cr.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>, although I don't know if RConversation is available in China without a proxy server. Quoting RConversation: In China these days, if your website gets blocked, your blog-hosting service takes down a politically edgy post you wrote, or your ISP deletes your site completely, you say: "I've been harmonized." The word for harmony, harmonized, or harmonious (all the same word in Chinese) is pronounced "he xie" in Chinese and is written like this: 和谐. However things get more complicated, according to Rebecca: However, there's a slight problem, which is that since this phrase is so often used sarcastically on Chinese blogs and forums, it has been flagged as a sensitive keyword by many of the blog and forum hosting platforms, increasing the chances that a post using this phrase could itself get "harmonized." So bloggers and chatroom denizens have switched the characters to another phrase, 河蟹, also pronounced "he xie" (with slightly different tonation) which means "river crab. Anyway, read her excellent post about this topic! Good question Maker. That is the Politically Correct term for censorship, that is often used with irony by bloggers. RConversation has a good description of “harmonization” here, although I don’t know if RConversation is available in China without a proxy server.

Quoting RConversation:
In China these days, if your website gets blocked, your blog-hosting service takes down a politically edgy post you wrote, or your ISP deletes your site completely, you say: “I’ve been harmonized.” The word for harmony, harmonized, or harmonious (all the same word in Chinese) is pronounced “he xie” in Chinese and is written like this: 和谐.

However things get more complicated, according to Rebecca:
However, there’s a slight problem, which is that since this phrase is so often used sarcastically on Chinese blogs and forums, it has been flagged as a sensitive keyword by many of the blog and forum hosting platforms, increasing the chances that a post using this phrase could itself get “harmonized.” So bloggers and chatroom denizens have switched the characters to another phrase, 河蟹, also pronounced “he xie” (with slightly different tonation) which means “river crab.

Anyway, read her excellent post about this topic!

]]> By: Maker http://cnreviews.com/china_blogosphere/more_china_proxy_server_tips_for_isolated_chinese_netizens_20080405.html#comment-902 Maker Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:09:32 +0000 http://cnreviews.com/china_blogosphere/more_china_proxy_server_tips_for_isolated_chinese_netizens_20080405.html#comment-902 What do you mean by "get harmonized"? It's obviously some level of censorship. Are you simply mocking the Chinese gov's use of the word "harmonize" and nothing more? What do you mean by “get harmonized”? It’s obviously some level of censorship. Are you simply mocking the Chinese gov’s use of the word “harmonize” and nothing more?

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